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Tornado Warning 92, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2009, 8:10 PM CDT for Bibb County, Hale County, Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 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 19, 2009, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2009, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bibb County, AL, Hale County, AL, Perry County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 466 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 529 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 200110 TORBMX ALC007-065-105-200215- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0092.090420T0110Z-090420T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 810 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... CENTRAL HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENSBORO... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SAWYERVILLE...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GREENSBORO BY 815 PM CDT... 8 MILES SOUTH OF HARRISBURG BY 910 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 208 THROUGH 219. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA. && LAT...LON 3290 8706 3263 8706 3268 8775 3286 8775 TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 270DEG 21KT 3277 8764 $$ 03
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBMX 200131 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 831 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009 ALC007-065-105-200215- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-090420T0215Z/ PERRY AL-HALE AL-BIBB AL- 831 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BIBB...EAST CENTRAL HALE AND NORTHERN PERRY COUNTIES... AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF MORGAN SPRINGS...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTH OF WATEROAK BY 835 PM CDT... MORGAN SPRINGS BY 840 PM CDT... MORGAN SPRINGS AND 6 MILES NORTH OF FOLSOM BY 845 PM CDT... ELLARDS BY 905 PM CDT... 6 MILES NORTH OF SPROTT AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF HARRISBURG BY 910 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA. && LAT...LON 3290 8706 3263 8706 3270 8757 3287 8754 TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 270DEG 21KT 3277 8750 $$
000
WWUS54 KBMX 200146
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
846 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009
ALC065-200155-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-090420T0215Z/
HALE AL-
846 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HALE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3283 8744 3283 8742 3287 8742 3290 8706
3263 8706 3269 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 270DEG 21KT 3277 8741
$$
ALC007-105-200215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0092.000000T0000Z-090420T0215Z/
PERRY AL-BIBB AL-
846 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BIBB AND NORTHERN PERRY COUNTIES...
AT 845 PM CDT...THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MORGAN SPRINGS...OR 11
MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ELLARDS BY 905 PM CDT...
6 MILES NORTH OF SPROTT AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF HARRISBURG BY 910 PM
CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
ALABAMA.
&&
LAT...LON 3283 8744 3283 8742 3287 8742 3290 8706
3263 8706 3269 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 270DEG 21KT 3277 8741
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Shelby | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 17 min |
| Apr 19, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah, Jefferson, Walker | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne, Talladega | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Coosa, Tallapoosa | 37 min |
| Apr 19, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Cherokee, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair, Tuscaloosa and 1 more | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Macon | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah, St. Clair | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 54 min |
| Apr 19, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Elmore, Tallapoosa | 47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.