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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 24, 2007Greene County, Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2007, 11:49 PM CST for Greene County, Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2007, 11:49 PM CST (05:49 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2007, 12:17 AM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greene County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 7:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2007-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2007-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 250549
TORBMX
ALC063-119-250630-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0039.070225T0549Z-070225T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1149 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1230 AM CST

* AT 1144 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES WEST OF
  CLINTON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF LIVINGSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  CLINTON BY 1205 AM CST

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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

LAT...LON 3290 8832 3278 8829 3294 8779 3315 8784

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 250559
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1159 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

ALC119-250609-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070225T0630Z/
SUMTER AL-
1159 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3295 8813 3287 8809 3291 8778 3314 8784

$$

ALC063-250630-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070225T0630Z/
GREENE AL-
1159 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
GREENE COUNTY...

AT 1157 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
CLINTON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CLINTON BY 1205 AM CST
  UNION BY 1210 AM 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 3295 8813 3287 8809 3291 8778 3314 8784

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KBMX 250617
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1218 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007

ALC063-250628-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070225T0630Z/
GREENE AL-
1218 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 1218 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO
LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3295 8813 3287 8809 3291 8778 3314 8784

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 8:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion41 min
Feb 24, 9:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar39 min
Feb 24, 10:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Marion43 min
Feb 24, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXWalker, Winston48 min
Feb 24, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa39 min
Feb 24, 11:06 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXPickens24 min
Feb 24, 11:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXFayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker46 min
Feb 25, 12:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarengo, Sumter35 min
Feb 25, 5:53 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more12 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2007Every tornado warning in 2007Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.