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Tornado Warning 104, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 3:38 PM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 67 min. 3 reports 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
- Apr 27, 2011, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 4:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | N Geiger, AL | DAMAGE PATH REPORTED JUST NORTH OF GEIGER. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ENROUTE. |
| Apr 27, 4:33 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Clinton, AL | SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF WEST GREENE. |
| Apr 27, 4:43 PM CDT | TORNADO 4 | 2 Ssw Mantua, AL | *** 65 FATAL, 1000 INJ *** NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE SURVEYED THE MASSIVE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LONG TRACK VIOLENT TORNADO, BY GROUND AND AIR. THE START POINT IS BASED ON AERIAL SURVEY, WHILE THE END LOCATION WAS DETERMINED BY A GROUND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -359 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
334 WFUS54 KBMX 272038 TORBMX ALC063-065-107-119-125-272145- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0104.110427T2038Z-110427T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 338 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTHWESTERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... SOUTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTH CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 333 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF EMELLE...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF YORK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... WEST UNION AROUND 350 PM CDT. PANOLA AROUND 355 PM CDT. NEW WEST GREENE AND WEST GREENE AROUND 405 PM CDT. MANTUA...BENEVOLA AND UNION AROUND 420 PM CDT. JENA AROUND 425 PM CDT. COKER AROUND 440 PM CDT. BRYANT DENNY STADIUM AROUND 445 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE GEIGER... WARSAW...PLEASANT RIDGE...LEWISTON...SNODDY...PIONEER...RALPH... ROMULUS...FOSTERS AND FOSTERS BOAT LANDING. 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 3303 8834 3338 8763 3301 8744 3272 8837 TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 242DEG 47KT 3282 8850 $$ 27
4 follow-up statements
026 WWUS54 KBMX 272047 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 347 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ALC063-065-107-119-125-272145- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0104.000000T0000Z-110427T2145Z/ SUMTER AL-HALE AL-GREENE AL-PICKENS AL-TUSCALOOSA AL- 347 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA... SOUTHERN PICKENS...NORTHERN GREENE...NORTHERN HALE AND NORTH CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 342 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO WITH DAMAGE! TAKE COVER NOW! THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF WEST UNION...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIVINGSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PANOLA AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE AROUND 355 PM CDT. NEW WEST GREENE AROUND 400 PM CDT. WEST GREENE AROUND 405 PM CDT. MANTUA...BENEVOLA AND UNION AROUND 420 PM CDT. JENA AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF KNOXVILLE AROUND 425 PM CDT. NORTHPORT AROUND 440 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE WARSAW...PLEASANT RIDGE...LEWISTON...SNODDY...PIONEER...RALPH...ROMULUS...FOSTERS... FOSTERS BOAT LANDING AND OLIVER LOCK AND DAM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3303 8834 3338 8763 3301 8744 3272 8837 TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 242DEG 47KT 3287 8837 $$
698 WWUS54 KBMX 272055 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 355 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ALC063-065-107-119-125-272145- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0104.000000T0000Z-110427T2145Z/ SUMTER AL-HALE AL-GREENE AL-PICKENS AL-TUSCALOOSA AL- 355 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA... SOUTHERN PICKENS...NORTHERN GREENE...NORTHERN HALE AND NORTH CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... ...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR GEIGER AND PANOLA... AT 351 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PANOLA...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NEW WEST GREENE AROUND 400 PM CDT. WEST GREENE AROUND 405 PM CDT. MANTUA...BENEVOLA AND UNION AROUND 420 PM CDT. JENA AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF KNOXVILLE AROUND 425 PM CDT. COKER AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK AROUND 440 PM CDT. BRYANT DENNY STADIUM AROUND 445 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE WARSAW...PLEASANT RIDGE...LEWISTON...SNODDY...PIONEER...RALPH...ROMULUS...FOSTERS... FOSTERS BOAT LANDING AND PALMORE PARK. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3303 8834 3338 8763 3301 8744 3272 8837 TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 242DEG 47KT 3292 8826 $$ 27
335 WWUS54 KBMX 272108 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 408 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ALC063-065-107-119-125-272145- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0104.000000T0000Z-110427T2145Z/ SUMTER AL-HALE AL-GREENE AL-PICKENS AL-TUSCALOOSA AL- 408 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA... SOUTHERN PICKENS...NORTHERN GREENE...NORTHERN HALE AND NORTH CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... ...TORNADO EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR GEIGER AND PANOLA... AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND STORM TRACKING OUT OF MISSISSIPPI. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW WEST GREENE...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF ALICEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MANTUA...BENEVOLA AND UNION AROUND 420 PM CDT. JENA AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF KNOXVILLE AROUND 425 PM CDT. NORTHPORT...COKER AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK AROUND 440 PM CDT. BRYANT DENNY STADIUM AND MCFARLAND MALL AROUND 445 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE LEWISTON...SNODDY... PIONEER...RALPH...ROMULUS...FOSTERS...FOSTERS BOAT LANDING...OLIVER LOCK AND DAM...TUSCALOOSA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND STILLMAN COLLEGE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3303 8834 3338 8763 3301 8744 3272 8837 TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 242DEG 47KT 3299 8809 $$ 27
001 WWUS54 KBMX 272133 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 433 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ALC119-272142- /O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0104.000000T0000Z-110427T2145Z/ SUMTER AL- 433 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SUMTER 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 3285 8811 3303 8819 3338 8763 3301 8744 TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 242DEG 47KT 3314 8774 $$ ALC063-065-107-125-272145- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0104.000000T0000Z-110427T2145Z/ HALE AL-GREENE AL-PICKENS AL-TUSCALOOSA AL- 433 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA... SOUTHEASTERN PICKENS...NORTHERN GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN HALE COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... ...TORNADO EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR PLEASENT RIDGE...MORROWS GROVE...AND MANTUA... AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JENA...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTHPORT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NORTHPORT...COKER AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK AROUND 440 PM CDT. BRYANT DENNY STADIUM AND MCFARLAND MALL AROUND 445 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE OLIVER LOCK AND DAM...STILLMAN COLLEGE...TUSCALOOSA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...PALMORE PARK...FLATWOODS...TAYLORVILLE AND UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA QUAD. THIS INCLUDES... INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 45 THROUGH 73... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3285 8811 3303 8819 3338 8763 3301 8744 TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 242DEG 47KT 3314 8774 $$ 27
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Lamar, Pickens, Sumter | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 4:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 4:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 4:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Marengo, Sumter | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 4:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 4:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 5:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Fayette, Hale, Jefferson, Shelby and 2 more | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 5:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 5:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Perry, Shelby | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 5:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Chilton, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby and 1 more | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 6:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Dallas | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 6:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa and 3 more | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Randolph and 1 more | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 10:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 10:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Winston | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 10:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Marion | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 12:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Marion, Winston | 112 min |
| Apr 27, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 2:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Marion, Winston | 118 min |
| Apr 27, 2:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 19 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 20 min |
| Apr 27, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 58 min |
| Apr 27, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Sumter | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, Walker | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 68 min |
| Apr 27, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Greene, Hale, Perry, Tuscaloosa | 67 min |
| Apr 27, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 21 min |
| Apr 27, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Marengo, Sumter | 16 min |
| Apr 27, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson | 118 min |
| Apr 27, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair | 57 min |
| Apr 27, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Greene, Hale, Perry | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 6:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Shelby, Talladega | 66 min |
| Apr 27, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair | 56 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.