Tornado Warning 55, NWS Birmingham, AL

Issued

Mar 1, 2007, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 2007, 3:15 PM CST

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Birmingham, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tuscaloosa County, AL

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS54 KBMX 012045
TORBMX
ALC125-012115-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0055.070301T2045Z-070301T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
245 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TUSCALOOSA...NORTHPORT...HOLT...LAKE
  LURLEEN STATE PARK

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 245 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ELROD...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALICEVILLE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  ELROD BY 300 PM CST
  NORTHPORT AND LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK BY 310 PM CST
  TUSCALOOSA AND HOLT BY 315 PM CST

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3343 8748 3324 8737 3310 8767 3305 8775
      3304 8779 3305 8784 3308 8782 3311 8784
      3328 8784

$$

ML

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 012101
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
259 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

ALC125-012115-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-070301T2115Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
259 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...

AT 254 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELROD...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF ALICEVILLE. THE 
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTHPORT AND LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK BY 310 PM CST
  TUSCALOOSA...HOLT AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF SAMANTHA BY 315 PM CST

ANOTHER POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ECHOLA...OR ABOUT 5 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF NORTHPORT.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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 3343 8748 3324 8737 3310 8767 3305 8775
      3304 8779 3305 8784 3308 8782 3311 8784
      3334 8782

$$

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