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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2010, 3:38 AM CST for Fayette County, Tuscaloosa County, Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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, 3:38 AM CST (09:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2010, 4:30 AM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fayette County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 11:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
898
WFUS54 KBMX 300938
TORBMX
ALC057-125-127-301030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0071.101130T0938Z-101130T1030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
338 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...
NORTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 430 AM CST
* AT 336 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF SAMANTHA...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FAYETTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORDOVA...JASPER...DORA...SUMITON...BOLEY SPRINGS...OAKMAN...
GORGAS...GORGAS STEAM PLANT...PARRISH AND QUINTON.
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 3399 8711 3390 8709 3389 8700 3384 8696
3380 8696 3377 8701 3369 8703 3369 8706
3366 8706 3366 8709 3363 8709 3364 8714
3361 8715 3342 8766 3353 8772 3400 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0938Z 230DEG 46KT 3353 8762
$$
17/KLAWS4 follow-up statements
034
WWUS54 KBMX 300954
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
354 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010
ALC125-301004-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-101130T1030Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
354 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3399 8711 3390 8709 3389 8700 3384 8696
3380 8696 3379 8700 3377 8701 3374 8702
3373 8703 3369 8703 3361 8755 3368 8754
3400 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0954Z 224DEG 48KT 3368 8746
$$
ALC057-127-301030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-101130T1030Z/
FAYETTE AL-WALKER AL-
354 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WALKER AND EAST CENTRAL
FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CST...
AT 350 AM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED ON RADAR. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR BOLEY SPRINGS...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF CARBON
HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORDOVA...JASPER...DORA...SUMITON...OAKMAN...GORGAS...PARRISH...
BURNWELL...BELOIT AND LYNNS PARK.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3399 8711 3390 8709 3389 8700 3384 8696
3380 8696 3379 8700 3377 8701 3374 8702
3373 8703 3369 8703 3361 8755 3368 8754
3400 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 0954Z 224DEG 48KT 3368 8746
$$
17/KLAWS944
WWUS54 KBMX 301000
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
400 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010
ALC057-301010-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-101130T1030Z/
FAYETTE AL-
400 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3399 8711 3390 8709 3389 8700 3384 8696
3380 8696 3379 8700 3377 8701 3369 8704
3365 8740 3366 8742 3369 8742 3370 8752
3400 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 1000Z 222DEG 48KT 3374 8739
$$
ALC127-301030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-101130T1030Z/
WALKER AL-
400 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WALKER COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM
CST...
AT 355 AM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED ON RADAR. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR OAKMAN...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF CARBON HILL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORDOVA...JASPER...DORA...SUMITON...PARRISH...BURNWELL...BELOIT...
LYNNS PARK...ROCKY HOLLOW AND SIPSEY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3399 8711 3390 8709 3389 8700 3384 8696
3380 8696 3379 8700 3377 8701 3369 8704
3365 8740 3366 8742 3369 8742 3370 8752
3400 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 1000Z 222DEG 48KT 3374 8739
$$
17/KLAWS972
WWUS54 KBMX 301010
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
410 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010
ALC127-301030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-101130T1030Z/
WALKER AL-
410 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY
UNTIL 430 AM CST...
AT 408 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JASPER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JASPER...LYNNS PARK...ROCKY HOLLOW...SIPSEY...CURRY...WALKER COUNTY
AIRPORT...MANCHESTER AND EMPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3399 8711 3390 8709 3389 8700 3384 8696
3380 8696 3371 8732 3372 8735 3375 8740
3381 8739 3400 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 1010Z 222DEG 48KT 3384 8728
$$564
WWUS54 KBMX 301021
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
421 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010
ALC127-301030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-101130T1030Z/
WALKER AL-
421 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY
UNTIL 430 AM CST...
AT 418 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF JASPER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3389 8708 3389 8706 3385 8705 3383 8719
3384 8724 3386 8725 3389 8724 3400 8720
3399 8711 3390 8709
TIME...MOT...LOC 1021Z 222DEG 48KT 3391 8716
$$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, 3:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 39 min |
| Nov 30, 3:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 46 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 |
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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.