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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 26, 2011Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2011, 6:21 PM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
Mar 26, 2011, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Russell County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 26, 12:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2011-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

421 
WFUS54 KBMX 262321
TORBMX
ALC113-262345-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0024.110326T2321Z-110326T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
621 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 618 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAWKINSVILLE...OR 16 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF HURTSBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY.

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 3218 8497 3217 8501 3213 8505 3210 8503
      3207 8505 3211 8521 3218 8518 3221 8495
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 279DEG 30KT 3214 8513

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 3:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarion41 min
Mar 26, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion51 min
Mar 26, 4:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXMarion, Winston117 min
Mar 26, 4:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion, Winston48 min
Mar 26, 6:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarshall23 min
Mar 26, 7:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXMarion47 min
Mar 26, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXGreene, Marengo, Sumter52 min
Mar 26, 1:05 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Perry55 min
Mar 26, 1:25 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Walker25 min
Mar 26, 1:36 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXDallas, Perry39 min
Mar 26, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Coosa59 min
Mar 26, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXClay, Coosa, Tallapoosa58 min
Mar 26, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCoosa, Tallapoosa44 min
Mar 26, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Dallas, Elmore, Perry41 min
Mar 26, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXSt. Clair24 min
Mar 26, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXEtowah, St. Clair31 min
Mar 26, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa43 min
Mar 26, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChambers, Tallapoosa53 min
Mar 26, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore49 min
Mar 26, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Etowah30 min
Mar 26, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon, Russell43 min
Mar 26, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Shelby39 min
Mar 26, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCalhoun, Cleburne37 min
Mar 26, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChambers35 min
Mar 26, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXElmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa45 min
Mar 26, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXChilton, Shelby38 min
Mar 26, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon40 min
Mar 26, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXCoosa, Shelby, Talladega16 min
Mar 26, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour, Russell39 min
Mar 26, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Lee, Macon, Russell51 min
Mar 26, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBarbour33 min
Mar 26, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Macon, Russell63 min
Mar 26, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBlount, Etowah51 min
Mar 26, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXEtowah35 min
Mar 26, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXLamar, Marion61 min
Mar 26, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Marion25 min
Mar 26, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXCherokee, Etowah45 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.