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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 15, 2008Cleburne County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 1:52 PM CDT for Cleburne County, Alabama. It was in force for 13 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: Mar 15, 2008, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2008, 2:05 PM CDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cleburne County, AL

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 15, 10:02 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -342 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 459 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 151852
TORBMX
ALC029-151915-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0065.080315T1852Z-080315T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
152 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 149 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FRUITHURST...OR 10
  MILES NORTHEAST OF HEFLIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MARS HILLS AND MUSCADINE BY 200 PM CDT...

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 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

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

LAT...LON 3388 8536 3378 8535 3377 8534 3373 8534
      3371 8533 3366 8553 3383 8559 3384 8559
      3390 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 253DEG 30KT 3378 8546

$$

12/SIRMON

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 151905
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
205 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

ALC029-151915-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-080315T1915Z/
CLEBURNE AL-
205 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CLEBURNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3388 8536 3378 8535 3377 8534 3373 8534
      3371 8533 3366 8553 3383 8559 3384 8559
      3390 8538
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 268DEG 36KT 3376 8527

$$

12/SIRMON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 14, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	39 min
Mar 15, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	26 min
Mar 15, 12:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	55 min
Mar 15, 12:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker	52 min
Mar 15, 1:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	54 min
Mar 15, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	31 min
Mar 15, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	50 min
Mar 15, 1:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	39 min
Mar 15, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	46 min
Mar 15, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby and 1 more	46 min
Mar 15, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount	41 min
Mar 15, 2:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Tuscaloosa	20 min
Mar 15, 2:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair	38 min
Mar 15, 3:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	29 min
Mar 15, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Jefferson and 3 more	50 min
Mar 15, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Shelby	20 min
Mar 15, 3:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Shelby, Talladega	33 min
Mar 15, 4:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	45 min
Mar 15, 6:45 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	12 hr
Mar 15, 7:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	41 min
Mar 15, 7:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	14 min
Mar 15, 9:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	59 min
Mar 15, 9:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	34 min
Mar 15, 10:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah	47 min
Mar 15, 10:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah	39 min
Mar 15, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	45 min
Mar 15, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	28 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.