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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Birmingham, AL
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.
| 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, 5.8 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.
- 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
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 $$ 61
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 250559 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1159 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ALC119-250609- /O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070225T0630Z/ SUMTER AL- 1159 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SUMTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3295 8813 3287 8809 3291 8778 3314 8784 $$ 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 $$ 61
000 WWUS54 KBMX 250617 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1218 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ALC063-250628- /O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070225T0630Z/ GREENE AL- 1218 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 1218 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3295 8813 3287 8809 3291 8778 3314 8784 $$ 61
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, 11:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 11:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.