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Tornado Warning 114, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 27, 2011Jefferson County, Shelby County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 5:31 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Shelby County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 min. 4 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, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Emergency: Tornado emergency

Counties Jefferson County, AL, Shelby County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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, 5:56 PM CDT	TORNADO	Hueytown, AL	MAJOR DAMAGE IN HUEYTOWN...HOUSES LEVELED.
Apr 27, 6:09 PM CDT	TORNADO	Fultondale, AL	TREES DOWN, ROOFS OFF OF HOUSES, AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS I65 AND US31.
Apr 27, 6:23 PM CDT	TORNADO 3	3 Nne Trussville, AL	AN EF-3 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR ARGO...BETWEEN DEERFOOT PARKWAY AND ADVENT ROAD...TRAVELING NORTHEAST ACROSS SEVERAL COUNTIES INTO GA. THE COUNTIES AFFECTED WERE JEFFERSON...ST CLAIR...CALHOUN...ETOWAH...AND CHEROKEE. THERE WERE NUMEROUS FATALITIES AND INJUR
Apr 27, 6:27 PM CDT	TORNADO	Mulga, AL	DAMAGE TO HOUSES ON AL 269.

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 PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 41 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.

925 
WFUS54 KBMX 272231
TORBMX
ALC073-117-125-272330-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0114.110427T2231Z-110427T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EAST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 531 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE   
WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO ON THE GROUND 
NEAR   BROOKWOOD...OR 12 MILES EAST OF HOLT. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 
THIS   TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BESSEMER...HUEYTOWN...HELENA...FAIRFIELD...PELHAM...HOOVER...
  VESTAVIA HILLS...HOMEWOOD...BIRMINGHAM AND CHELSEA.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 242 THROUGH 282...
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 33...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 81 THROUGH 91...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 89 THROUGH 140...
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 143...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3376 8666 3376 8655 3366 8653 3356 8655
      3355 8649 3351 8649 3351 8640 3336 8636
      3324 8702 3324 8715 3321 8717 3318 8729
      3343 8744 3352 8730 3355 8719 3360 8718
      3364 8709 3366 8709 3384 8681 3384 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 241DEG 47KT 3332 8726

$$

17

5 follow-up statements

235 
WWUS54 KBMX 272236
SVSBMX

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

ALC073-117-125-272330-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0114.000000T0000Z-110427T2330Z/
SHELBY AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-JEFFERSON AL-
536 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON...EAST CENTRAL
TUSCALOOSA AND NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

...TORNADO EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR WELLER...NORTH JOHNS...VALLEY 
CREEK...AND MCCALLA...

AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ABERNANT...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HUEYTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BESSEMER...HUEYTOWN...HELENA...FAIRFIELD...PELHAM...HOOVER...
  VESTAVIA HILLS...HOMEWOOD...BIRMINGHAM AND CHELSEA.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 242 THROUGH 282...
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 33...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 81 THROUGH 91...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 89 THROUGH 140...
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 143...

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

LAT...LON 3376 8666 3376 8655 3366 8653 3356 8655
      3355 8649 3351 8649 3351 8640 3336 8636
      3324 8702 3324 8715 3321 8717 3318 8729
      3343 8744 3352 8730 3355 8719 3360 8718
      3364 8709 3366 8709 3384 8681 3384 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 241DEG 47KT 3334 8718

$$

17

712 
WWUS54 KBMX 272242
SVSBMX

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

ALC073-117-125-272330-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0114.000000T0000Z-110427T2330Z/
SHELBY AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-JEFFERSON AL-
542 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON...EAST CENTRAL
TUSCALOOSA AND NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

...TORNADO EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR HUEYTOWN...BESSEMER... 
FAIRFIELD...AND THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM AND ALL SURRONDING AREAS...

AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH JOHNS...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HUEYTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BESSEMER...HUEYTOWN...HELENA...FAIRFIELD...PELHAM...HOOVER...
  HOMEWOOD...VESTAVIA HILLS...BIRMINGHAM AND MOUNTAIN BROOK.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 242 THROUGH 282...
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 33...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 81 THROUGH 91...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 97 THROUGH 140...
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 143...

