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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 17, 2008Barbour County, Bullock County, Pike County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 17, 2008, 1:50 PM CST for Barbour County, Bullock County, Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min. 3 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 17, 2008, 1:50 PM CST (19:50 UTC)
Expired: Feb 17, 2008, 2:45 PM CST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Pike County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 17, 2:15 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Se Goshen, AL	POSSIBLE TORNADO...ROAD DAMAGE REPORTED IN HENDERSON.
Feb 17, 2:23 PM CST	TORNADO 1	12 S Troy, AL	THE BEGINNING POINT OF THIS TORNADO HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED IN SOUTH ALABAMA. THE TORNADO ENTERED SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF HENDERSON. THE TORNADO ENDED NEAR CR 6 AND CR 57. AT LEAST ONE HOME AND ONE CHURCH WERE DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN
Feb 17, 2:30 PM CST	TORNADO	8 S Troy, AL	POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN SPRING HILL.

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 17, 12:32 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 171950
TORBMX
ALC005-011-109-172045-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0046.080217T1950Z-080217T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
150 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TROY...GOSHEN...

* UNTIL 245 PM CST

* AT 145 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 25 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF HENDERSON...OR 22 MILES SOUTH OF LUVERNE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HENDERSON BY 215 PM CST...
  MOSSY GROVE BY 220 PM CST...
  ANTIOCH AND TROY BY 225 PM CST...
  BANKS AND BRUNDIDGE BY 230 PM CST...
  MONTICELLO BY 235 PM CST...
  TANYARD...JOSIE AND SANDFIELD BY 240 PM 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 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3165 8617 3168 8615 3178 8615 3179 8618
      3186 8612 3214 8560 3193 8540 3164 8543
      3161 8552 3162 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 230DEG 47KT 3146 8632

$$

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 171959
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
159 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

ALC005-011-109-172045-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080217T2045Z/
PIKE AL-BARBOUR AL-BULLOCK AL-
159 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BULLOCK...WESTERN BARBOUR AND PIKE COUNTIES...

AT 154 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HENDERSON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF LUVERNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HENDERSON AND GOSHEN BY 210 PM CST...
  TROY AND MOSSY GROVE BY 220 PM CST...
  ANTIOCH AND TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY 225 PM CST...
  BANKS BY 230 PM CST...
  SANDFIELD AND LINWOOD BY 235 PM CST...
  INVERNESS BY 240 PM 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.

LAT...LON 3165 8617 3168 8615 3178 8615 3179 8618
      3186 8612 3214 8560 3193 8540 3164 8543
      3161 8552 3162 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 223DEG 51KT 3155 8622

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KBMX 172008
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
208 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

ALC005-011-109-172045-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080217T2045Z/
PIKE AL-BARBOUR AL-BULLOCK AL-
208 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BULLOCK...WESTERN BARBOUR AND PIKE COUNTIES...

AT 204 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HENDERSON...OR ABOUT 12
MILES SOUTH OF GOSHEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HENDERSON BY 215 PM CST...
  MOSSY GROVE BY 225 PM CST...
  ANTIOCH...BRUNDIDGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND BRUNDIDGE BY 230 PM
  CST...
  BANKS BY 235 PM CST...
  MONTICELLO BY 240 PM CST...
  JOSIE...TANYARD AND BOOT HILL BY 245 PM 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.

LAT...LON 3165 8617 3168 8615 3178 8615 3179 8618
      3186 8612 3214 8560 3193 8540 3164 8543
      3161 8552 3162 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 233DEG 46KT 3159 8613

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KBMX 172020
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
220 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

ALC005-011-109-172045-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080217T2045Z/
PIKE AL-BARBOUR AL-BULLOCK AL-
220 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BULLOCK...WESTERN BARBOUR AND PIKE COUNTIES...

AT 218 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HENDERSON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GOSHEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MOSSY GROVE AND TARENTUM BY 230 PM CST...
  ANTIOCH AND BRUNDIDGE BY 235 PM CST...
  BRUNDIDGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND BANKS BY 240 PM CST...
  MONTICELLO AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF JOSIE BY 245 PM 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.

LAT...LON 3165 8617 3168 8615 3177 8615 3181 8611
      3214 8560 3193 8540 3164 8543 3161 8552
      3162 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 237DEG 39KT 3165 8602

$$

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000 
WWUS54 KBMX 172026
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
227 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

ALC005-011-109-172045-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-080217T2045Z/
PIKE AL-BARBOUR AL-BULLOCK AL-
227 PM CST SUN FEB 17 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BULLOCK...WESTERN BARBOUR AND PIKE COUNTIES...

AT 222 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HENDERSON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GOSHEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ANTIOCH...BRUNDIDGE AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAMILTON CROSSROADS BY
  235 PM CST...
  BRUNDIDGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...MONTICELLO AND BANKS BY 240 PM CST...
  JOSIE...7 MILES SOUTH OF TANYARD...8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANDFIELD
  AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOOT HILL BY 245 PM 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.

LAT...LON 3165 8617 3168 8615 3177 8615 3181 8611
      3214 8560 3193 8540 3164 8543 3161 8552
      3162 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 237DEG 39KT 3169 8595

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 17, 4:08 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	14 hr
Feb 17, 10:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Tuscaloosa	31 min
Feb 17, 11:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	32 min
Feb 17, 11:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore and 8 more	66 min
Feb 17, 11:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Marengo, Perry	35 min
Feb 17, 12:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	52 min
Feb 17, 12:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Marengo	49 min
Feb 17, 12:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Elmore and 5 more	62 min
Feb 17, 12:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas	42 min
Feb 17, 12:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton	34 min
Feb 17, 1:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore	51 min
Feb 17, 1:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Talladega	63 min
Feb 17, 1:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Elmore	44 min
Feb 17, 1:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa	35 min
Feb 17, 1:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	60 min
Feb 17, 2:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Tallapoosa	49 min
Feb 17, 2:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa	44 min
Feb 17, 2:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	59 min
Feb 17, 2:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Pike, Russell	64 min
Feb 17, 2:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Coosa, Elmore, Randolph, Tallapoosa	56 min
Feb 17, 3:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa	34 min
Feb 17, 3:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	44 min
Feb 17, 3:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Russell	38 min
Feb 17, 4:05 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Pike	40 min
Feb 17, 4:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Pike, Russell	50 min
Feb 17, 4:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	43 min
Feb 17, 4:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Russell	25 min

Nearby

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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.