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Tornado Warning 152, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 16, 2011Marengo County, Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2011, 6:34 AM CST for Marengo County, Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 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: Nov 16, 2011, 6:34 AM CST (12:34 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2011, 7:30 AM CST
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Marengo County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:35 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
Nov 16, 7:04 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 E Ward, AL	SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTS TREES DOWN AND HOMES DAMAGED FROM A POSSIBLE TORNOADO IN THE WHITFIELD AREA NEAR COUNTY ROAD 42 AND STATE ROAD 17.
Nov 16, 7:07 AM CST	TORNADO 2	Sse Whitfield, AL	* 1 INJ * AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 42 AND MOVED NORTHEAST FOR 1.50 MILES. IT SNAPPED 150 SOFTWOODS AND UPROOTED 50 HARDWOODS. FIVE OUTBUILDINGS...SIX HOMES AND ONE MOBILE HOME WERE DAMAGED. ONE HOME WAS DESTROYED WHERE ONE INJURY OCCUR

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
Nov 16, 2:20 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 990 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 3.6

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The text

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

466 
WFUS54 KBMX 161234
TORBMX
ALC091-119-161330-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0152.111116T1234Z-111116T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
634 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  SOUTHERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 730 AM CST

* AT 630 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINTERBISH...OR 21 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CUBA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINTERBISH...COATOPA...BLUFFPORT...DUG HILL...JEFFERSON...PIN
  HOOK...CHICKASAW STATE PARK...WARD...WHITFIELD AND BELLAMY.

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 3237 8842 3266 8807 3265 8805 3264 8808
      3262 8808 3260 8806 3260 8800 3236 8775
      3230 8793 3230 8833 3231 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1234Z 234DEG 35KT 3219 8851

$$

JT

4 follow-up statements

311 
WWUS54 KBMX 161245
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
645 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

ALC091-119-161330-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0152.000000T0000Z-111116T1330Z/
MARENGO AL-SUMTER AL-
645 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SUMTER AND
NORTHWESTERN MARENGO COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CST...

AT 644 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF CUBA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KINTERBISH...COATOPA...BLUFFPORT...DUG HILL...JEFFERSON...PIN
  HOOK...CHICKASAW STATE PARK...WARD...WHITFIELD AND BELLAMY.

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 3237 8842 3266 8807 3265 8805 3264 8808
      3262 8808 3260 8806 3260 8800 3236 8775
      3230 8793 3230 8833 3231 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1244Z 239DEG 37KT 3226 8839

$$

JT

563 
WWUS54 KBMX 161256
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
656 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

ALC091-119-161330-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0152.000000T0000Z-111116T1330Z/
MARENGO AL-SUMTER AL-
656 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SUMTER AND
NORTHWESTERN MARENGO COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CST...

AT 655 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM WAS LOCATED OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUBA...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COATOPA...BLUFFPORT...DUG HILL...JEFFERSON...PIN HOOK...CHICKASAW
  STATE PARK...WARD...WHITFIELD...BELLAMY AND LILITA.

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 3237 8842 3266 8807 3265 8805 3264 8808
      3262 8808 3260 8806 3260 8800 3236 8775
      3230 8793 3230 8833 3231 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1255Z 241DEG 37KT 3231 8827

$$

JT

296 
WWUS54 KBMX 161306
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
706 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

ALC091-119-161330-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0152.000000T0000Z-111116T1330Z/
MARENGO AL-SUMTER AL-
706 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER AND
NORTHWESTERN MARENGO COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CST...

AT 706 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COATOPA...DUG HILL...JEFFERSON...PIN HOOK...CHICKASAW STATE PARK...
  WHITFIELD...BELLAMY...LILITA...US 80 AND AL 28 AND DEMOPOLIS
  MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

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 3230 8793 3230 8822 3242 8827 3260 8800
      3236 8775 3231 8790
TIME...MOT...LOC 1306Z 241DEG 37KT 3235 8815

$$

JT

162 
WWUS54 KBMX 161318
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
718 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

ALC091-119-161330-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0152.000000T0000Z-111116T1330Z/
MARENGO AL-SUMTER AL-
718 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL SUMTER AND
NORTHWESTERN MARENGO COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CST...

AT 718 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF COATOPA...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DEMOPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JEFFERSON...US 80 AND AL 28 AND DEMOPOLIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

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 3233 8801 3237 8806 3242 8811 3256 8796
      3241 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 1318Z 241DEG 37KT 3241 8802

$$

JT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 16, 2:42 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	48 min
Nov 16, 2:59 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette	46 min
Nov 16, 3:32 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Walker	43 min
Nov 16, 5:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Sumter	46 min
Nov 16, 7:57 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Hale, Marengo, Perry	48 min
Nov 16, 8:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Perry	40 min
Nov 16, 9:08 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Dallas, Perry	37 min
Nov 16, 9:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	29 min
Nov 16, 9:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	44 min
Nov 16, 9:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair, Talladega	34 min
Nov 16, 10:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	40 min
Nov 16, 10:25 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun	35 min
Nov 16, 10:36 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	24 min
Nov 16, 10:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne	34 min
Nov 16, 10:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	32 min
Nov 16, 10:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	31 min
Nov 16, 11:21 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	39 min
Nov 16, 11:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Montgomery	23 min
Nov 16, 11:48 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Macon	42 min
Nov 16, 12:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee	27 min
Nov 16, 12:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Russell	25 min
Nov 16, 1:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	41 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.