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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 30, 2010Fayette County, Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2010, 3:06 AM CST for Fayette County, Pickens County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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: Nov 30, 2010, 3:06 AM CST (09:06 UTC)
Expired: Nov 30, 2010, 3:45 AM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 29, 11:41 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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: 517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 540 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 634 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

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

260 
WFUS54 KBMX 300906
TORBMX
ALC057-107-125-300945-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0069.101130T0906Z-101130T0945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
306 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EAST CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 345 AM CST

* AT 304 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE   
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GORDO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GORDO...LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK...LAKE TUSCALOOSA BINION CREEK
  LANDING...SAMANTHA...BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM...BOLEY SPRINGS...BULL
  CITY...ELROD...BUHL AND LUBBUB.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE 
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING NOW!

&&

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

LAT...LON 3369 8752 3369 8742 3361 8742 3359 8732
      3352 8732 3351 8725 3351 8728 3349 8728
      3350 8732 3347 8734 3340 8723 3317 8799
      3328 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 0906Z 232DEG 55KT 3328 8794

$$

17/KLAWS

2 follow-up statements

315 
WWUS54 KBMX 300916
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
316 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

ALC057-107-125-300945-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-101130T0945Z/
PICKENS AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-FAYETTE AL-
316 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE...
NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA AND EAST CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM
CST...

...THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION ENTERING TUSCALOOSA 
COUNTY...

AT 313 AM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED ON RADAR.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR GORDO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE TUSCALOOSA BINION CREEK LANDING...SAMANTHA...BOLEY SPRINGS...
  BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM...ECHOLA...LUBBUB...BROWNVILLE...MOORES
  BRIDGE...LAKE TUSCALOOSA TIERCE PATTTON BRIDGE AND LAKE TUSCALOOSA
  HWY 69 BRIDGE.

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

LAT...LON 3369 8752 3369 8742 3361 8742 3359 8732
      3353 8732 3351 8725 3351 8728 3349 8728
      3350 8732 3348 8734 3343 8729 3325 8789
      3335 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0915Z 228DEG 40KT 3333 8788

$$

17/KLAWS

484 
WWUS54 KBMX 300925
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
325 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

ALC107-300935-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-101130T0945Z/
PICKENS AL-
325 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PICKENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

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

LAT...LON 3369 8752 3369 8742 3361 8742 3359 8732
      3352 8732 3351 8725 3351 8728 3349 8728
      3350 8731 3348 8734 3345 8731 3332 8782
      3346 8783
TIME...MOT...LOC 0925Z 229DEG 44KT 3342 8777

$$

ALC057-125-300945-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-101130T0945Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-FAYETTE AL-
325 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE AND
NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM CST...

AT 322 AM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GORDO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAKE TUSCALOOSA BINION CREEK LANDING...SAMANTHA...BOLEY SPRINGS...
  BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM...NORTHSIDE...NEW LEXINGTON...WINDHAM
  SPRINGS...WILEY AND WHITSON.

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

LAT...LON 3369 8752 3369 8742 3361 8742 3359 8732
      3352 8732 3351 8725 3351 8728 3349 8728
      3350 8731 3348 8734 3345 8731 3332 8782
      3346 8783
TIME...MOT...LOC 0925Z 229DEG 44KT 3342 8777

$$

17/KLAWS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 29, 11:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	26 min
Nov 30, 12:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	39 min
Nov 30, 12:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	47 min
Nov 30, 12:56 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	3 hr
Nov 30, 1:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	36 min
Nov 30, 1:42 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Marion	3 hr
Nov 30, 2:09 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Winston	111 min
Nov 30, 2:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	32 min
Nov 30, 2:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	42 min
Nov 30, 2:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	52 min
Nov 30, 3:29 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	46 min
Nov 30, 3:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker	52 min
Nov 30, 4:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	13 min
Nov 30, 4:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	8 min
Nov 30, 4:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	51 min
Nov 30, 4:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	32 min
Nov 30, 5:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker	26 min
Nov 30, 5:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	43 min
Nov 30, 5:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	34 min
Nov 30, 5:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker, Winston	46 min
Nov 30, 6:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker	28 min
Nov 30, 6:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	42 min
Nov 30, 6:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	50 min
Nov 30, 7:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	49 min
Nov 30, 7:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Perry, Shelby	46 min
Nov 30, 8:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas	41 min
Nov 30, 8:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas	36 min
Nov 30, 8:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Etowah, St. Clair, Shelby and 1 more	48 min
Nov 30, 8:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Shelby	15 min
Nov 30, 8:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas	41 min
Nov 30, 8:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	51 min
Nov 30, 9:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton	20 min
Nov 30, 9:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Etowah, St. Clair, Talladega	44 min
Nov 30, 9:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes	46 min
Nov 30, 9:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	25 min
Nov 30, 9:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega	45 min
Nov 30, 9:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	30 min
Nov 30, 10:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	30 min
Nov 30, 10:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	52 min
Nov 30, 10:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay	32 min
Nov 30, 10:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore	25 min
Nov 30, 10:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph	63 min
Nov 30, 10:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa	20 min
Nov 30, 10:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Tallapoosa	51 min
Nov 30, 11:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne, Randolph	32 min
Nov 30, 11:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers	29 min
Nov 30, 11:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Pike	48 min
Nov 30, 12:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock, Pike	44 min
Nov 30, 12:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Russell	38 min
Nov 30, 1:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Russell	14 min
Nov 30, 1:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Russell	46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.