Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 178, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2008, 2:29 AM CDT for Lee County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 21 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 26, 2008, 2:29 AM CDT (07:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2008, 2:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lee County, AL, Russell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 1:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 629 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 260729 TORBMX ALC081-113-260800- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0178.080826T0729Z-080826T0800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 229 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 229 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...OR 10 MILES EAST OF HURTSBORO... MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX BY 240 AM CDT... LADONIA...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMITHS STATION AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRIFFEN MILL BY 300 AM 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3260 8524 3252 8499 3216 8519 3223 8539 TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 202DEG 23KT 3228 8525 $$ JONES/90
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 260742
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
242 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008
ALC081-113-260800-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0178.000000T0000Z-080826T0800Z/
RUSSELL AL-LEE AL-
242 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTIES...
AT 242 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PARKMANVILLE...OR ABOUT 14
MILES NORTHEAST OF HURTSBORO...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES WEST OF PHENIX DRAG STRIP BY 245 AM CDT...
CRAWFORD AND 7 MILES WEST OF LADONIA BY 250 AM CDT...
GRIFFEN MILL...MONTEREY HEIGHTS AND 7 MILES WEST OF LADONIA SPORTS
COMPLEX BY 255 AM CDT...
SMITHS STATION BY 300 AM CDT...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3233 8531 3245 8530 3257 8526 3260 8523
3258 8517 3256 8514 3257 8512 3252 8500
3229 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 194DEG 30KT 3240 8522
$$
JONES/90000
WWUS54 KBMX 260750
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
250 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008
ALC081-113-260800-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0178.000000T0000Z-080826T0800Z/
RUSSELL AL-LEE AL-
250 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND NORTHERN RUSSELL
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAVE WEAKENED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3233 8531 3245 8530 3257 8526 3260 8523
3258 8517 3256 8514 3257 8512 3252 8500
3229 8514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0750Z 194DEG 30KT 3251 8520
$$
JONES/90The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 8:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 11:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Pike | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 1:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 1:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 1:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 19 min |
| Aug 26, 2:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 2 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.