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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 13, 2007Bibb County, Chilton County, Shelby County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 5:46 PM CST for Bibb County, Chilton County, Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min. 4 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, 5:46 PM CST (23:46 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2007, 6:30 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bibb County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Shelby County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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, 6:00 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	7 E Montevallo, AL	NICKEL SIZE HAIL 7 MILES EAST OF MONTEVALLO
Feb 13, 6:10 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	Montevallo, AL	PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR MONTEVALLO.
Feb 13, 6:15 PM CST	TORNADO	1 Nw Centreville, AL	TWO MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED...SEVERAL HOMES WITH ROOF DAMAGE. NO INJURIES.
Feb 13, 6:15 PM CST	TORNADO	2 Nw Centreville, AL	LARGE TREES DOWN AND SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED NEAR HIGHWAY 82 IN EOLINE

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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 132346
TORBMX
ALC007-021-117-140030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0032.070213T2346Z-070214T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  NORTHERN CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTEVALLO

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 546 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF CENTREVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRENT...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTEVALLO BY 610 PM CST
  CALERA BY 620 PM CST
  JEMISON BY 625 PM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL 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 3312 8719 3294 8719 3291 8653 3316 8653

$$

7 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 132349
SVSBMX

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

ALC007-021-117-140030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
CHILTON AL-BIBB AL-SHELBY AL-
549 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY...EAST CENTRAL BIBB AND NORTHERN CHILTON
COUNTIES...

AT 544 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTREVILLE...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRENT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WILTON AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF MONTEVALLO BY 605 PM CST
  6 MILES SOUTH OF CALERA BY 615 PM CST
  JEMISON BY 620 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 3308 8711 3295 8714 3291 8653 3316 8653

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 132356
SVSBMX

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

ALC007-021-117-140030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
CHILTON AL-BIBB AL-SHELBY AL-
556 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY...EAST CENTRAL BIBB AND NORTHERN CHILTON
COUNTIES...

AT 552 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WILTON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRENT...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WILTON AND MONTEVALLO BY 605 PM CST
  8 MILES NORTH OF JEMISON BY 610 PM CST
  CALERA BY 615 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 3307 8706 3297 8705 3291 8653 3316 8653

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 140003
SVSBMX

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

ALC007-021-117-140030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
CHILTON AL-BIBB AL-SHELBY AL-
603 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL SHELBY...EAST CENTRAL BIBB AND NORTHERN CHILTON COUNTIES...

AT 601 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WILTON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTEVALLO...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WILTON BY 610 PM CST
  6 MILES SOUTH OF CALERA BY 620 PM CST
  JEMISON 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 3307 8699 3297 8700 3296 8695 3291 8653
      3316 8653

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 140012
SVSBMX

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

ALC007-021-117-140030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
CHILTON AL-BIBB AL-SHELBY AL-
612 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL SHELBY...EAST CENTRAL BIBB AND NORTHERN CHILTON COUNTIES...

AT 609 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF JEMISON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF MONTEVALLO...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  JEMISON AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF CALERA BY 620 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 3306 8692 3298 8694 3296 8695 3291 8653
      3316 8653

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 140015
SVSBMX

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

ALC007-140025-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
BIBB AL-
615 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

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

LAT...LON 3306 8686 3299 8686 3295 8688 3291 8653
      3316 8653

$$

ALC021-117-140030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
CHILTON AL-SHELBY AL-
615 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL SHELBY AND NORTHERN CHILTON COUNTIES...

AT 613 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
JEMISON...OR ABOUT NEAR MONTEVALLO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTHERN CHILTON COUNTY AT 630 PM CST
  SOUTHERN SHELBY 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 3306 8686 3299 8686 3295 8688 3291 8653
      3316 8653

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 140019
SVSBMX

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

ALC021-117-140030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
CHILTON AL-SHELBY AL-
619 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL SHELBY AND NORTH CENTRAL CHILTON COUNTIES...

AT 617 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTH
CENTRAL CHILTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTEVALLO...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY AT 630 PM CST
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN CHILTON 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 3307 8676 3301 8679 3297 8676 3291 8653
      3316 8653

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 140026
SVSBMX

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

ALC021-117-140035-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-070214T0030Z/
CHILTON AL-SHELBY AL-
625 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SHELBY AND NORTH CENTRAL
CHILTON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 630 PM CST...

AT 625 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING WOULD NOT LIKELY PRODUCE 
A TORNADO.  HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.

LAT...LON 3307 8676 3301 8679 3297 8676 3291 8653
      3316 8653

$$
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, 5:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa	61 min
Feb 13, 5:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	39 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.