Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 90, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 8:34 PM CST for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 1, 2007, 8:34 PM CST (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pike County, AL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:39 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 785 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 020234
TORBMX
ALC109-020300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0090.070302T0234Z-070302T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
834 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 900 PM CST
* AT 832 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ORION...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
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 400 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
ON THE WEB WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX (SUBMIT A STORM REPORT)
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3195 8611 3183 8604 3187 8588 3193 8581
3198 8589
$$
KSLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 6:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 28 min |
| Mar 1, 6:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 7:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 7:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 8 min |
| Mar 1, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 7:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 7:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 8:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 45 min |
| Mar 1, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 13 min |
| Mar 1, 8:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 47 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.