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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 6, 2008Chilton County, Coosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 5:50 AM CST for Chilton County, Coosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 min. 2 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, 5:50 AM CST (11:50 UTC)
Expired: Feb 6, 2008, 6:30 AM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chilton County, AL, Coosa County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 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, 6:30 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	9 Ne Verbena, AL	UNOCCUPIED MOBILE HOME DAMAGED ON LAKE MITCHELL.
Feb 6, 6:35 AM CST	TORNADO 2	1 E Marble Valley, AL	200 TO 300 TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF. SOME TOPS OF PINES SHEARED OFF. PATH CROSSES COUNTY ROAD 56 NORTH OF PAINT CREEK AND PARALLELS TO PAINT CREEK. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF ONE-HALF MILE. PATH LENGTH ESTIMATED AT SEVERAL MILES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 6, 4:06 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 36 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 061149
TORBMX
ALC021-037-061230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0033.080206T1150Z-080206T1230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
550 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JEMISON...CLANTON...
  WESTERN COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEOGUFKA...ROCKFORD...

* UNTIL 630 AM CST

* AT 544 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ISABELLA...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF SELMA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ISABELLA AND POOLES CROSSROADS BY 600 AM CST...
  LOMAX...CLANTON AND THORSBY BY 610 AM CST...
  LAY DAM BY 620 AM CST...
  WEOGUFKA AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORIAH BY 630 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 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR ALABAMA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3283 8689 3291 8689 3307 8661 3304 8657
      3303 8653 3311 8649 3311 8640 3284 8612
      3271 8656 3271 8671 3266 8672 3266 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 1150Z 236DEG 48KT 3271 8692

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 061203
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
603 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

ALC021-037-061230-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080206T1230Z/
CHILTON AL-COOSA AL-
603 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CST FOR WESTERN
COOSA AND CHILTON COUNTIES...

AT 558 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR ISABELLA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLANTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LOMAX...CLANTON AND THORSBY BY 610 AM CST...
  GAP OF THE MOUNTAIN BY 615 AM CST...
  LAY DAM AND JUMBO BY 620 AM CST...
  UNITY...MARBLE VALLEY AND MORIAH BY 630 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 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3266 8682 3283 8689 3289 8686 3307 8661
      3303 8655 3303 8653 3311 8649 3311 8640
      3287 8616 3286 8616 3271 8671
TIME...MOT...LOC 1203Z 236DEG 48KT 3280 8675

$$

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 061213
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
613 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

ALC021-037-061230-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080206T1230Z/
CHILTON AL-COOSA AL-
613 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CST FOR WESTERN
COOSA AND EASTERN CHILTON COUNTIES...

AT 607 AM CST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR CLANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LAY DAM...JUMBO...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGGINS FERRY PARK AND 9
  MILES NORTHWEST OF MITCHELL DAM BY 620 AM CST...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOLLAR BY 625 AM CST...
  UNITY...STRICKLAND CROSSROADS...MARBLE VALLEY AND WEOGUFKA BY 630
  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 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3285 8682 3295 8674 3304 8662 3303 8653
      3311 8649 3311 8640 3288 8618 3276 8656
      3273 8675
TIME...MOT...LOC 1213Z 236DEG 48KT 3287 8662

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Feb 6, 5:25 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 5:25 AM CST, 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
525 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

.UPDATE...FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ACTIVE MORNING AS SEVERE STORMS MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE
AREA. COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS AND BE TO OUR EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WILL
UPDATE POPS JUST BEFORE RELEASE TIME BUT EXPECT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST SECTIONS DURING THE MORNING AND QUICKLY
ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON.  MUCH DRIER AND
COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.  HIGHS TODAY WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY
FALL THROUGH THE DAY. HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 60S.  LOWS TONIGHT IN THE
30S.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE
AREA ON THURSDAY AND EARLY FRIDAY...WITH A WEAK SHORT WAVE SHIFTING
ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS ON FRIDAY NIGHT.  WILL FORECAST A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS FRIDAY
NIGHT.  HIGHS ON THURSDAY IN THE 50S AND IN THE 60S FRIDAY.  LOWS
THURSDAY NIGHT MAINLY 30 TO 35. LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT UPPER 30S TO LOWER
40S.

SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA
DURING THIS PERIOD.  WILL CONTINUE WITH DRY CONDITIONS.  HIGHS
SATURDAY IN THE 60S...UPPER 40S TO UPPER 50S SUNDAY AND 55 TO 65 ON
MONDAY.

TUESDAY...NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE
WEST ON TUESDAY.  WILL FORECAST A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AREA-WIDE.
HIGHS 55 TO 65.

&&

.AVIATION...12Z TAF DISCUSSION.

