Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 3:19 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 26, 2010, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2010, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Etowah County, AL, St. Clair County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 3:19 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Ashville, AL | A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED NEAR ASHLAND. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 695 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
472 WFUS54 KBMX 262019 TORBMX ALC015-019-055-115-262100- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0039.101026T2019Z-101026T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 319 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA... EASTERN ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA... NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 319 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR ASHVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ODENVILLE. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MARKTON...RAINBOW CITY...GADSDEN...HOKES BLUFF...RAGLAND... OHATCHEE...GADSDEN MALL...GLENCOE...ANDERSON AND SLACKLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. && TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3422 8574 3397 8554 3369 8621 3383 8633 TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 236DEG 35KT 3381 8620 $$ 27
2 follow-up statements
532 WWUS54 KBMX 262032 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 332 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ALC015-019-055-115-262100- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-101026T2100Z/ CALHOUN AL-ST. CLAIR AL-ETOWAH AL-CHEROKEE AL- 332 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE... SOUTHEASTERN ETOWAH...NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR AND NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 332 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF MARKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... RAINBOW CITY AROUND 340 PM CDT. GLENCOE...GADSDEN MALL AND GADSDEN AROUND 345 PM CDT. HOKES BLUFF AND ANDERSON AROUND 355 PM CDT. SLACKLAND...9 MILES SOUTH OF CHEROKEE ROCK VILLAGE AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TENNALA AROUND 400 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE SOUTHSIDE... BIG WILLS CREEK...COOSA RIVER AT GADSDEN...COBB CITY...GADSDEN STEAM PLANT...GADSDEN WATER WORKS...NORTHSIDE AND REAVES. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3375 8608 3392 8620 3422 8574 3397 8554 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 236DEG 35KT 3388 8607 $$ 27
326 WWUS54 KBMX 262044 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 344 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ALC115-262054- /O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-101026T2100Z/ ST. CLAIR AL- 344 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3381 8594 3398 8608 3422 8574 3397 8554 TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 236DEG 35KT 3394 8595 $$ ALC015-019-055-262100- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-101026T2100Z/ CALHOUN AL-ETOWAH AL-CHEROKEE AL- 344 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHEROKEE... SOUTHEASTERN ETOWAH AND NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 344 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... HOKES BLUFF AND ANDERSON AROUND 355 PM CDT. 7 MILES SOUTH OF SLACKLAND...8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TENNALA AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF CHEROKEE ROCK VILLAGE AROUND 400 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE REAVES. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3381 8594 3398 8608 3422 8574 3397 8554 TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 236DEG 35KT 3394 8595 $$ 27
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 8:01 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 22 hr |
| Oct 26, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 25 min |
| Oct 26, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 15 min |
| Oct 26, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 23 min |
| Oct 26, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 32 min |
| Oct 26, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Walker | 51 min |
| Oct 26, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 29 min |
| Oct 26, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Shelby | 49 min |
| Oct 26, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 38 min |
| Oct 26, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 38 min |
| Oct 26, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 51 min |
| Oct 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 26 min |
| Oct 26, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Talladega | 52 min |
| Oct 26, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 40 min |
| Oct 26, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 11 min |
| Oct 26, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 20 min |
| Oct 26, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 13 min |
| Oct 26, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 44 min |
| Oct 26, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 39 min |
| Oct 26, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Oct 26, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 26 min |
| Oct 26, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 50 min |
| Oct 26, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.