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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 13, 2007Hale County, Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 4:53 PM CST for Hale County, Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 min. 5 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: Feb 13, 2007, 4:53 PM CST (22:53 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2007, 5:45 PM CST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hale County, AL, Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 13, 4:53 PM CST	TORNADO	W Greensboro, AL	TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND JUST WEST OF GREENSBORO.
Feb 13, 4:56 PM CST	HAIL 1	3 S Greensboro, AL	QUARTER SIZED HAIL 3 MILES SOUTH OF GREENSBORO.
Feb 13, 5:00 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 N Newbern, AL	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED JUST NORTH OF NEWBERN.
Feb 13, 5:05 PM CST	HAIL 0.5	Newbern, AL	MARBLE SIZED HAIL IN NEWBERN.
Feb 13, 5:23 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 S Marion, AL	TRRES WERE BLOWN DOWN SOUTH OF MARION NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 5 AND COUNTY ROAD 38.

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
Feb 13, 12:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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: 837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 132253
TORBMX
ALC065-105-132345-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0027.070213T2253Z-070213T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
453 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARION
  CENTRAL HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENSBORO

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 453 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  MARION BY 515 PM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3258 8772 3275 8771 3274 8770 3274 8740
      3272 8702 3264 8705 3260 8704 3257 8708
      3251 8711 3257 8773

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 132302
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
502 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

ALC065-105-132345-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070213T2345Z/
PERRY AL-HALE AL-
502 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
HALE AND CENTRAL PERRY COUNTIES...

AT 457 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM 
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A DANGEROUS TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MARION BY 525 PM CST

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3262 8768 3273 8767 3274 8770 3274 8740
      3272 8702 3264 8705 3260 8704 3257 8708
      3251 8711 3260 8767

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 132321
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
520 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

ALC065-132330-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070213T2345Z/
HALE AL-
520 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HALE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3264 8748 3267 8746 3271 8744 3274 8740
      3272 8702 3264 8705 3260 8704 3257 8708
      3251 8711 3260 8750

$$

ALC105-132345-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070213T2345Z/
PERRY AL-
520 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
PERRY COUNTY...

AT 518 PM CST...STRONG CIRCULATION LEADING TO A TORNAOD WAS LOCATED 
6 MILES WEST OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  IN ADDITION... 
GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MARION BY 530 PM CST

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 3264 8748 3267 8746 3271 8744 3274 8740
      3272 8702 3264 8705 3260 8704 3257 8708
      3251 8711 3260 8750

$$
STEFKOVICH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 13, 3:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	28 min
Feb 13, 3:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	32 min
Feb 13, 3:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	49 min
Feb 13, 4:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar	30 min
Feb 13, 4:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Tuscaloosa	51 min
Feb 13, 4:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens, Tuscaloosa	52 min
Feb 13, 4:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa	44 min
Feb 13, 4:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Perry	38 min
Feb 13, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	45 min
Feb 13, 5:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb	39 min
Feb 13, 5:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	48 min
Feb 13, 5:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	17 min
Feb 13, 5:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	65 min
Feb 13, 5:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa	61 min
Feb 13, 5:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	39 min
Feb 13, 5:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Shelby	44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.