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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 24, 2010Marengo County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 24, 2010, 7:00 AM CST for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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 24, 2010, 7:00 AM CST (13:00 UTC)
Expired: Jan 24, 2010, 7:45 AM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Marengo County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:04 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
Jan 24, 6:28 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 656 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 756 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

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

301 
WFUS54 KBMX 241300
TORBMX
ALC091-241345-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0002.100124T1300Z-100124T1345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
700 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LINDEN...

* UNTIL 745 AM CST

* AT 657 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF
  PUTNAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  NANAFALIA...SWEET WATER...DIXONS MILL...WAYNE...SURGINER...
  MILLER...SHILOH...MAGNOLIA...CHICKASAW STATE PARK...THOMASTON...
  DAYTON AND CONSUL

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS
BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...
OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER
UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

&&

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3248 8772 3236 8752 3231 8752 3231 8746
      3226 8751 3199 8775 3199 8807 3201 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 1300Z 218DEG 41KT 3190 8803

$$

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4 follow-up statements

727 
WWUS54 KBMX 241309
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
709 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

ALC091-241345-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T1345Z/
MARENGO AL-
709 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CST FOR MARENGO
COUNTY...

AT 709 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO DETECT A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NICHOLSVILLE...OR 22 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NANAFALIA...SWEET WATER...DIXONS MILL...WAYNE...SURGINER...HALF
ACRE...MILLER...SHILOH...MAGNOLIA...CALVARY...OCTAGON...LINDEN...
PROVIDENCE...CHICKASAW STATE PARK...THOMASTON...DAYTON AND CONSUL

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

&&

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3248 8772 3236 8752 3231 8752 3231 8746
      3226 8751 3199 8775 3199 8807 3201 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 1310Z 218DEG 41KT 3199 8794

$$

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856 
WWUS54 KBMX 241319
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
719 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

ALC091-241345-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T1345Z/
MARENGO AL-
719 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CST FOR MARENGO
COUNTY...

AT 719 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO DETECT A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SWEET WATER...OR 17 MILES
SOUTH OF LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DIXONS
MILL...WAYNE...SURGINER...HALF ACRE...MILLER...SHILOH...MAGNOLIA...
CALVARY...OCTAGON...PROVIDENCE...CHICKASAW STATE PARK...THOMASTON...
DAYTON AND CONSUL

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 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

&&

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3200 8790 3214 8798 3248 8772 3236 8752
      3231 8752 3231 8746 3226 8751 3224 8753
      3199 8774
TIME...MOT...LOC 1320Z 218DEG 41KT 3208 8786

$$

27

104 
WWUS54 KBMX 241331
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
731 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

ALC091-241345-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T1345Z/
MARENGO AL-
731 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CST FOR MARENGO
COUNTY...

AT 730 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO DETECT A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLER...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF
LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MAGNOLIA...CALVARY...OCTAGON...PROVIDENCE...CHICKASAW STATE PARK...
THOMASTON...DAYTON AND CONSUL

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 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

&&

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3200 8790 3214 8798 3248 8772 3236 8752
      3231 8752 3231 8746 3226 8751 3224 8753
      3199 8774
TIME...MOT...LOC 1331Z 218DEG 41KT 3218 8776

$$

27

135 
WWUS54 KBMX 241337
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
737 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

ALC091-241345-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T1345Z/
MARENGO AL-
737 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CST FOR MARENGO
COUNTY...

AT 737 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO DETECT A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OCTAGON...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PROVIDENCE...CHICKASAW STATE PARK...THOMASTON...DAYTON AND CONSUL

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 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

&&

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3200 8790 3214 8798 3248 8772 3236 8752
      3231 8752 3231 8746 3226 8751 3224 8753
      3199 8774
TIME...MOT...LOC 1337Z 218DEG 41KT 3223 8772

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 24, 2:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	31 min
Jan 24, 3:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker	26 min
Jan 24, 3:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	29 min
Jan 24, 6:46 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Walker	119 min
Jan 24, 7:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Perry, Shelby	31 min
Jan 24, 9:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa	29 min
Jan 24, 9:41 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Dallas, Marengo, Perry	2 hr
Jan 24, 10:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	29 min
Jan 24, 10:31 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Talladega	3 hr
Jan 24, 10:44 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Etowah	3 hr
Jan 24, 11:22 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Elmore	3 hr
Jan 24, 11:45 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Dallas, Perry	60 min
Jan 24, 12:50 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Montgomery	3 hr
Jan 24, 1:07 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	3 hr
Jan 24, 1:58 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun	2 hr
Jan 24, 1:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers	17 min
Jan 24, 2:04 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	116 min
Jan 24, 2:22 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Macon	3 hr
Jan 24, 3:44 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Montgomery	61 min
Jan 24, 4:03 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Randolph	117 min
Jan 24, 5:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Russell	30 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.