COLD FRONT ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA WILL SHIFT EAST
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 18Z.  WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH SOME POSSIBLE SEVERE STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 18Z.
CEILINGS 1000 TO 2000 FEET WITH VSBYS 1 TO 3 MILES CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH 18Z.  WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.
AFTER 18Z GRADUAL CLEARING WILL TAKE PLACE WITH VFR CONDTIONS
EXPECTED AFTER 21Z.

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THRU 12 NOON WEDNESDAY
FOR ALL COUNTIES.

&&

50

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 12:18 AM CST, 5 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1218 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

ALZ011>015-017>050-070600-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
1218 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM
THE WEST DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  THE STORMS SHOULD GET AS
FAR EAST AS INTERSTATE 59 BY 4 OR 5 AM....AND ANNISTON...CLANTON...
AND DEMOPOLIS BY 6 AM.  THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS ALONG A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.  HOWEVER...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IF STORMS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP
AHEAD OF THE LINE.

SOUTHERLY WINDS OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND SQUALL LINE WILL
MAKE CONDITIONS QUITE BREEZY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING THE THREAT OF DAMAGING
WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY...UNTIL THE COLD FRONT PUSHES
EASTWARD INTO GEORGIA.

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG OUT AHEAD AND ALONG THE COLD FRONT
AND SQUALL LINE THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15
TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BE
SHIFTING TO THE WEST AS THE FRONT CLEARS AN AREA AND WILL
DISSIPATE WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY...DUE TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

61

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 6, 3:31 AM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
331 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0316 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WSW OAKMAN            33.69N 87.45W
02/06/2008                   WALKER             AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            *** 1 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO...DAMAGE TO A TRAILER ON
            HAYSHILL ROAD NEAR COUNTY ROAD 18.

&&

SUNGER

Local storm report, Feb 6, 3:41 AM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
341 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0303 AM     TSTM WND DMG     8 NNE SAMANTHA          33.51N 87.53W
02/06/2008                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO...DAMAGE TO BUILDING AND TREES DOWN ON
            U.S. 43. NEAR THE TOWN OF NEW LEXINGTON.

&&

SUNGER

Local storm report, Feb 6, 3:46 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
346 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0329 AM     TSTM WND DMG     JASPER                  33.85N 87.27W
02/06/2008                   WALKER             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            POSSIBLE TORNADO...BILLBOARD BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 118
            AND AIRPORT ROAD.

&&

SUNGER

Local storm report, Feb 6, 3:47 AM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
347 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0204 AM     TSTM WND DMG     N BEAVERTON             33.93N 88.02W
02/06/2008                   LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO...POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN ON COUNTY
            ROAD 49. DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF THE POST OFFICE IN
            BEAVERTON. ALSO...TREES DOWN AND OTHER STRUCTURES
            DAMAGED.

&&

SUNGER

Local storm report, Feb 6, 4:47 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
447 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0434 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     JASPER                  33.85N 87.27W
02/06/2008                   WALKER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SIGHTED AT THE WALKER COUNTY EOC.

&&

SUNGER

Local storm report, Feb 6, 4:48 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
448 AM CST WED FEB 06 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0204 AM     TSTM WND DMG     N BEAVERTON             33.93N 88.02W
02/06/2008                   LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO...POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN ON COUNTY
            ROAD 49. DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF THE POST OFFICE IN
            BEAVERTON. ALSO...TREES DOWN AND OTHER STRUCTURES
            DAMAGED.

0205 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 E SULLIGENT           33.89N 88.08W
02/06/2008                   LAMAR              AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SIGHTED ON HWY 278 BETWEEN SULLIGENT AND BEAVERTON.

0303 AM     TSTM WND DMG     8 NNE SAMANTHA          33.51N 87.53W
02/06/2008                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POSSIBLE TORNADO...DAMAGE TO BUILDING AND TREES DOWN ON
            U.S. 43. NEAR THE TOWN OF NEW LEXINGTON.

0305 AM     HAIL             SULLIGENT               33.89N 88.13W
02/06/2008  E0.75 INCH       LAMAR              AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0316 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WSW OAKMAN            33.69N 87.45W
02/06/2008                   WALKER             AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            *** 1 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO...DAMAGE TO A TRAILER ON
            HAYSHILL ROAD NEAR COUNTY ROAD 18.

0329 AM     TSTM WND DMG     JASPER                  33.85N 87.27W
02/06/2008                   WALKER             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            POSSIBLE TORNADO...BILLBOARD BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 118
            AND AIRPORT ROAD.

0434 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     JASPER                  33.85N 87.27W
02/06/2008                   WALKER             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SIGHTED AT THE WALKER COUNTY EOC.

&&

SUNGER

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, 4:14 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, 5:51 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.