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Tornado Warning 112, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 27, 2011Fayette County, Lamar County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 5:22 PM CDT for Fayette County, Lamar County, Alabama. It was in force for 68 min. 2 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, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 68 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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, 6:06 PM CDT	TORNADO 3	5 E Bluff, AL	AN EF3 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR HIGHWAY 43 SOUTH OF BOBO AND TRAVELLED NORTHEAST PASSING JUST NORTH OF HUBBERTVILLE AND LIFTING NEAR COUNTY ROAD 24 SOUTH OF BAZEMORE. ALONG ITS PATH...THE TORNADO SNAPPED OR UPROOTED HUNDREDS OF TREES AND DESTROYED AT LEAST ON
Apr 27, 6:10 PM CDT	TORNADO	S Glen Allen, AL	TREE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ON HIGHWAY 129 FROM GLEN ALLEN TO HUBBERTVILLE NEAR THE TEXACO STATION.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 44 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

708 
WFUS54 KBMX 272222
TORBMX
ALC057-075-272330-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0112.110427T2222Z-110427T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
522 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 519 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS AFB...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MILLPORT...VERNON...FAYETTE...KENNEDY...BELK...BLOOMING GROVE...
  BLUFF...BANKSTON...GLEN ALLEN AND BERRY.

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 3377 8825 3393 8790 3392 8765 3391 8764
      3387 8764 3387 8757 3378 8752 3369 8753
      3368 8747 3361 8743 3362 8763 3359 8763
      3358 8767 3355 8794 3353 8810 3354 8828
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 245DEG 55KT 3362 8833

$$

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3 follow-up statements

277 
WWUS54 KBMX 272241
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
541 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

ALC057-075-272330-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110427T2330Z/
FAYETTE AL-LAMAR AL-
541 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LAMAR AND FAYETTE
COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
65 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VERNON...FAYETTE...BELK...BLOOMING GROVE...BLUFF...BANKSTON...GLEN
  ALLEN...BERRY...HIGHTOGY AND CODY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3393 8790 3392 8790 3392 8765 3391 8764
      3387 8764 3387 8757 3379 8753 3369 8753
      3368 8747 3366 8746 3362 8823 3375 8823
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 245DEG 55KT 3370 8813

$$

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389 
WWUS54 KBMX 272256
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
556 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

ALC057-075-272330-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110427T2330Z/
FAYETTE AL-LAMAR AL-
556 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL LAMAR AND
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMING GROVE...OR 6 MILES EAST OF VERNON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLUFF...GLEN ALLEN...RICHARD ARTHUR FIELD...HUBBERTVILLE AND
  FOWLERS CROSSROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3378 8805 3393 8790 3392 8790 3392 8765
      3391 8764 3387 8764 3387 8757 3375 8753
      3372 8753 3369 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 239DEG 47KT 3378 8794

$$

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416 
WWUS54 KBMX 272304
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
604 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

ALC075-272314-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110427T2330Z/
LAMAR AL-
604 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAMAR 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 3386 8794 3392 8765 3391 8764 3387 8764
      3387 8757 3375 8753 3372 8753 3374 8792
      3377 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 247DEG 43KT 3380 8784

$$

ALC057-272330-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110427T2330Z/
FAYETTE AL-
604 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFF...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAYETTE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GLEN ALLEN...HUBBERTVILLE AND FOWLERS CROSSROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3386 8794 3392 8765 3391 8764 3387 8764
      3387 8757 3375 8753 3372 8753 3374 8792
      3377 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 247DEG 43KT 3380 8784

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 27, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
347 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK ONGOING...

.DISCUSSION...

A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IS CURRENTLY UNFOLDING ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA...AND SUPERCELLS HAVE ERUPTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND
WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW TORNADOES HAVE
ALREADY TOUCHED DOWN...AND REPORTS OF MAJOR DAMAGE ARE STARTING TO
COME IN. THE 18Z SPECIAL SOUNDING THAT WAS PERFORMED PRESENTS A
DESTRUCTIVE SETUP...WITH 2700J/KG OF CAPE...EXTREMELY STEEP LAPSE
RATES...AND DRY AIR ALOFT. 0-3 KM HELICITY VALUES ARE ALMOST 700.
THE PARAMETERS WILL ONLY WORSEN AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE TIME FRAME FOR THE WORST SEVERE
WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS FOR
NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE STATE...ROUGHLY FROM 2PM TO
8PM...CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE...INCLUDING THE BIRMINGHAM
METRO AREA...FROM 4PM TO 10PM...AND THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS FROM
6PM TO 2AM. I CANNOT STRESS HOW SERIOUS THIS SITUATION IS. DO
WHATEVER YOU CAN TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE AND PROPERTY NOW...YOUR LIFE
MAY DEPEND ON IT! ALL WEATHER WILL CLEAR THE AREA AFTER 6Z
TONIGHT...SO THE CLEANUP PROCESS CAN BEGIN.

56/GOGGINS

&&

.AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION.