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

LAT...LON 3384 8676 3376 8666 3376 8655 3366 8653
      3356 8655 3355 8649 3351 8649 3351 8640
      3336 8636 3324 8702 3324 8715 3344 8735
      3352 8730 3355 8719 3360 8718 3364 8709
      3366 8709 3384 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 244DEG 49KT 3338 8712

$$

17

166 
WWUS54 KBMX 272251
SVSBMX

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

ALC125-272301-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0114.000000T0000Z-110427T2330Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
551 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST 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 3384 8676 3376 8666 3376 8655 3366 8653
      3356 8655 3355 8649 3351 8649 3351 8640
      3336 8636 3326 8701 3327 8705 3345 8723
      3351 8723 3355 8719 3360 8718 3364 8709
      3366 8709 3384 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 243DEG 49KT 3345 8698

$$

ALC073-117-272330-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0114.000000T0000Z-110427T2330Z/
SHELBY AL-JEFFERSON AL-
551 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN
SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

...TORNADO EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR HUEYTOWN AND BIRMINGHAM...TAKE 
COVER NOW!!!...

AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH JOHNS...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HUEYTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HELENA...FAIRFIELD...PELHAM...HOOVER...HOMEWOOD...VESTAVIA HILLS...
  BIRMINGHAM...MOUNTAIN BROOK...CHELSEA AND FULTONDALE.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 246 THROUGH 282...
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 33...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 81 THROUGH 91...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 104 THROUGH 140...
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 143...

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

LAT...LON 3384 8676 3376 8666 3376 8655 3366 8653
      3356 8655 3355 8649 3351 8649 3351 8640
      3336 8636 3326 8701 3327 8705 3345 8723
      3351 8723 3355 8719 3360 8718 3364 8709
      3366 8709 3384 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 243DEG 49KT 3345 8698

$$

17/KLAWS

696 
WWUS54 KBMX 272300
SVSBMX

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

ALC073-117-272330-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0114.000000T0000Z-110427T2330Z/
SHELBY AL-JEFFERSON AL-
600 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON AND NORTHEASTERN
SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

...TORNADO EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR BIRMINGHAM...MINOR...DOWNTOWN 
BIRMINGHAM...THE FAIRGROUNDS...BIRMINGHAM SHUTTLESWORTH AIRPORT......

AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM 
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE WEDGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MINOR...OR NEAR 
FAIRFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BIRMINGHAM...MOUNTAIN BROOK...FULTONDALE...IRONDALE...GARDENDALE...
  LEEDS...PINSON-CLAY-CHALKVILLE...TRUSSVILLE...SAMFORD UNIVERSITY
  AND U.A.B. CAMPUS.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 250 THROUGH 282...
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 17 THROUGH 33...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 81 THROUGH 91...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 113 THROUGH 140...
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 143...

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

LAT...LON 3384 8676 3376 8666 3376 8655 3366 8653
      3356 8655 3355 8649 3351 8649 3351 8640
      3336 8636 3339 8700 3346 8715 3353 8719
      3360 8718 3364 8709 3366 8709 3366 8706
      3384 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 234DEG 50KT 3354 8689

$$

17

600 
WWUS54 KBMX 272307
SVSBMX

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

ALC117-272316-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0114.000000T0000Z-110427T2330Z/
SHELBY AL-
607 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS STAYED NORTH OF SHELBY 
COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3384 8676 3376 8666 3376 8655 3366 8653
      3363 8654 3362 8655 3356 8655 3348 8703
      3351 8708 3355 8709 3364 8703 3384 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 235DEG 47KT 3358 8682

$$

ALC073-272330-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0114.000000T0000Z-110427T2330Z/
JEFFERSON AL-
607 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

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

...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR NORTHERN METRO BIRMINGHAM...

AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VILLAGE CREEK AVENUE W...OR NEAR
BIRMINGHAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FULTONDALE...IRONDALE...GARDENDALE...PINSON-CLAY-CHALKVILLE...
  TRUSSVILLE...BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT...TARRANT...KETONA LAKES...MORRIS
  AND KIMBERLY.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 261 THROUGH 282...
INTERSTATE 459 EXIT NUMBERS 31 THROUGH 33...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 85 THROUGH 91...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 120 THROUGH 135...
INTERSTATE 59 EXIT NUMBERS 130 THROUGH 143...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3384 8676 3376 8666 3376 8655 3366 8653
      3363 8654 3362 8655 3356 8655 3348 8703
      3351 8708 3355 8709 3364 8703 3384 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 235DEG 47KT 3358 8682

$$

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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, 5:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	68 min
Apr 27, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	30 min
Apr 27, 5:38 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.