Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 12:51 PM CST for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. 4 reports 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
- Jan 10, 2008, 12:51 PM CST (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Marengo County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 1:08 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Dixons Mill, AL | TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR DIXONS MILL. STORM CHASE TEAM REPORTED DAMAGE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Jan 10, 1:08 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Sweet Water, AL | SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED OFF NEAR AMBER LANE AND HIGHWAY 10 JUST WEST OF DIXONS MILL...AND FOUR HOMES HAD MINOR DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF0...WITH AN ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 60-70 MPH. IT WAS 200 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT AND HAD A PATH LENGTH OF AP |
| Jan 10, 1:08 PM CST | TORNADO 0 | 5 Se Sweet Water, AL | SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED OFF NEAR AMBER LANE AND HIGHWAY 10 JUST WEST OF DIXONS MILL...AND FOUR HOMES HAD MINOR DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF0...WITH AN ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF 60-70 MPH. IT WAS 200 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT AND HAD A PATH LENGTH OF AP |
| Jan 10, 1:09 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 17 S Linden, AL | TREES KNOCKED DOWN IN THE DIXON MILLS AREA...NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR 6 AND HWY 10. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 101850
TORBMX
ALC091-101915-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0002.080110T1851Z-080110T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1251 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 115 PM CST
* AT 1245 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS
TRACKING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NICHOLSVILLE...OR 19 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SWEET
WATER...DIXONS MILL...SURGINER...MILLER...CALVARY...THOMASTON...
OCTAGON...MAGNOLIA AND SHILOH
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 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3233 8771 3218 8752 3212 8758 3213 8761
3210 8761 3199 8775 3199 8804 3200 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 223DEG 37KT 3195 8795
$$
12/SIRMON1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBMX 101902
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
102 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
ALC091-101915-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080110T1915Z/
MARENGO AL-
102 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MARENGO COUNTY...
AT 1259 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NICHOLSVILLE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF
GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SWEET
WATER...DIXONS MILL...SURGINER...SHILOH...OCTAGON...MILLER AND
MAGNOLIA
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WESTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3224 8778 3211 8761 3210 8762 3207 8766
3199 8775 3199 8801 3200 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 223DEG 37KT 3200 8788
$$
12/SIRMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 4:21 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Sumter | 34 min |
| Jan 10, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 30 min |
| Jan 10, 1:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry | 29 min |
| Jan 10, 1:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Winston | 29 min |
| Jan 10, 2:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 42 min |
| Jan 10, 2:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 46 min |
| Jan 10, 2:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 24 min |
| Jan 10, 2:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 42 min |
| Jan 10, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 29 min |
| Jan 10, 3:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 33 min |
| Jan 10, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 34 min |
| Jan 10, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, Walker | 34 min |
| Jan 10, 5:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 41 min |
| Jan 10, 5:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.