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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 26, 2011Greene County, Hale County, Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2011, 1:05 PM CDT for Greene County, Hale County, Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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: Mar 26, 2011, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 26, 1:17 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	2 S Greensboro, AL	DIME TO NICKEL HAIL FELL SOUTH OF GREENSBORO.
Mar 26, 1:20 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Greensboro, AL	NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO.
Mar 26, 1:28 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 E Greensboro, AL	I INCH HAIL REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER.
Mar 26, 1:34 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	4 Wnw Folsom, AL	1 1/2 INCH HAIL.

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
Mar 26, 12:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

129 
WFUS54 KBMX 261805
TORBMX
ALC063-065-105-261900-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0014.110326T1805Z-110326T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
105 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 104 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR DUFFYS BEND...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  DEMOPOLIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENSBORO...MARION...GREENSBORO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...NEWBERN...
  CEDARVILLE...FOLSOM AND MORGAN SPRINGS.

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 3283 8735 3259 8730 3253 8782 3254 8781
      3255 8783 3272 8784
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 258DEG 28KT 3264 8774

$$

JD/02

2 follow-up statements

851 
WWUS54 KBMX 261817
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
117 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

ALC063-261827-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110326T1900Z/
GREENE AL-
117 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE 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 3255 8767 3261 8773 3272 8770 3283 8735
      3259 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 265DEG 27KT 3263 8763

$$

ALC065-105-261900-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110326T1900Z/
PERRY AL-HALE AL-
117 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HALE AND
NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENSBORO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENSBORO...MARION...NEWBERN...MORGAN SPRINGS AND FOLSOM.

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

LAT...LON 3255 8767 3261 8773 3272 8770 3283 8735
      3259 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 265DEG 27KT 3263 8763

$$

JD/02

427 
WWUS54 KBMX 261831
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
131 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

ALC065-105-261900-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110326T1900Z/
PERRY AL-HALE AL-
131 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL HALE AND
NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWBERN...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GREENSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MARION...MORGAN SPRINGS AND FOLSOM.

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

LAT...LON 3256 8755 3264 8762 3274 8756 3283 8735
      3259 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 265DEG 27KT 3264 8751

$$

JD/02

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 3:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	41 min
Mar 26, 4:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	51 min
Mar 26, 4:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marion, Winston	117 min
Mar 26, 4:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	48 min
Mar 26, 6:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marshall	23 min
Mar 26, 7:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	47 min
Mar 26, 12:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Marengo, Sumter	52 min
Mar 26, 1:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	25 min
Mar 26, 1:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Perry	39 min
Mar 26, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	59 min
Mar 26, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa	58 min
Mar 26, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	44 min
Mar 26, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Perry	41 min
Mar 26, 2:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	St. Clair	24 min
Mar 26, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah, St. Clair	31 min
Mar 26, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	43 min
Mar 26, 3:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	53 min
Mar 26, 3:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore	49 min
Mar 26, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah	30 min
Mar 26, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon, Russell	43 min
Mar 26, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Shelby	39 min
Mar 26, 3:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	37 min
Mar 26, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers	35 min
Mar 26, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	45 min
Mar 26, 4:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	38 min
Mar 26, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Macon	40 min
Mar 26, 4:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Shelby, Talladega	16 min
Mar 26, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Russell	39 min
Mar 26, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Lee, Macon, Russell	51 min
Mar 26, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	33 min
Mar 26, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Russell	63 min
Mar 26, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah	51 min
Mar 26, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	24 min
Mar 26, 6:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Etowah	35 min
Mar 26, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	61 min
Mar 26, 6:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	25 min
Mar 26, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	45 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.