VERY DIFFICULT FORECAST FOR AVIATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS
CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON THE EXACT TIMING OF THUNDERSTORMS TO INITIALLY
DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. GENERALLY SPEAKING...WE ARE
EXPECTING AT LEAST VCTS FOR ALL SITES FROM 21Z TO 23Z AREAWIDE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...FIRST AS SCATTERED TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS...THEN CONSOLIDATING INTO A SQUALL LINE LATER THIS
EVENING. AMENDMENTS WILL BE MADE AFTER STORMS INITIALLY DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE MOMENT...HAVE INCLUDED THE PASSAGE OF THE
SQUALL LINE IN THE TAF FOR ALL LOCATIONS WITH +TSRA AND 1SM. WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY GUSTY FROM THE SOUTH AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35KTS POSSIBLE.
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND INTO THE
MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY.

NOTICE...KEET TAF WILL HAVE (AMD LTD TO VIS WIND AND WX) AMENDED TO
THE END OF THE FORECAST UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE CEILOMETER DATA
WILL BE GOING THROUGH NUMEROUS TESTS AND MONITORED FOR ACCURACY.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     79  57  69  47  74 /  70  80  10   0   0
ANNISTON    82  60  73  50  78 /  60 100  10   0   0
BIRMINGHAM  79  55  75  52  77 /  80  60  10   0   0
TUSCALOOSA  79  55  76  51  79 / 100  50  10   0   0
CALERA      81  57  74  51  77 /  70  70  10   0   0
AUBURN      82  60  73  53  75 /  50 100  10   0   0
MONTGOMERY  84  61  79  52  81 /  60  80  10   0   0
TROY        85  62  76  51  81 /  50  80  10   0   0

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES: AUTAUGA...BARBOUR...BIBB...BLOUNT...BULLOCK...
CALHOUN...CHAMBERS...CHEROKEE...CHILTON...CLAY...CLEBURNE...
COOSA...DALLAS...ELMORE...ETOWAH...FAYETTE...GREENE...HALE...
JEFFERSON...LAMAR...LEE...LOWNDES...MACON...MARENGO...MARION...
MONTGOMERY...PERRY...PICKENS...PIKE...RANDOLPH...RUSSELL...
SHELBY...ST. CLAIR...SUMTER...TALLADEGA...TALLAPOOSA...
TUSCALOOSA...WALKER...WINSTON.

FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES: FAYETTE...LAMAR...MARION...WALKER...WINSTON.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 1:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
127 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

ALZ011>015-017>050-281828-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
127 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...TORNADO OUTBREAK LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK IS LIKELY TODAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA. STRONG...LONG LIVED TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
VERY LARGE HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE.  TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED
TO BEGIN DEVELOPING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA STATE LINE BETWEEN
2 AND 3 PM...AND THIS THREAT WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...POTENTIALLY REACHING THE INTERSTATE
65 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM. CURRENT THINKING IS A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND TRAVERSE THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE BIRMINGHAM COUNTY WARNING AREA...EXITING INTO
GEORGIA BY 6 AM...AFFECTIVELY ENDING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR
CENTRAL ALABAMA.

THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY DANGEROUS SCENARIO FOR ANYONE IN
CENTRAL ALABAMA.  NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER
ACTION PLAN AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION WHEN WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ARE EVENTUALLY ISSUED.

LOCALIZED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.
A FEW INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY OCCUR IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
ADDITIONALLY...MORE THAN ONE STORM MAY AFFECT THE SAME AREA. THIS
MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

EVEN OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM AREAS...STRONG GRADIENT WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ALONG WITH HIGHER GUSTS
UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE NEEDED
THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO THE TORNADO THREAT.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 27, 4:34 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
434 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     TORNADO          N GEIGER                32.87N 88.31W
04/27/2011                   SUMTER             AL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            DAMAGE PATH REPORTED JUST NORTH OF GEIGER. EMERGENCY
            RESPONDERS ENROUTE.

&&

JT

Local storm report, Apr 27, 4:38 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
438 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0433 PM     TORNADO          3 NW CLINTON            32.94N 88.03W
04/27/2011                   GREENE             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE COMMUNITY
            OF WEST GREENE.

&&

DS

Local storm report, Apr 27, 4:42 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
442 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     TORNADO          1 E MOORES BRIDGE       33.45N 87.78W
04/27/2011                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DAMAGE IN THE OLD MOORES BRIDGE AREA.

&&

DS

Local storm report, Apr 27, 5:09 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
509 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0507 PM     TORNADO          DORA                    33.73N 87.08W
04/27/2011                   WALKER             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN DORA.

&&

JT

Local storm report, Apr 27, 5:15 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
515 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0509 PM     TORNADO          TUSCALOOSA              33.24N 87.54W
04/27/2011                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND ALONG HWY 82 NEAR THE MCFARLAND
            MALL.

&&

DS

Local storm report, Apr 27, 5:18 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
518 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0512 PM     TORNADO          SMOKE RISE              33.89N 86.82W
04/27/2011                   BLOUNT             AL   AMATEUR RADIO

            TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR EXIT 284 ON I-65 AT
            PHILADELPHIA ROAD.

&&

DS

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 Emergency	BMX	Pickens, Tuscaloosa	60 min
Apr 27, 3:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	54 min
Apr 27, 3:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Greene, Hale, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa	67 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 Emergency	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 Emergency	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 Emergency	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, Walker	65 min
Apr 27, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	30 min
Apr 27, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	59 min
Apr 27, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	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 Emergency	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Shelby, Talladega	66 min
Apr 27, 6:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair	56 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.