Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 1:29 AM CST for Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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
- Feb 6, 2008, 1:29 AM CST (07:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lamar County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2:04 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Beaverton, AL | POSSIBLE TORNADO...POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 49. |
| Feb 6, 2:04 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | N Beaverton, AL | POSSIBLE TORNADO...POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 49. DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF THE POST OFFICE IN BEAVERTON. |
| Feb 6, 2:04 AM CST | TORNADO 1 | Beaverton, AL | NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF. ROOF DAMAGE AND TREES ON HOUSES IN BEAVERTON. TORNADO PATH APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES LONG WITH A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 150 YARDS. |
| Feb 6, 2:05 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 E Sulligent, AL | SIGHTED ON HWY 278 BETWEEN SULLIGENT AND BEAVERTON. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 10:01 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 771 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 060729
TORBMX
ALC075-060800-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0020.080206T0729Z-080206T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
129 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VERNON...DETROIT...
* UNTIL 200 AM CST
* AT 126 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD...OR NEAR COLUMBUS AFB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BEDFORD BY 150 AM CST...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT BY 155 AM CST...
SULLIGENT...CREWS...DETROIT AND 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HENSON SPRINGS
BY 200 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3370 8826 3377 8826 3384 8824 3404 8822
3406 8820 3406 8817 3403 8799 3385 8795
3368 8826 3369 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 225DEG 42KT 3370 8846
$$
141 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBMX 060742
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
142 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
ALC075-060800-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-080206T0800Z/
LAMAR AL-
142 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
LAMAR COUNTY...
AT 139 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEDFORD...OR ABOUT
11 MILES WEST OF VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SULLIGENT AND LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT BY 150 AM CST...
PINE SPRINGS...CREWS...BEAVERTON AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DETROIT
BY 155 AM CST...
HENSON SPRINGS BY 200 AM CST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3370 8826 3377 8826 3384 8824 3404 8822
3406 8820 3406 8817 3403 8799 3385 8795
3368 8826 3369 8827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 230DEG 46KT 3383 8827
$$
14The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 1:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 54 min |
| Feb 6, 1:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 51 min |
| Feb 6, 1:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 46 min |
| Feb 6, 2:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 2:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 51 min |
| Feb 6, 2:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 48 min |
| Feb 6, 3:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 3:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 40 min |
| Feb 6, 3:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 3:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 52 min |
| Feb 6, 3:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 30 min |
| Feb 6, 3:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker, Winston | 52 min |
| Feb 6, 4:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 40 min |
| Feb 6, 4:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 47 min |
| Feb 6, 4:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 4:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo | 33 min |
| Feb 6, 4:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 5:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 38 min |
| Feb 6, 5:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 40 min |
| Feb 6, 5:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 6:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Coosa, Talladega | 21 min |
| Feb 6, 6:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Coosa, Talladega | 46 min |
| Feb 6, 7:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 40 min |
| Feb 6, 7:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 7:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Feb 6, 7:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 22 min |
| Feb 6, 7:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Elmore, Lee, Macon, Montgomery and 2 more | 65 min |
| Feb 6, 8:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 36 min |
| Feb 6, 9:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 17 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.