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Tornado Warning 144, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 10:51 AM CDT for Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 5, 2011, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lee County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 11:07 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Opelika, AL | TREES AND POWERLINES WERE KNOCKED DOWN IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS OPELIKA, INCLUDING A TREE BLOWN ONTO A HOUSE ON FIRST AVE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 5:35 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KBMX 051551
TORBMX
ALC081-051615-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0144.110905T1551Z-110905T1615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1051 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
* AT 1046 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOCIETY HILL...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF AUBURN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OPELIKA...BEAUREGARD...BEANS MILL AND MOUNT JEFFERSON.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 57 THROUGH 66...
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 3245 8536 3247 8542 3273 8544 3274 8543
3275 8542 3273 8540 3273 8537 3267 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 1551Z 196DEG 27KT 3251 8536
$$
142 follow-up statements
395
WWUS54 KBMX 051606
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1106 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
ALC081-051615-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0144.000000T0000Z-110905T1615Z/
LEE AL-
1106 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LEE COUNTY UNTIL
1115 AM CDT...
AT 1105 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAUREGARD...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
OPELIKA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OPELIKA...BEANS MILL AND MOUNT JEFFERSON.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 60 THROUGH 66...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3267 8513 3256 8531 3257 8537 3273 8544
3275 8542 3274 8541 3273 8540 3273 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 1606Z 198DEG 25KT 3259 8533
$$
14635
WWUS54 KBMX 051612
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1112 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
ALC081-051622-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0144.000000T0000Z-110905T1615Z/
LEE AL-
1112 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 AM
CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3267 8513 3256 8531 3257 8537 3273 8544
3275 8542 3274 8541 3273 8540 3273 8537
TIME...MOT...LOC 1612Z 198DEG 25KT 3263 8531
$$
14The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 4:31 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 26 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens | 7 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 6:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 7 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston | 8 hr |
| Sep 5, 8:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 60 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 48 hr |
| Sep 5, 9:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 72 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter, Tuscaloosa | 59 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo | 5 days |
| Sep 5, 10:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 13 min |
| Sep 5, 10:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Russell | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 10:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Perry | 27 min |
| Sep 5, 11:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 11:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 7 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas | 25 min |
| Sep 5, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Pike | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Dallas, Perry | 25 min |
| Sep 5, 12:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 1:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 48 min |
| Sep 5, 2:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston | 17 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon | 27 min |
| Sep 5, 3:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 15 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens | 16 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 5 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 67 min |
| Sep 5, 5:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Etowah, St. Clair | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 78 min |
| Sep 5, 6:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 6 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 6:41 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 5 more | 3 hr |
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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.