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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 13, 2007Autauga County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 6:13 PM CST for Autauga County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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, 6:13 PM CST (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 2007, 6:45 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Autauga County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 13, 6:40 PM CST	HAIL 0.75	Prattville, AL	PENNY SIZED HAIL AT THE HIGHWAY 82 AND 14 INTERSECTION.
Feb 13, 6:41 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Autaugaville, AL	TREES DOWN AND PEA SIZED HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 45 AND COUNTY ROAD 33.
Feb 13, 6:52 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Prattville, AL	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN BOOTH...ON COUNTY ROAD 165...JUST OFF HIGHWAY 82.

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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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: 429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 140014
TORBMX
ALC001-140045-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0033.070214T0013Z-070214T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN AUTAUGA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRATTVILLE

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 613 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  AUTAUGAVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF SELMONT-WEST
  SELMONT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  AUTAUGAVILLE BY 620 PM CST
  PRATTVILLE BY 635 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 3255 8687 3258 8642 3241 8641 3241 8645
      3238 8648 3238 8661 3241 8665 3237 8670
      3237 8672 3241 8673 3241 8679 3237 8680
      3237 8687

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 140023
SVSBMX

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

ALC001-140045-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070214T0045Z/
AUTAUGA AL-
623 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
AUTAUGA COUNTY...

AT 622 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INDEPENDENCE...OR
ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF PRATTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  POSEYS CROSSROADS BY 640 PM CST
  8 MILES NORTH OF PRATTVILLE BY 645 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 3256 8679 3258 8642 3241 8641 3241 8645
      3238 8648 3238 8661 3241 8665 3237 8672
      3241 8673

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 140038
SVSBMX

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

ALC001-140045-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070214T0045Z/
AUTAUGA AL-
638 PM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN AUTAUGA COUNTY...

AT 634 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
PRATTVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PRATTVILLE BY 645 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 3251 8658 3258 8642 3241 8641 3241 8645
      3240 8647 3238 8661 3241 8665

$$
STEFKOVICH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 13, 6:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby	65 min
Feb 13, 6:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	29 min
Feb 13, 6:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	27 min
Feb 13, 6:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	36 min
Feb 13, 6:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	St. Clair	39 min
Feb 13, 6:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	27 min
Feb 13, 7:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Macon, Montgomery	48 min
Feb 13, 7:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock	34 min
Feb 13, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Montgomery	31 min
Feb 13, 8:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	52 min
Feb 13, 8:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	31 min
Feb 13, 8:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock	28 min
Feb 13, 8:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	24 min
Feb 14, 3:51 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	14 hr

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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.