Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 6, 2009, 5:49 PM CST for Clay County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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
- Jan 6, 2009, 5:49 PM CST (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2009, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Clay County, AL
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 6, 2:03 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 062349
TORBMX
ALC027-070015-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0007.090106T2349Z-090107T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
549 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LINEVILLE...ASHLAND...
* UNTIL 615 PM CST
* AT 549 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ASHLAND BY 555 PM CST...
LINEVILLE BY 600 PM CST...
BARFIELD BY 605 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 TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3344 8564 3326 8565 3318 8596 3326 8603
3351 8567 3350 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 238DEG 41KT 3327 8591
$$
10/ARM2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 062358
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
558 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009
ALC027-070015-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090107T0015Z/
CLAY AL-
558 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY...
AT 558 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BARFIELD BY 610 PM CST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3331 8565 3326 8567 3321 8589 3331 8592
3350 8568 3350 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 238DEG 41KT 3331 8582
$$
10/ARM000
WWUS54 KBMX 070008
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
608 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009
ALC027-070016-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090107T0015Z/
CLAY AL-
606 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 615 PM CST...
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE
WARNING HAVE WEAKENED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3331 8565 3326 8567 3321 8589 3331 8592
3350 8568 3350 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 238DEG 41KT 3336 8573
$$
10/ARMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 8:50 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter | 6 days |
| Jan 6, 7:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 7:34 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 7:43 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 9:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 6 days |
| Jan 6, 9:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 9 days |
| Jan 6, 9:51 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 4 days |
| Jan 6, 9:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo | 9 days |
| Jan 6, 11:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, Cherokee, Etowah | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:12 AM CST | Lake Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter, Tuscaloosa | 4 days |
| Jan 6, 1:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 23 min |
| Jan 6, 1:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 31 min |
| Jan 6, 2:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 23 min |
| Jan 6, 3:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah, St. Clair | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 31 min |
| Jan 6, 3:40 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:45 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 16 min |
| Jan 6, 5:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 6, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne | 33 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.