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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 6:02 PM CDT for Chilton County, Coosa County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 min. 6 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
- Apr 10, 2009, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chilton County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 6:02 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Thorsby, AL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THORSBY. |
| Apr 10, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Goodwater, AL | DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN GOODWATER. |
| Apr 10, 6:27 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Wsw Rockford, AL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR KELLYS CROSSROADS. |
| Apr 10, 6:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Alexander City, AL | PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT ALEXANDER CITY. |
| Apr 10, 6:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Nixburg, AL | HAIL AT LEAST THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS FELL NEAR NIXBURG. A FEW VEHICLES WERE TOTALLED FROM THE DAMAGE. A FEW HOMES SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE. |
| Apr 10, 7:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 Sse Alexander City, AL | HAIL AT LEAST GOLF BALL SIZE FELL ALONG HIGHWAY 63 NEAR THE OUR TOWN COMMUNITY. SEVERAL WINDOWS WERE BROKEN OUT AND VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 648 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 404 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 102302 TORBMX ALC021-037-123-110000- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0069.090410T2302Z-090411T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 602 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JEMISON...CLANTON... COOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEOGUFKA...ROCKFORD...KELLYTON... GOODWATER... NORTHWESTERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALEXANDER CITY... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 602 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR THORSBY... OR NEAR JEMISON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION GROVE...GAP OF THE MOUNTAIN...LAY LAKE DAM...HIGGINS FERRY PARK... DOLLAR...MORIAH...UNITY...LYLE...BENTLEYVILLE...PENTONVILLE... HANOVER...COTTAGE GROVE...CREWSVILLE...NIXBURG...HIGHWAY 9 AND HIGHWAY 22...HATCHET...BRADFORD...WIND CREEK STATE PARK AND JACKSONS GAP PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3311 8583 3281 8580 3279 8681 3297 8685 TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 261DEG 40KT 3290 8672 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 102308 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 608 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009 ALC021-037-123-110000- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-090411T0000Z/ CHILTON AL-COOSA AL-TALLAPOOSA AL- 608 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN TALLAPOOSA...COOSA AND CENTRAL CHILTON COUNTIES... AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOMAX...OR NEAR CLANTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LAY LAKE DAM AND HIGGINS FERRY PARK BY 620 PM CDT... DOLLAR BY 625 PM CDT... MORIAH...LYLE AND UNITY BY 630 PM CDT... BENTLEYVILLE AND WEOGUFKA BY 635 PM CDT... BENTLEYVILLE AND HANOVER BY 640 PM CDT... LAT...LON 3282 8672 3298 8677 3311 8583 3281 8580 TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 261DEG 40KT 3291 8665 $$ STEFKOVICH
000
WWUS54 KBMX 102323
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
623 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
ALC021-037-123-110000-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-090411T0000Z/
CHILTON AL-COOSA AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
623 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TALLAPOOSA...CENTRAL COOSA AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL
CHILTON COUNTIES...
AT 621 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LYLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEOGUFKA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BENTLEYVILLE AND ROCKFORD BY 630 PM CDT...
HISSOP AND CREWSVILLE BY 635 PM CDT...
HIGHWAY 9 AND HIGHWAY 22...COTTAGE GROVE...NIXBURG AND CREWSVILLE
BY 640 PM CDT...
RAY AND FISHPOND BY 645 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA.
&&
LAT...LON 3282 8645 3295 8650 3303 8641 3311 8583
3281 8580
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 272DEG 44KT 3289 8635
$$
JD/02000 WWUS54 KBMX 102338 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 638 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009 ALC021-102348- /O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-090411T0000Z/ CHILTON AL- 638 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL CHILTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3284 8629 3293 8628 3311 8583 3281 8580 TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 274DEG 37KT 3288 8620 $$ ALC037-123-110000- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-090411T0000Z/ COOSA AL-TALLAPOOSA AL- 638 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN TALLAPOOSA AND EAST CENTRAL COOSA COUNTIES... AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKFORD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 9 AND HIGHWAY 22...COTTAGE GROVE...NIXBURG AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF BRADFORD BY 645 PM CDT... FISHPOND...RAY AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF KELLYTON BY 650 PM CDT... WIND CREEK STATE PARK...ALEXANDER CITY AND 6 MILES WEST OF JACKSONS GAP BY 700 PM CDT... LAT...LON 3284 8629 3293 8628 3311 8583 3281 8580 TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 274DEG 37KT 3288 8620 $$ STEFKOVICH
000 WWUS54 KBMX 102357 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 657 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009 ALC037-123-110000- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-090411T0000Z/ COOSA AL-TALLAPOOSA AL- 657 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA AND EAST CENTRAL COOSA COUNTIES... AT 656 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WIND CREEK STATE PARK...OR NEAR ALEXANDER CITY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA. && LAT...LON 3283 8605 3300 8597 3302 8582 3281 8580 TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 272DEG 44KT 3288 8590 $$ STEFKOVICH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 5:40 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 12:35 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 16 min |
| Apr 10, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Winston | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 20 min |
| Apr 10, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Talladega | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby, Talladega | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair | 23 min |
| Apr 10, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah | 52 min |
| Apr 10, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Shelby | 21 min |
| Apr 10, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Shelby, Talladega | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Randolph, Talladega, Tallapoosa | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Perry | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 28 min |
| Apr 10, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Tallapoosa | 65 min |
| Apr 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 63 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.