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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 3:57 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 33 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
- Jan 10, 2008, 3:57 PM CST (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Sumter County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 4:08 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Demopolis, AL | 3 SIGHTINGS OF FUNNEL CLOUD BY TRAIN CONDUCTOR, FIRE DEPT., AND CITIZEN. |
| Jan 10, 4:13 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Bellamy, AL | ONE TREE DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 102158 TORBMX ALC063-065-091-119-102230- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0008.080110T2157Z-080110T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 357 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DEMOPOLIS... SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... SOUTHWESTERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... EAST CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 430 PM CST * AT 352 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LILITA...OR 12 MILES EAST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DEMOPOLIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BY 405 PM CST... MCDOWELL BY 410 PM CST... DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM AND DEMOPOLIS BY 415 PM CST... FORKLAND BY 420 PM CST... 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDARVILLE BY 430 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 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN ALABAMA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3282 8784 3251 8754 3233 8807 3248 8817 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 232DEG 34KT 3246 8805 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 102202 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 402 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008 ALC063-065-091-119-102230- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080110T2230Z/ MARENGO AL-SUMTER AL-HALE AL-GREENE AL- 402 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...SOUTHWESTERN HALE...EAST CENTRAL SUMTER AND NORTHWESTERN MARENGO COUNTIES... AT 357 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COATOPA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIVINGSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MCDOWELL AND BELMONT BY 410 PM CST... DEMOPOLIS LOCK AND DAM AND DEMOPOLIS BY 415 PM CST... FORKLAND BY 420 PM CST... BIRDINE AND ARCOLA BY 425 PM CST... DUFFYS BEND AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDARVILLE BY 430 PM CST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3282 8784 3251 8754 3238 8804 3250 8811 TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 232DEG 34KT 3249 8800 $$ STEFKOVICH
000 WWUS54 KBMX 102212 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 411 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008 ALC063-065-091-119-102230- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080110T2230Z/ MARENGO AL-SUMTER AL-HALE AL-GREENE AL- 411 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...SOUTHWESTERN HALE...EAST CENTRAL SUMTER AND NORTHWESTERN MARENGO COUNTIES... AT 406 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCDOWELL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF DEMOPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FORKLAND AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THORNHILL BY 420 PM CST... BIRDINE AND ARCOLA BY 425 PM CST... DUFFYS BEND...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CEDARVILLE AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALDEN QUARTERS BY 430 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 3282 8784 3251 8754 3238 8804 3250 8811 TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 232DEG 34KT 3254 8793 $$ STEFKOVICH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 4:21 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Sumter | 34 min |
| Jan 10, 12:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo | 24 min |
| Jan 10, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 30 min |
| Jan 10, 1:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry | 29 min |
| Jan 10, 1:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Winston | 29 min |
| Jan 10, 2:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 42 min |
| Jan 10, 2:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 46 min |
| Jan 10, 2:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 24 min |
| Jan 10, 2:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 42 min |
| Jan 10, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 29 min |
| Jan 10, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 34 min |
| Jan 10, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, Walker | 34 min |
| Jan 10, 5:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 41 min |
| Jan 10, 5:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 19 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.