Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 4:14 AM CST for Blount County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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
- Feb 6, 2008, 4:14 AM CST (10:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 4:45 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Blount County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
| Feb 6, 4:06 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 061013 RRA
TORBMX
ALC009-061045-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0029.080206T1014Z-080206T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
414 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BLOUNT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 445 AM CST
* AT 414 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF
BROOKSVILLE...OR NEAR CULLMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BROOKSVILLE BY 425 AM CST...
STRAWBERRY AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCLARTY BY 430 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 700 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3426 8643 3416 8636 3407 8669 3410 8670
3410 8666 3414 8663 3414 8660 3419 8657
3422 8657 3427 8651 3428 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1014Z 242DEG 47KT 3417 8669
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBMX 061024
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
424 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
ALC009-061045-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080206T1045Z/
BLOUNT AL-
424 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM CST FOR EXTREME
NORTH CENTRAL BLOUNT COUNTY...
AT 424 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STRAWBERRY...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARAB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3426 8643 3422 8641 3419 8645 3420 8654
3422 8657 3427 8651 3428 8645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1024Z 237DEG 60KT 3424 8655
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 1:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 31 min |
| 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, 4:27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.