Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2009, 7:14 PM CST for Randolph County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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 18, 2009, 7:14 PM CST (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2009, 7:45 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Randolph County, AL
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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 18, 12:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 479 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 190114 TORBMX ALC111-190145- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0021.090219T0114Z-090219T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 714 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEDOWEE... * UNTIL 745 PM CST * AT 711 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WEDOWEE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NAPOLEON BY 720 PM CST... BIG SPRINGS BY 725 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 WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3318 8555 3331 8553 3334 8528 3316 8525 TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 266DEG 49KT 3324 8546 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBMX 190123 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 723 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009 ALC111-190145- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090219T0145Z/ RANDOLPH AL- 723 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL RANDOLPH COUNTY... AT 720 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCK STAND...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF ROANOKE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3319 8541 3329 8541 3332 8528 3316 8525 TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 272DEG 35KT 3323 8536 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 6:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 28 min |
| Feb 18, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 25 min |
| Feb 18, 6:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 33 min |
| Feb 18, 6:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 47 min |
| Feb 18, 6:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Feb 18, 6:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Sumter | 36 min |
| Feb 18, 6:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, Talladega, Tuscaloosa | 46 min |
| Feb 18, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cleburne | 15 min |
| Feb 18, 6:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 37 min |
| Feb 18, 6:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Randolph | 19 min |
| Feb 18, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 45 min |
| Feb 18, 6:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Shelby, Talladega | 51 min |
| Feb 18, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 44 min |
| Feb 18, 7:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega | 42 min |
| Feb 18, 7:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega, Tallapoosa | 41 min |
| Feb 18, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Coosa, Lee, Tallapoosa | 65 min |
| Feb 18, 8:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter | 47 min |
| Feb 18, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 31 min |
| Feb 18, 10:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 43 min |
| Feb 18, 10:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery | 37 min |
| Feb 19, 4:10 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:54 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 27 hr |
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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.