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Tornado Warning 96, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 11, 2007Jefferson County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 2007, 3:04 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 min. 5 reports 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: Apr 11, 2007, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2007, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 26 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), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 11, 3:14 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	11 Sw Warrior, AL	SHERIFFS DEPUTY REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND SOUTHWEST OF WARRIOR. THIS IS THE BAGLEY TORNADO LISTED ABOVE.
Apr 11, 3:15 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	11 Sw Warrior, AL	SEVERAL TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED IN THE BAGLEY COMMUNITY. A FEW HOMES SUFFERED SHINGLE DAMAGE AND AT LEAST ONE TREE FELL ON A HOME. AN 18-WHEELER WAS OVERTURNED. ONE MAUNFACTURED OFFICE WAS ROLLED OVER. A FEW PEOPLE WITNESSED THE TORNADO.
Apr 11, 3:35 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	6 N Pinson, AL	VILLAGE SPRINGS IN SOUTHERN BLOUNT NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY
Apr 11, 3:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Gardendale, AL	A FEW HOMES WERE DAMAGED ON MT. OLIVE ROAD.
Apr 11, 3:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Gardendale, AL	MT. OLIVE RD. HOMES DAMAGED

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
Apr 11, 1:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 55 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 342 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 389 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 112004
TORBMX
ALC073-112030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0096.070411T2004Z-070411T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
304 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WARRIOR...TRUSSVILLE...
  PINSON-CLAY-CHALKVILLE...MOUNTAIN BROOK...MINOR...IRONDALE...
  GARDENDALE...FULTONDALE...FORESTDALE...FAIRFIELD...TARRANT...
  CLAY...CENTER POINT...CAHABA HEIGHTS...BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT...
  BIRMINGHAM...ADAMSVILLE...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  SAYRE...OR ABOUT NEAR SUMITON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SAYRE AND 8 MILES NORTH OF GRAYSVILLE BY 310 PM CDT...
  8 MILES NORTH OF BROOKSIDE BY 315 PM CDT...
  KIMBERLY...MORRIS...WARRIOR AND 7 MILES NORTH OF GARDENDALE BY 325
  PM CDT...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PALMERDALE AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  PINSON-CLAY-CHALKVILLE 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 3363 8710 3366 8709 3366 8707 3370 8703
      3377 8701 3382 8693 3383 8679 3373 8656
      3347 8665 3346 8680 3348 8718 3360 8719

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 112019
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
319 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

ALC073-112030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0096.000000T0000Z-070411T2030Z/
JEFFERSON AL-
319 PM CDT WED APR 11 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...

AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PARTRIDGE
CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF SUMITON...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KIMBERLY...MORRIS AND TURKEY CREEK MORRIS BY 325 PM CDT...
  LOCUST FORK WARRIOR...WARRIOR...8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TURKEY CREEK
  PINSON AND 9 MILES WEST OF VILLAGE SPRINGS 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.

LAT...LON 3369 8699 3370 8703 3377 8701 3382 8693
      3383 8679 3373 8656 3371 8661 3370 8676

$$

STEFKOVICH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 4:20 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens and 5 more	13 hr
Apr 11, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	37 min
Apr 11, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	29 min
Apr 11, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Sumter	31 min
Apr 11, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	22 min
Apr 11, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	21 min
Apr 11, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	45 min
Apr 11, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	35 min
Apr 11, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	46 min
Apr 11, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	32 min
Apr 11, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	30 min
Apr 11, 2:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Perry	41 min
Apr 11, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	50 min
Apr 11, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	25 min
Apr 11, 3:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	34 min
Apr 11, 3:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Shelby	33 min
Apr 11, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	13 min
Apr 11, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas	50 min
Apr 11, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	34 min
Apr 11, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	33 min
Apr 11, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	30 min
Apr 11, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore	48 min
Apr 11, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	45 min
Apr 11, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	34 min
Apr 11, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Montgomery	26 min
Apr 11, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes	29 min
Apr 11, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	51 min
Apr 11, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	41 min
Apr 11, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee, Macon, Russell	65 min
Apr 11, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers	16 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.