Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 5, 2007, 4:27 AM CST for Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 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
- Jan 5, 2007, 4:27 AM CST (10:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2007, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jefferson County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 1:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 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 051027 TORBMX ALC073-051115- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0007.070105T1027Z-070105T1115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 427 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TARRANT...PLEASANT GROVE...MINOR... MIDFIELD...LIPSCOMB...HUEYTOWN...GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE... FORESTDALE...FAIRFIELD...CENTER POINT...BRIGHTON...BIRMINGHAM... ADAMSVILLE...PINSON-CLAY-CHALKVILLE * UNTIL 515 AM CST * AT 427 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HUEYTOWN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... PLEASANT GROVE...SYLVAN SPRINGS...FAIRFIELD AND BRIGHTON BY 435 AM CST MINOR AND MAYTOWN BY 440 AM CST FORESTDALE...ADAMSVILLE AND GRAYSVILLE BY 445 AM CST BROOKSIDE BY 450 AM 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... ON THE WEB WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX (SUBMIT A STORM REPORT) CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3344 8721 3332 8705 3369 8656 3379 8682 $$ MBS/91
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 051031 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 431 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ALC073-051115- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070105T1115Z/ JEFFERSON AL- 431 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 427 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HUEYTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FORESTDALE AND BIRMINGHAM BY 445 AM CST FULTONDALE...TARRANT AND BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT BY 450 AM CST GARDENDALE BY 455 AM CST CENTER POINT BY 500 AM CST PINSON AND PINSON-CLAY-CHALKVILLE BY 505 AM CST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3351 8713 3333 8705 3369 8656 3379 8682 $$ JD/81
000 WWUS54 KBMX 051037 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 437 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ALC073-051115- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070105T1115Z/ JEFFERSON AL- 437 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 435 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PLEASANT GROVE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ADAMSVILLE BY 445 AM CST FORESTDALE...BROOKSIDE AND BIRMINGHAM BY 450 AM CST FULTONDALE...TARRANT AND BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT BY 500 AM CST GARDENDALE BY 505 AM CST PINSON AND PINSON-CLAY-CHALKVILLE BY 510 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3354 8707 3340 8697 3369 8656 3379 8682 $$ JD/81
000 WWUS54 KBMX 051050 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 449 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ALC073-051115- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070105T1115Z/ JEFFERSON AL- 449 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 448 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FORESTDALE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FULTONDALE...TARRANT AND BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT BY 500 AM CST GARDENDALE BY 505 AM CST PINSON...PINSON-CLAY-CHALKVILLE...CENTER POINT AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORRIS BY 510 AM CST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3362 8699 3346 8690 3369 8656 3379 8682 $$ JD/81
000 WWUS54 KBMX 051102 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 502 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ALC073-051115- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070105T1115Z/ JEFFERSON AL- 502 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 500 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GARDENDALE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PINSON...PINSON-CLAY-CHALKVILLE AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIMBERLY BY 510 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3369 8688 3358 8678 3369 8656 3379 8682 $$ JD/81
000 WWUS54 KBMX 051108 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 508 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ALC073-051115- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070105T1115Z/ JEFFERSON AL- 508 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 506 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF TRAFFORD...OR ABOUT NEAR GARDENDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TRAFFORD BY 515 AM CST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3376 8681 3366 8675 3371 8662 3383 8676 $$ JD/81
000 WWUS54 KBMX 051114 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 515 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ALC073-051125- /O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070105T1115Z/ JEFFERSON AL- 515 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515 AM CST... AT 515 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 ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3376 8681 3366 8675 3371 8662 3383 8676 $$ JD/81
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 1:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 57 min |
| Jan 5, 2:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 54 min |
| Jan 5, 2:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 67 min |
| Jan 5, 2:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 32 min |
| Jan 5, 2:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene | 45 min |
| Jan 5, 2:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 48 min |
| Jan 5, 2:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 72 min |
| Jan 5, 2:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale | 50 min |
| Jan 5, 3:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 43 min |
| Jan 5, 3:31 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 21 min |
| Jan 5, 4:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 50 min |
| Jan 5, 4:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Jan 5, 4:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 52 min |
| Jan 5, 5:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 39 min |
| Jan 5, 5:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 24 min |
| Jan 5, 6:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Jan 5, 6:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 17 min |
| Jan 5, 6:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Macon | 48 min |
| Jan 5, 6:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 50 min |
| Jan 5, 7:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 37 min |
| Jan 5, 7:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee | 34 min |
| Jan 5, 7:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 7:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 43 min |
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.