Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 79, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2009, 4:53 AM CDT for Barbour County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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
- Apr 13, 2009, 4:53 AM CDT (09:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2009, 5:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barbour County, AL, Russell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2:33 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBMX 130953
TORBMX
ALC005-113-131045-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0079.090413T0953Z-090413T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
453 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTH CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 545 AM CDT
* AT 452 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COMER...OR
11 MILES EAST OF MIDWAY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SPRING HILL BY 500 AM CDT...
HAWKINSVILLE BY 520 AM CDT...
6 MILES NORTH OF LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK BY 540 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.
&&
LAT...LON 3208 8504 3207 8505 3202 8505 3198 8506
3195 8539 3206 8542 3223 8503
TIME...MOT...LOC 0953Z 254DEG 14KT 3203 8534
$$
12/SIRMON2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBMX 131008
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
508 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009
ALC005-113-131045-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-090413T1045Z/
BARBOUR AL-RUSSELL AL-
508 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL RUSSELL AND NORTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTIES...
AT 507 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAWKINSVILLE...OR
14 MILES EAST OF MIDWAY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HAWKINSVILLE BY 515 AM CDT...
TWIN SPRINGS BY 545 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.
&&
LAT...LON 3202 8529 3209 8531 3223 8503 3208 8504
3207 8505 3202 8505 3198 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 1008Z 256DEG 15KT 3205 8527
$$000
WWUS54 KBMX 131020
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
520 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009
ALC005-113-131030-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-090413T1045Z/
BARBOUR AL-RUSSELL AL-
520 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RUSSELL AND NORTHEASTERN
BARBOUR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3202 8529 3209 8531 3223 8503 3208 8504
3207 8505 3202 8505 3198 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 257DEG 15KT 3206 8521
$$
12/SIRMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 8:45 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Dallas, Fayette, Greene and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 12, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 41 min |
| Apr 12, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 35 min |
| Apr 12, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 35 min |
| Apr 13, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Apr 13, 12:41 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Russell | 45 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.