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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2008, 7:38 AM CST for Cleburne County, Alabama. It was in force for 22 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, 7:38 AM CST (13:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 8:00 AM CST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cleburne County, AL
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:41 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 6, 4:06 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 061338 TORBMX ALC029-061400- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0036.080206T1338Z-080206T1400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 738 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HEFLIN... * UNTIL 800 AM CST * AT 735 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF HEFLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ABERNATHY BY 750 AM CST... FRUITHURST BY 755 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 EASTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3362 8533 3350 8556 3362 8566 3388 8538 TIME...MOT...LOC 1338Z 234DEG 44KT 3358 8556 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBMX 061355 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 755 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ALC029-061405- /O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-080206T1400Z/ CLEBURNE AL- 755 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLEBURNE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 800 AM CST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3362 8533 3350 8556 3362 8566 3388 8538 TIME...MOT...LOC 1355Z 234DEG 44KT 3370 8536 $$
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, 5:50 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, 7:40 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.