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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 10, 20094 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 6:55 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 65 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, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chambers County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Lee County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 10, 7:12 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Ese Martin Dam, AL	EF-1 TORNADO. PATH LENGTH 10.15 AND 250 YARDS WIDE. AFFECTED RURAL SOUTHERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY AND A SMALL AREA OF WESTERN LEE COUNTY. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH.
Apr 10, 7:22 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 S Roxana, AL	QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF ROXANA.
Apr 10, 7:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	1 S Dadeville, AL	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF DADEVILLE.
Apr 10, 7:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Dadeville, AL	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF DADEVILLE.
Apr 10, 7:30 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Ne Notasulga, AL	EF-1 TORNADO. DAMAGE PATH WAS 5.5 MILES LONG AND 300 YARDS WIDE. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. SEVERAL STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED IN LOACHAPOKA.
Apr 10, 7:51 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Se Auburn Water Board, AL	EF-1 TORNADO. DAMAGE PATH 2.25 MILES AND 100 YARDS WIDE. SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. A MOBILE HOME AND A FEW OTHER STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED IN BEAUREGARD.

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 PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 292 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KBMX 102355
TORBMX
ALC017-051-081-123-110100-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0071.090410T2355Z-090411T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
655 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OPELIKA...AUBURN...
  SOUTHEASTERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DADEVILLE...CAMP HILL...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF
  DADEVILLE...OR NEAR EQUALITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  AUBURN UNIVERSITY AND AUBURN BY 740 PM CDT...
  OPELIKA BY 745 PM CDT...
  BEAUREGARD BY 750 PM CDT...
  GRIFFEN MILL BY 800 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 
INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3248 8524 3247 8533 3241 8534 3245 8543
      3251 8544 3251 8550 3260 8570 3259 8580
      3258 8581 3261 8591 3288 8574 3275 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 287DEG 38KT 3276 8603

$$

27

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 110005
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
705 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

ALC017-051-081-123-110100-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090411T0100Z/
LEE AL-ELMORE AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-CHAMBERS AL-
705 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
CHAMBERS...SOUTHEASTERN TALLAPOOSA...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ELMORE AND
LEE COUNTIES...

AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DADEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROXANA BY 725 PM CDT...
  LOACHAPOKA AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF WAVERLY BY 730 PM CDT...
  AUBURN UNIVERSITY...AUBURN AND CHEWACLA STATE PARK BY 740 PM CDT...
  ROBERT G. PITTS AIRPORT AND OPELIKA BY 745 PM CDT...
  BEAUREGARD BY 750 PM CDT...
  GRIFFEN MILL BY 800 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN ALABAMA.

&&

LAT...LON 3248 8524 3247 8533 3241 8534 3245 8543
      3251 8544 3251 8550 3260 8570 3259 8580
      3258 8581 3261 8591 3288 8574 3275 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 288DEG 39KT 3274 8590

$$
STEFKOVICH

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 110033
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
733 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

ALC051-110043-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090411T0100Z/
ELMORE AL-
733 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ELMORE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3248 8524 3247 8533 3245 8533 3242 8536
      3245 8543 3251 8544 3251 8550 3260 8570
      3280 8561 3275 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 288DEG 39KT 3265 8555

$$

ALC017-081-123-110100-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090411T0100Z/
LEE AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-CHAMBERS AL-
733 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
CHAMBERS...SOUTHEASTERN TALLAPOOSA AND LEE COUNTIES...

AT 732 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LOACHAPOKA...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF AUBURN...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  AUBURN UNIVERSITY...AUBURN...CHEWACLA STATE PARK AND 9 MILES SOUTH
  OF OAK BOWERY BY 740 PM CDT...
  ROBERT G. PITTS AIRPORT...OPELIKA AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT
  JEFFERSON BY 745 PM CDT...
  BEAUREGARD BY 750 PM CDT...
  9 MILES SOUTH OF BEANS MILL BY 755 PM CDT...
  GRIFFEN MILL BY 800 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

&&

LAT...LON 3248 8524 3247 8533 3245 8533 3242 8536
      3245 8543 3251 8544 3251 8550 3260 8570
      3280 8561 3275 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 288DEG 39KT 3265 8555

$$

JD/02

000 
WWUS54 KBMX 110044
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
744 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

ALC123-110054-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090411T0100Z/
TALLAPOOSA AL-
744 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3248 8524 3247 8533 3245 8533 3243 8537
      3245 8543 3251 8544 3251 8550 3254 8558
      3278 8545 3275 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 288DEG 39KT 3261 8541

$$

ALC017-081-110100-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-090411T0100Z/
LEE AL-CHAMBERS AL-
744 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHAMBERS AND CENTRAL LEE COUNTIES...

AT 743 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR ROBERT G. PITTS AIRPORT...OR NEAR AUBURN...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BEAUREGARD AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF BEANS MILL BY 750 PM CDT...
  GRIFFEN MILL BY 755 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

&&

LAT...LON 3248 8524 3247 8533 3245 8533 3243 8537
      3245 8543 3251 8544 3251 8550 3254 8558
      3278 8545 3275 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 288DEG 39KT 3261 8541

$$

JD/02

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, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, Tallapoosa	58 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, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa	63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.