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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 10:11 PM CST for Bullock County, Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
- Jan 10, 2008, 10:11 PM CST (04:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bullock County, AL, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 110411
TORBMX
ALC011-109-110445-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0015.080111T0411Z-080111T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1011 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
NORTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CST
* AT 1008 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HIGH RIDGE...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF TROY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HIGH RIDGE BY 1020 PM CST...
BEANS CROSSROADS BY 1025 PM CST...
INVERNESS BY 1030 PM CST...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3188 8604 3197 8603 3197 8600 3198 8600
3200 8600 3216 8576 3198 8563
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 243DEG 34KT 3197 8596
$$
611 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBMX 110423
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1023 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
ALC109-110433-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080111T0445Z/
PIKE AL-
1023 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3206 8591 3208 8587 3209 8587 3215 8577
3215 8576 3202 8566 3199 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 244DEG 35KT 3202 8585
$$
ALC011-110445-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080111T0445Z/
BULLOCK AL-
1023 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
BULLOCK COUNTY...
AT 1021 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEANS
CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
INVERNESS BY 1030 PM CST...
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 3206 8591 3208 8587 3209 8587 3215 8577
3215 8576 3202 8566 3199 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 244DEG 35KT 3202 8585
$$
61The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Talladega | 5 min |
| Jan 10, 6:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 22 min |
| Jan 10, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 37 min |
| Jan 10, 8:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Pike | 49 min |
| Jan 10, 9:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 32 min |
| Jan 10, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 26 min |
| Jan 10, 10:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Russell | 32 min |
| Jan 10, 11:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 29 min |
| Jan 11, 1:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 33 min |
| Jan 11, 2:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 22 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.