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Tornado Warning 150, NWS Birmingham, AL

September 5, 2011Lee County, Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT for Lee County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 5, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2011, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lee County, AL, Russell County, AL

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, 6.0 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.

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

263 
WFUS54 KBMX 051800
TORBMX
ALC081-113-051830-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0150.110905T1800Z-110905T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
100 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1255 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR SEALE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT BENNING
  SOUTH...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PHENIX CITY...SMITHS...RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...LADONIA...
  SMITHS STATION...BLEECKER...PARKMANVILLE...PHENIX DRAG STRIP...
  LADONIA SPORTS COMPLEX AND MONTEREY HEIGHTS.

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 3222 8511 3224 8519 3264 8517 3260 8507
      3258 8506 3252 8500 3246 8499 3244 8496
      3242 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 195DEG 36KT 3230 8512

$$

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2 follow-up statements

625 
WWUS54 KBMX 051812
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
112 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

ALC081-113-051830-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0150.000000T0000Z-110905T1830Z/
LEE AL-RUSSELL AL-
112 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

AT 109 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF LADONIA...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PHENIX CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PHENIX CITY...SMITHS...LADONIA...SMITHS STATION...BLEECKER...
  LADONIA SPORTS COMPLEX AND MONTEREY HEIGHTS.

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

LAT...LON 3252 8500 3246 8499 3235 8506 3237 8513
      3263 8517 3264 8517 3260 8507 3258 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 195DEG 36KT 3243 8508

$$

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563 
WWUS54 KBMX 051821
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
121 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

ALC081-113-051830-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0150.000000T0000Z-110905T1830Z/
LEE AL-RUSSELL AL-
121 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND
SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

AT 118 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LADONIA...OR NEAR PHENIX CITY...MOVING NORTH
AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SMITHS...SMITHS STATION AND BLEECKER.

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

LAT...LON 3252 8500 3246 8499 3235 8506 3237 8513
      3263 8517 3264 8517 3260 8507 3258 8506
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 195DEG 36KT 3251 8505

$$

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The 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, 10:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee	24 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, 1:09 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 Emergency	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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.