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Tornado Warning 150, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 25, 2008Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2008, 8:12 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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
Aug 25, 2008, 8:12 AM CDT (13:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2008, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Montgomery County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 25, 8:30 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGMontgomery, ALSEVERAL TREES DOWN. ROOF DAMAGE TO A RESIDENCE. TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 25, 7:28 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC13 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 2008-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 675 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 2008-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 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
675 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 251312
TORBMX
ALC101-251345-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0150.080825T1312Z-080825T1345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
812 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY...

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 811 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SPRAGUE...OR 8
  MILES NORTHWEST OF MEADVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SNOWDOUN BY 825 AM CDT...
  PINEDALE BY 835 AM CDT...
  MONTGOMERY AND AUBURN UNIVERSITY IN MONTGOMERY BY 840 AM CDT...
  MONTGOMERY ZOO...BOYLSTON AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF BOB WOODRUFF LAKE BY
  845 AM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 167 THROUGH 176...
AND INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 11.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3211 8633 3243 8636 3243 8632 3247 8631
      3251 8625 3245 8618 3244 8619 3245 8616
      3242 8609 3210 8620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1312Z 185DEG 26KT 3215 8625

$$

17/KLAWS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 251319
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
819 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

ALC101-251345-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0150.000000T0000Z-080825T1345Z/
MONTGOMERY AL-
819 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY...

AT 814 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SNOWDOUN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MEADVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 38 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PINEDALE AND BARACHIAS BY 825 AM CDT...
  MITYLENE...AUBURN UNIVERSITY IN MONTGOMERY AND MONTGOMERY BY 835 AM
  CDT...
  MONTGOMERY ZOO AND BOYLSTON BY 840 AM CDT...
  TALLAPOOSA RIVER WATER PLANT AND BOB WOODRUFF LAKE BY 845 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3243 8636 3243 8632 3247 8631 3251 8625
      3245 8618 3244 8619 3243 8612 3242 8609
      3217 8621 3217 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 1319Z 186DEG 33KT 3222 8624

$$

17/KLAWS
000 
WWUS54 KBMX 251333
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
833 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

ALC101-251345-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0150.000000T0000Z-080825T1345Z/
MONTGOMERY AL-
833 AM CDT MON AUG 25 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY...

AT 828 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PINEDALE...OR ABOUT NEAR
MONTGOMERY...MOVING NORTH AT 41 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TALLAPOOSA RIVER WATER PLANT...MONTGOMERY ZOO AND BOYLSTON BY 840
  AM CDT...
  BOB WOODRUFF LAKE BY 845 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3243 8636 3243 8632 3247 8631 3251 8625
      3245 8618 3244 8619 3243 8612 3242 8609
      3217 8621 3217 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 1333Z 187DEG 36KT 3236 8622

$$

STEFKOVICH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 5:49 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXDallas, Perry26 min
Aug 25, 6:06 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXHale, Perry24 min
Aug 25, 6:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter4 hr
Aug 25, 7:05 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLowndes, Montgomery25 min
Aug 25, 7:40 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Lowndes, Montgomery35 min
Aug 25, 7:57 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock, Montgomery, Pike33 min
Aug 25, 7:57 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore, Montgomery33 min
Aug 25, 8:16 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour29 min
Aug 25, 8:27 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXChilton33 min
Aug 25, 8:44 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock, Macon, Russell31 min
Aug 25, 8:47 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay, Coosa, Tallapoosa28 min
Aug 25, 8:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXMontgomery3 days
Aug 25, 9:04 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXChilton, Shelby26 min
Aug 25, 9:10 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay, Talladega35 min
Aug 25, 9:12 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock, Macon, Russell33 min
Aug 25, 9:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXBullock, Macon3 hr
Aug 25, 9:25 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXChambers, Randolph35 min
Aug 25, 9:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXShelby3 hr
Aug 25, 9:30 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXJefferson, Shelby30 min
Aug 25, 9:33 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay, Cleburne27 min
Aug 25, 9:36 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXLee, Macon, Russell39 min
Aug 25, 9:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXJefferson3 hr
Aug 25, 9:57 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXCleburne, Randolph22 min
Aug 25, 10:49 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXClay, Talladega26 min
Aug 25, 10:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXMontgomery3 hr
Aug 25, 11:03 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount, St. Clair27 min
Aug 25, 11:31 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXBlount29 min
Aug 25, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Clay, Cleburne35 min
Aug 25, 11:57 AM CDTTornado WarningBMXRandolph33 min
Aug 25, 12:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBMXCoosa, Jefferson, Shelby4 hr
Aug 25, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Cherokee, Etowah30 min
Aug 25, 12:56 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah34 min
Aug 25, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXPike30 min
Aug 25, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour32 min
Aug 25, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBullock, Macon13 min
Aug 25, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour27 min
Aug 25, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock, Pike30 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.