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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 7, 2007Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2007, 3:52 PM CST for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 7, 2007, 3:52 PM CST (21:52 UTC)
Expired: Jan 7, 2007, 4:15 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tallapoosa County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 7, 4:05 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	3 S Dadeville, AL	GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE WALNUT HILL COMMUNITY.
Jan 7, 4:10 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 Ssw Dadeville, AL	TREES DOWN IN THE STILL WATERS AREA...ON EASTERN LAKE MARTIN.
Jan 7, 4:10 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 Ssw Dadeville, AL	TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN THE STILL WATERS COMMUNITY...ON THE EASTERN SHORES OF LAKE MARTIN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 7, 12:26 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 446 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 317 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 072153
TORBMX
ALC123-072215-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0018.070107T2152Z-070107T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
352 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DADEVILLE

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 351 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DADEVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF TALLASSEE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  WALNUT HILL BY 400 PM AND CAMP HILL AND DADEVILLE BY 410 PM CST

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
ON THE WEB WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX (SUBMIT A STORM REPORT)
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3266 8589 3267 8591 3275 8589 3276 8590
      3276 8594 3295 8572 3285 8564 3281 8563
      3260 8589

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 072204
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
404 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007

ALC123-072215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070107T2215Z/
TALLAPOOSA AL-
404 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY...

AT 359 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BARNESVILLE...OR
ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DADEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DADEVILLE BY 415 PM CST
  CAMP HILL BY 415 PM CST

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3266 8589 3267 8591 3275 8589 3276 8590
      3280 8585 3296 8567 3285 8564 3281 8563
      3260 8589

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 7, 1:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	29 min
Jan 7, 1:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	34 min
Jan 7, 3:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	17 min
Jan 7, 3:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore	25 min
Jan 7, 3:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	23 min
Jan 7, 3:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore	19 min
Jan 7, 3:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay	31 min
Jan 7, 4:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers	45 min
Jan 7, 4:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	15 min
Jan 7, 4:53 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Pike	3 hr
Jan 7, 4:53 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Bullock, Elmore, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar and 8 more	233 days
Jan 7, 4:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers	16 min
Jan 7, 5:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Macon	52 min
Jan 7, 5:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Macon	18 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.