Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 164, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2011, 11:21 AM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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, 11:21 AM CST (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Elmore County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 11:27 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Tysonville, AL | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS RIGSBY RD JUST SOUTH OF RIFLE RANGE RD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Nov 16, 11:32 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Shorter, AL | SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR SHORTER. |
| Nov 16, 11:42 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Reeltown, AL | SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN REELTOWN. |
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, 9:46 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
997 WFUS54 KBMX 161721 TORBMX ALC051-087-101-123-161800- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0164.111116T1721Z-111116T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1121 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... SOUTH CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL NOON CST * AT 1119 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED DAMAGE FROM A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMERALD MOUNTAIN...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WETUMPKA. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MILSTEAD...TALLASSEE...TYSONVILLE...VICTORYLAND...SHORTER...REEVES AIRPORT...KENT...FRANKLIN...TALLAPOOSA CITY AND MARTIN DAM. THIS INCLUDES... INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 11 THROUGH 26... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3277 8584 3252 8565 3231 8612 3247 8622 TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 234DEG 39KT 3245 8607 $$ 56
2 follow-up statements
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WWUS54 KBMX 161732
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1132 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011
ALC101-161741-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0164.000000T0000Z-111116T1800Z/
MONTGOMERY AL-
1132 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3237 8601 3238 8601 3241 8601 3242 8603
3242 8605 3252 8610 3274 8583 3252 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 251DEG 34KT 3247 8595
$$
ALC051-087-123-161800-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0164.000000T0000Z-111116T1800Z/
ELMORE AL-MACON AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
1132 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
TALLAPOOSA...NORTHWESTERN MACON AND SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTIES
UNTIL NOON CST...
AT 1127 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED DAMAGE FROM A
POSSIBLE TORNADO ACROSS MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR TYSONVILLE...OR 6 MILES WEST OF MILSTEAD...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION...TAKE
COVER NOW!
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILSTEAD...TALLASSEE...KENT...REEVES AIRPORT...TALLAPOOSA CITY...
LIBERTY CITY...YATES DAM...REELTOWN AND WOODLAND.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 22 THROUGH 26...
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3237 8601 3238 8601 3241 8601 3242 8603
3242 8605 3252 8610 3274 8583 3252 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 251DEG 34KT 3247 8595
$$
56702
WWUS54 KBMX 161744
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1144 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011
ALC051-087-123-161800-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0164.000000T0000Z-111116T1800Z/
ELMORE AL-MACON AL-TALLAPOOSA AL-
1144 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
TALLAPOOSA...NORTH CENTRAL MACON AND SOUTHEASTERN ELMORE COUNTIES
UNTIL NOON CST...
AT 1137 AM CST...THE PUBLIC AND TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED DAMAGE
FROM A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN ELMORE COUNTIES.
THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REEVES AIRPORT...OR NEAR
MILSTEAD...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS SITUATION...TAKE COVER NOW!
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LIBERTY CITY...REELTOWN AND WOODLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3242 8592 3248 8596 3258 8597 3270 8580
3252 8565
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 251DEG 34KT 3250 8583
$$
56The 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, 6:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 56 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, 11:40 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.