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Tornado Warning 167, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 16, 2011Chambers County, Lee County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2011, 12:18 PM CST for Chambers County, Lee County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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: Nov 16, 2011, 12:18 PM CST (18:18 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2011, 12:45 PM CST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chambers County, AL, Lee County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 16, 12:35 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	6 S Valley, AL	SEVERAL BUILDINGS AND BOATHOUSES WERE DAMAGED ALONG LAKE HARDING

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

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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: 627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

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

254 
WFUS54 KBMX 161818
TORBMX
ALC017-081-161845-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0167.111116T1818Z-111116T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1218 PM CST WED NOV 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1245 PM CST

* AT 1217 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  OPELIKA. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VALLEY...LANETT...BEANS MILL...CUSSETA...HUGULEY...FAIRFAX...
  BARTLETTS FERRY DAM AND I 85 WELCOME CENTER AT LANETT.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 64 THROUGH 79...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...CONFIRMED DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF AUBURN 
FROM THIS STORM. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE 
COVER NOW!

&&

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

LAT...LON 3264 8510 3259 8532 3280 8540 3288 8518
      3286 8518 3284 8514 3283 8516 3281 8516
      3278 8512 3275 8514 3274 8511 3269 8511
      3265 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 235DEG 39KT 3264 8533

$$

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2 follow-up statements

861 
WWUS54 KBMX 161834
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1234 PM CST WED NOV 16 2011

ALC017-081-161845-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0167.000000T0000Z-111116T1845Z/
LEE AL-CHAMBERS AL-
1234 PM CST WED NOV 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAMBERS AND
NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CST...

AT 1231 PM CST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF 
AUBURN FROM A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.  THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF BEANS MILL...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF 
VALLEY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS 
SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 70 THROUGH 79...

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

LAT...LON 3264 8510 3260 8526 3281 8532 3288 8518
      3286 8518 3284 8514 3283 8516 3281 8516
      3278 8512 3275 8514 3274 8511 3269 8511
      3265 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 249DEG 47KT 3271 8512

$$

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329 
WWUS54 KBMX 161841
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1241 PM CST WED NOV 16 2011

ALC017-081-161851-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0167.000000T0000Z-111116T1845Z/
LEE AL-CHAMBERS AL-
1241 PM CST WED NOV 16 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAMBERS AND NORTHEASTERN LEE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 PM CST...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM.

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

LAT...LON 3264 8510 3260 8526 3281 8532 3288 8518
      3286 8518 3284 8514 3283 8516 3281 8516
      3278 8512 3275 8514 3274 8511 3269 8511
      3265 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 249DEG 47KT 3273 8500

$$

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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, 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, 11:21 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, 12:25 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.