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Tornado Warning 112, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 15, 2008Pike County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2008, 12:58 PM CDT for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 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: May 15, 2008, 12:58 PM CDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Pike County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 151758
TORBMX
ALC109-151900-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0112.080515T1758Z-080515T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1258 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TROY...GOSHEN...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 1253 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  GOSHEN...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUVERNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GOSHEN BY 140 PM CDT...
  ANSLEY BY 155 PM CDT...
  TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TROY AND 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF TROY UNIVERSITY BY 200 PM CDT...

DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 3165 8616 3178 8615 3179 8619 3180 8621
      3183 8621 3184 8619 3193 8618 3198 8613
      3197 8599 3182 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 232DEG 24KT 3161 8644

$$

17/KLAWS

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 151828
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
127 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

ALC109-151900-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0112.000000T0000Z-080515T1900Z/
PIKE AL-
127 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY...

AT 125 PM CDT...DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANSLEY...OR ABOUT NEAR 
LUVERNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 27 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ANSLEY BY 155 PM CDT...
  9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORION BY 200 PM CDT...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 3179 8616 3179 8619 3180 8621 3193 8618
      3197 8613 3197 8602 3194 8596 3179 8611
      3175 8613
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 216DEG 23KT 3174 8630

$$

17/KLAWS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 10:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa	3 hr
May 15, 11:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Jefferson, Perry and 1 more	3 hr
May 15, 12:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	44 min
May 15, 2:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Sumter	19 hr

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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.