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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 7, 2007, 7:45 PM CST for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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, 7:45 PM CST (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2007, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Barbour 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, 3:12 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 480 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 080145
TORBMX
ALC005-080215-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0023.070108T0145Z-070108T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
745 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 815 PM CST
* AT 745 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TEXASVILLE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
TEXASVILLE BY 805 PM CST
BAKERHILL BY 815 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 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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
ON THE WEB WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX (SUBMIT A STORM REPORT)
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3163 8564 3187 8538 3188 8532 3176 8519
3171 8524 3172 8541 3171 8542 3162 8542
$$
ML1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBMX 080212
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
812 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007
ALC005-080222-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070108T0215Z/
BARBOUR AL-
812 PM CST SUN JAN 7 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY EXPIRES AT
815 PM CST...
AT 812 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO
LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3163 8564 3187 8538 3188 8532 3176 8519
3171 8524 3172 8541 3171 8542 3162 8542
$$
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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.