Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 142, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 2009, 5:17 PM CDT for Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 17 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
- Jul 28, 2009, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2009, 5:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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 nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 1102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 282217
TORBMX
ALC107-125-282300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0142.090728T2217Z-090728T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
517 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 516 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF
SAMANTHA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SAMANTHA AND LAKE TUSCALOOSA BINION CREEK LANDING BY 600 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3353 8772 3353 8768 3355 8767 3357 8762
3335 8757 3334 8795 3344 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 262DEG 19KT 3340 8791
$$
17/KLAWS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 282226
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
526 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009
ALC107-125-282300-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0142.000000T0000Z-090728T2300Z/
PICKENS AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
526 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA AND EAST CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTIES...
AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO DETECT A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF BROWNVILLE...OR
NEAR GORDO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BROWNVILLE BY 540 PM CDT...
LAKE TUSCALOOSA BINION CREEK LANDING...LAKE TUSCALOOSA TIERCE
PATTTON BRIDGE AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF SAMANTHA BY 600 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3334 8790 3339 8790 3348 8771 3349 8768
3352 8761 3335 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 268DEG 20KT 3337 8785
$$
17/KLAWS000
WWUS54 KBMX 282234
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
534 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009
ALC107-125-282244-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0142.000000T0000Z-090728T2300Z/
PICKENS AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
534 PM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA AND EAST CENTRAL
PICKENS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3334 8790 3339 8790 3348 8771 3349 8768
3352 8761 3335 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 268DEG 20KT 3337 8780
$$
17/KLAWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 20 min |
| Jul 28, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Jul 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.