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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 13, 2007Jefferson County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 5:29 PM CST for Jefferson County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min. 10 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, 5:29 PM CST (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2007, 6:30 PM CST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jefferson County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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, 5:47 PM CST	HAIL 1	2 W Hueytown, AL	QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN OAK GROVE.
Feb 13, 5:49 PM CST	HAIL 1	2 W Hueytown, AL	QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN CONCORD.
Feb 13, 5:55 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	Bessemer, AL	PENNY SIZED HAIL IN BESSEMER.
Feb 13, 5:55 PM CST	HAIL 1	Hueytown, AL	QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN HUEYTOWN.
Feb 13, 5:59 PM CST	HAIL 1	2 E Hueytown, AL	QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN MIDFIELD.
Feb 13, 6:10 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	1 E Hueytown, AL	PENNY SIZED HAIL ON TIN MILL ROAD AND ALLISON BONNET PARKWAY.
Feb 13, 6:10 PM CST	HAIL 1	Hoover, AL	QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON SHADES CREST ROAD AND HIGHWAY 150.
Feb 13, 6:15 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	Hoover, AL	PENNY SIZED HAIL ON ALFORD AVENUE...LORNA ROAD AND THE I-65...I-459 INTERCHANGE.
Feb 13, 6:15 PM CST	HAIL 1	Hoover, AL	DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR THE KRISPY KREME IN HOOVER.
Feb 13, 6:17 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	Hoover, AL	PENNY SIZED HAIL IN BLUFF PARK.

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
Feb 13, 5:18 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 38 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 132330
TORBMX
ALC073-125-140030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0030.070213T2329Z-070214T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VESTAVIA HILLS...TARRANT...PLEASANT
  GROVE...MOUNTAIN BROOK...MINOR...MIDFIELD...LIPSCOMB...IRONDALE...
  HUEYTOWN...HOOVER...HOMEWOOD...FAIRFIELD...CAHABA HEIGHTS...
  BRIGHTON...BIRMINGHAM...BESSEMER

  EAST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 529 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  KELLERMAN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLT...MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  SYLVAN SPRINGS BY 555 PM CST
  HUEYTOWN AND BESSEMER BY 600 PM CST
  BRIGHTON...LIPSCOMB...PLEASANT GROVE AND MINOR BY 605 PM CST
  MIDFIELD AND FAIRFIELD BY 610 PM CST
  HOMEWOOD BY 620 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.

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

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

LAT...LON 3344 8740 3327 8735 3325 8702 3348 8662
      3365 8661

$$

03

7 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 132340
SVSBMX

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

ALC073-125-140030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-JEFFERSON AL-
540 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
JEFFERSON AND EAST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES...

AT 535 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF NORTH
JOHNS...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUEYTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH JOHNS BY 550 PM CST
  HUEYTOWN BY 600 PM CST
  BESSEMER BY 605 PM CST
  LIPSCOMB...BRIGHTON AND MIDFIELD BY 610 PM CST
  HOOVER AND HOMEWOOD BY 625 PM CST
  VESTAVIA HILLS BY 630 PM CST

LAT...LON 3343 8730 3330 8725 3325 8702 3348 8662
      3365 8661

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 132347
SVSBMX

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

ALC125-132357-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
547 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

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

LAT...LON 3344 8724 3333 8714 3327 8703 3348 8662
      3365 8661

$$

ALC073-140030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
JEFFERSON AL-
547 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 544 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH JOHNS...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF HUEYTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HUEYTOWN BY 600 PM CST
  BRIGHTON...BESSEMER AND PLEASANT GROVE BY 605 PM CST
  LIPSCOMB...MIDFIELD AND FAIRFIELD BY 610 PM CST
  VESTAVIA HILLS AND HOMEWOOD BY 620 PM CST
  CAHABA HEIGHTS BY 625 PM CST

LAT...LON 3344 8724 3333 8714 3327 8703 3348 8662
      3365 8661

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 132355
SVSBMX

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

ALC073-140030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
JEFFERSON AL-
554 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 552 PM CST...A STORM PRODUCING STRONG ROTATION AND A POTENTIAL 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HUEYTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LIPSCOMB...BRIGHTON...MIDFIELD AND FAIRFIELD BY 600 PM CST
  HOMEWOOD AND VESTAVIA HILLS BY 610 PM CST
  CAHABA HEIGHTS...MOUNTAIN BROOK AND BIRMINGHAM BY 615 PM CST
  IRONDALE BY 625 PM CST

LAT...LON 3344 8711 3335 8706 3331 8699 3348 8662
      3365 8661

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 140002
SVSBMX

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

ALC073-140030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
JEFFERSON AL-
602 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 601 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LIPSCOMB...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VESTAVIA HILLS...MOUNTAIN BROOK AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF BIRMINGHAM BY
  610 PM CST
  CAHABA HEIGHTS BY 615 PM CST
  7 MILES SOUTH OF IRONDALE BY 620 PM CST

LAT...LON 3345 8706 3337 8703 3331 8699 3348 8662
      3365 8661

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 140006
SVSBMX

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

ALC073-140030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
JEFFERSON AL-
606 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 601 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LIPSCOMB...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VESTAVIA HILLS AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF BIRMINGHAM BY 615 PM CST
  CAHABA HEIGHTS AND MOUNTAIN BROOK BY 620 PM CST
  7 MILES SOUTH OF IRONDALE BY 625 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 3344 8699 3337 8701 3331 8699 3348 8662
      3365 8661

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 140009
SVSBMX

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

ALC073-140030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
JEFFERSON AL-
609 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 605 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LIPSCOMB...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOMEWOOD...VESTAVIA HILLS AND BIRMINGHAM BY 615 PM CST
  CAHABA HEIGHTS...MOUNTAIN BROOK AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF BIRMINGHAM
  AIRPORT BY 620 PM CST
  IRONDALE BY 630 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 3345 8695 3340 8693 3336 8689 3348 8662
      3365 8661

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 140018
SVSBMX

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

ALC073-140030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
JEFFERSON AL-
617 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 613 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VESTAVIA HILLS...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 630 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 3344 8686 3341 8684 3339 8681 3348 8662
      3358 8657

$$
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, 4:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Hale, Perry	52 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, 5:36 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

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2007 Every tornado warning in 2007 Tornadoes in 2007

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.