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Tornado Warning 92, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 3, 2007Talladega County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2007, 2:56 PM CDT for Talladega County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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: Apr 3, 2007, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2007, 3:20 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Talladega County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 031956
TORBMX
ALC121-032030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0092.070403T1956Z-070403T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
256 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 256 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 7
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF JENIFER...OR ABOUT NEAR TALLADEGA...MOVING EAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  JENIFER BY 310 PM CDT...
  OAK HILL BY 330 PM CDT...

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3354 8580 3351 8585 3351 8590 3346 8591
      3344 8594 3345 8608 3350 8609 3356 8598
      3358 8595 3358 8580

$$

10/ARM

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 032020
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
320 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

ALC121-032030-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-070403T2030Z/
TALLADEGA AL-
320 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TALLADEGA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3354 8580 3351 8585 3351 8590 3346 8591
      3344 8594 3345 8608 3350 8609 3356 8598
      3358 8595 3358 8580

$$

10/ARM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	46 min
Apr 3, 2:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Talladega	38 min
Apr 3, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	21 min
Apr 3, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne	30 min
Apr 3, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	36 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.