Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008

Tornado Warning 18, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 11, 2008Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 11, 2008, 1:42 AM CST for Barbour 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: Jan 11, 2008, 1:42 AM CST (07:42 UTC)
Expired: Jan 11, 2008, 2:15 AM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Barbour County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 713 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 110742
TORBMX
ALC005-110815-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0018.080111T0742Z-080111T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
142 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 215 AM CST

* AT 142 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DOSTER...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TROY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DOSTER BY 150 AM CST...
  CLIO BY 155 AM CST...
  BLUE SPRINGS STATE PARK AND TYLER CROSSROADS BY 205 AM CST...
  TEXASVILLE BY 210 AM 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.

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 3165 8574 3168 8571 3170 8571 3185 8536
      3171 8528 3171 8540 3163 8541 3161 8542
      3162 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 246DEG 34KT 3159 8573

$$

JONES/90

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 110755
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
155 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2008

ALC005-110815-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080111T0815Z/
BARBOUR AL-
155 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTY...

AT 155 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DOSTER...OR ABOUT
23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CLIO BY 200 AM CST...
  BLUE SPRINGS STATE PARK AND TYLER CROSSROADS BY 205 AM CST...
  TEXASVILLE BY 210 AM CST...
  TEXASVILLE AND MILLERS FORD BY 215 AM 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 3162 8570 3164 8570 3170 8567 3185 8536
      3171 8528 3171 8540 3163 8541 3161 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 246DEG 34KT 3164 8560

$$

JONES/90

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 110803
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
203 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2008

ALC005-110815-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080111T0815Z/
BARBOUR AL-
203 AM CST FRI JAN 11 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BARBOUR COUNTY...

AT 203 AM CST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR DOSTER...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF ABBEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BLUE SPRINGS STATE PARK AND TYLER CROSSROADS BY 210 AM CST...
  TEXASVILLE AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF MILLERS FORD BY 215 AM 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 3162 8570 3164 8570 3170 8567 3185 8536
      3171 8528 3171 8540 3163 8541 3161 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 0803Z 244DEG 26KT 3165 8557

$$

JONES/90

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, 10:34 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, 2:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour	22 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2008 Every tornado warning in 2008 Tornadoes in 2008

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.