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Tornado Warning 129, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 24, 2008Coosa County, Elmore County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2008, 8:12 AM CDT for Coosa County, Elmore County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 24, 2008, 8:12 AM CDT (13:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2008, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Coosa County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2008-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 292 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2008-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 241312
TORBMX
ALC037-051-123-241345-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0129.080824T1312Z-080824T1345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
812 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF EQUALITY...
  NORTH CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 812 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ECLECTIC...OR 9
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF EQUALITY...MOVING NORTH AT 32 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EQUALITY BY 820 AM 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 3282 8614 3284 8598 3265 8594 3263 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1312Z 174DEG 27KT 3270 8601

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 8:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 15 more6 hr
Aug 23, 10:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXSumter35 hr
Aug 24, 1:09 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXRussell21 min
Aug 24, 1:20 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee, Macon, Russell25 min
Aug 24, 1:29 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee, Macon, Russell31 min
Aug 24, 1:46 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee, Macon, Tallapoosa29 min
Aug 24, 2:25 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock35 min
Aug 24, 3:22 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXChambers, Lee23 min
Aug 24, 3:58 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXRussell17 min
Aug 24, 8:26 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa, Elmore, Macon, Tallapoosa34 min
Aug 24, 11:15 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock, Macon30 min
Aug 24, 11:40 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more7 hr
Aug 24, 12:11 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXMacon, Tallapoosa34 min
Aug 24, 1:36 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton, Elmore24 min
Aug 24, 1:57 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore33 min
Aug 24, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXElmore30 min
Aug 24, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChilton, Coosa39 min
Aug 24, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa, Elmore33 min
Aug 24, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton20 min
Aug 24, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Tuscaloosa32 min
Aug 24, 3:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchBMXAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more43 hr
Aug 24, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Lamar28 min
Aug 24, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson, Walker32 min
Aug 24, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga23 min
Aug 24, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXWinston26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.