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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 5, 2007, 6:05 AM CST for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
- Jan 5, 2007, 6:05 AM CST (12:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2007, 6:30 AM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Montgomery County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 6:23 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 50 | Montgomery, AL | REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN MONTGOMERY RIGHT ALONG THE INTERSTATE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 1:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 051206 TORBMX ALC101-051230- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0009.070105T1205Z-070105T1230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 605 AM CST FRI JAN 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MONTGOMERY...PINTLALA * UNTIL 630 AM CST * AT 600 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINTLALA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... DANNELLY FIELD BY 610 AM CST 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY BY 615 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 3231 8646 3216 8638 3241 8615 3241 8628 $$ KSL
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, 4:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 48 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, 6:13 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.