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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 24, 2007Pickens County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2007, 11:06 PM CST for Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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 24, 2007, 11:06 PM CST (05:06 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2007, 11:30 PM CST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pickens County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:06 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 24, 11:20 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 W Carrollton, AL	TREES DOWN ON PINE GROVE ROAD.

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 24, 7:52 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 1707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 590 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 250506
TORBMX
ALC107-250530-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0038.070225T0506Z-070225T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1106 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALICEVILLE

* UNTIL 1130 PM CST

* AT 1102 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  COCHRANE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  ALICEVILLE BY 1115 PM CST
  CARROLLTON BY 1120 PM CST
  GORDO AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REFORM BY 1130 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.

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 3325 8832 3353 8794 3353 8784 3325 8785
      3300 8823 3299 8833

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 250515
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1115 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

ALC107-250530-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-070225T0530Z/
PICKENS AL-
1115 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CST FOR PICKENS
COUNTY...

AT 1115 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COCHRANE...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CARROLLTON BY 1125 PM CST
  8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GORDO BY 1130 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3325 8832 3353 8794 3353 8784 3325 8785
      3300 8823 3299 8833

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 8:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	41 min
Feb 24, 9:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	39 min
Feb 24, 10:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Marion	43 min
Feb 24, 10:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	48 min
Feb 24, 10:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	39 min
Feb 24, 11:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker	46 min
Feb 24, 11:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	28 min
Feb 25, 12:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo, Sumter	35 min
Feb 25, 5:53 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	12 hr

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.