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Tornado Warning 168, NWS Birmingham, AL

November 16, 2011Bullock County, Macon County, Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2011, 12:25 PM CST for Bullock County, Macon County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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: Nov 16, 2011, 12:25 PM CST (18:25 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2011, 12:50 PM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bullock County, AL, Macon 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
Nov 16, 9:46 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

272 
WFUS54 KBMX 161825
TORBMX
ALC011-087-113-161915-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0168.111116T1825Z-111116T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1225 PM CST WED NOV 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 115 PM CST

* AT 1221 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF UNION SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HURTSBORO...PHENIX CITY...GUERRYTON...UCHEE...SEALE...RUSSELL
  COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...LADONIA...CREEK STAND...RUTHERFORD AND
  HATCHECHUBBE.

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 3209 8563 3222 8569 3247 8515 3247 8507
      3251 8506 3250 8499 3246 8499 3244 8496
      3242 8496 3233 8500 3231 8494 3226 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 247DEG 35KT 3218 8557

$$

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2 follow-up statements

706 
WWUS54 KBMX 161845
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1245 PM CST WED NOV 16 2011

ALC011-087-161855-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0168.000000T0000Z-111116T1915Z/
BULLOCK AL-MACON AL-
1245 PM CST WED NOV 16 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MACON AND NORTHEASTERN
BULLOCK COUNTIES 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 3215 8542 3234 8542 3247 8515 3247 8507
      3251 8506 3250 8499 3246 8499 3244 8496
      3242 8496 3233 8500 3231 8494 3226 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 247DEG 35KT 3226 8536

$$

ALC113-161915-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0168.000000T0000Z-111116T1915Z/
RUSSELL AL-
1245 PM CST WED NOV 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 115
PM CST...

AT 1241 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HURTSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PHENIX CITY...UCHEE...SEALE...RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...
  LADONIA...HATCHECHUBBE...PARKMANVILLE...PHENIX DRAG STRIP...FORT
  MITCHELL ACTIVITY CENTER AND UCHEE CREEK.

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

LAT...LON 3215 8542 3234 8542 3247 8515 3247 8507
      3251 8506 3250 8499 3246 8499 3244 8496
      3242 8496 3233 8500 3231 8494 3226 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 247DEG 35KT 3226 8536

$$

14

015 
WWUS54 KBMX 161850
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1250 PM CST WED NOV 16 2011

ALC113-161900-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0168.000000T0000Z-111116T1915Z/
RUSSELL AL-
1250 PM CST WED NOV 16 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RUSSELL COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.

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

LAT...LON 3215 8542 3234 8542 3247 8515 3247 8507
      3251 8506 3250 8499 3246 8499 3244 8496
      3242 8496 3233 8500 3231 8494 3226 8489
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 247DEG 35KT 3228 8530

$$

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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, 12:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee	27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.