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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 26, 2008, 3:28 AM CST for Jefferson County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 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 26, 2008, 3:28 AM CST (09:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2008, 3:44 AM CST
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jefferson County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 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 26, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 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 260929 TORBMX ALC073-261000- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0057.080226T0928Z-080226T1000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 328 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LIPSCOMB...BESSEMER... * UNTIL 400 AM CST * AT 323 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VALLEY CREEK...OR 6 MILES WEST OF BESSEMER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHADES CREEK GREENWOOD IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3343 8689 3331 8693 3333 8712 3343 8709 TIME...MOT...LOC 0928Z 282DEG 55KT 3335 8697 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBMX 260944 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 343 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008 ALC073-260953- /O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-080226T1000Z/ JEFFERSON AL- 343 AM CST TUE FEB 26 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. LAT...LON 3343 8689 3331 8693 3333 8712 3343 8709 TIME...MOT...LOC 0943Z 282DEG 55KT 3330 8670 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 3:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 37 min |
| Feb 26, 3:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Shelby | 28 min |
| Feb 26, 3:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Clay | 33 min |
| Feb 26, 4:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 39 min |
| Feb 26, 4:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne, St. Clair, Talladega | 32 min |
| Feb 26, 4:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Coosa, Talladega, Tallapoosa | 27 min |
| Feb 26, 4:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 34 min |
| Feb 26, 4:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 33 min |
| Feb 26, 4:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 35 min |
| Feb 26, 5:25 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 26, 5:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 26 min |
| Feb 26, 6:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 36 min |
| Feb 26, 6:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 18 min |
| Feb 26, 6:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 35 min |
| Feb 26, 6:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Feb 26, 6:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Feb 26, 6:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 33 min |
| Feb 26, 7:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Macon, Russell | 47 min |
| Feb 26, 7:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 38 min |
| Feb 26, 7:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 18 min |
| Feb 26, 7:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 56 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.