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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 10, 2008Bullock County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 10:34 PM CST for Bullock County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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, 10:34 PM CST (04:34 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2008, 11:00 PM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Bullock 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 110434
TORBMX
ALC011-110500-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0016.080111T0434Z-080111T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1034 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CST

* AT 1031 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ABERFOIL...
  OR 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  THREE NOTCH BY 1050 PM CST...
  GUERRYTON BY 1100 PM CST...

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.

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

LAT...LON 3224 8554 3224 8544 3207 8543 3204 8570
      3215 8578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 240DEG 34KT 3209 8574

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 110444
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1044 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

ALC011-110500-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080111T0500Z/
BULLOCK AL-
1044 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN BULLOCK COUNTY...

AT 1041 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF THREE
NOTCH...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OF TUSKEGEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  THREE NOTCH BY 1050 PM CST...
  GUERRYTON BY 1100 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 3218 8570 3224 8554 3224 8544 3222 8544
      3221 8544 3214 8543 3211 8568
TIME...MOT...LOC 0444Z 239DEG 34KT 3214 8565

$$

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The 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, 10:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock, Pike	34 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.