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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 7, 2007Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2007, 4:15 PM CST for Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 7, 2007, 4:15 PM CST (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Jan 7, 2007, 4:30 PM CST
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tallapoosa County, AL

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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 072215 RRA
TORBMX
ALC123-072230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0020.070107T2215Z-070107T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 412 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  DADEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMP HILL BY 420 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.

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.

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 3279 8584 3267 8576 3277 8561 3293 8562

$$

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, 3:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	23 min
Jan 7, 4:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers	45 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.