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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 26, 2011Fayette County, Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2011, 6:48 PM CDT for Fayette County, Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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: Mar 26, 2011, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2011, 7:13 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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
Mar 26, 7:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 Ne Guin, AL	NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ALONG I-22 NORTHEAST OF GUIN.
Mar 26, 7:13 PM CDT	HAIL 0.25	Guin, AL	PEA SIZE HAIL IN GUIN AND TWIN.

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
Mar 26, 12:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

448 
WFUS54 KBMX 262348
TORBMX
ALC057-075-093-270030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0026.110326T2348Z-110327T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 644 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR DETROIT...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF SULLIGENT. A TORNADO MAY
  DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WINFIELD...CREWS...BEAVERTON...GUIN...GU-WIN...BRILLIANT...GLEN
  ALLEN...LAKE BUTTAHATCHEE...HENSON SPRINGS AND RANKIN FITE AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 14 THROUGH 34...

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 3405 8822 3411 8820 3415 8764 3376 8765
      3394 8822
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 270DEG 34KT 3403 8813

$$

17/KLAWS

2 follow-up statements

668 
WWUS54 KBMX 270001
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
701 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

ALC057-075-093-270030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110327T0030Z/
FAYETTE AL-LAMAR AL-MARION AL-
701 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MARION...
NORTHEASTERN LAMAR AND NORTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM
CDT...

AT 645 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.  A
TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES NORTH OF BEAVERTON...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF HAMILTON...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WINFIELD...GUIN...GU-WIN...BRILLIANT...GLEN ALLEN...LAKE
  BUTTAHATCHEE...PIKEVILLE...PEA RIDGE...PEARCES MILL AND TUCKER.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 14 THROUGH 34...

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

LAT...LON 3397 8807 3405 8811 3412 8804 3415 8764
      3384 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 270DEG 34KT 3403 8799

$$

17/KLAWS

259 
WWUS54 KBMX 270013
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
713 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

ALC057-075-093-270023-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110327T0030Z/
FAYETTE AL-LAMAR AL-MARION AL-
713 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MARION...NORTHEASTERN LAMAR AND
NORTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WILL MAINTAIN A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING.

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

LAT...LON 3397 8807 3405 8811 3412 8804 3415 8764
      3384 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 270DEG 34KT 3402 8784

$$

17/KLAWS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 3:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	41 min
Mar 26, 4:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	51 min
Mar 26, 4:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Marion, Winston	117 min
Mar 26, 4:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	48 min
Mar 26, 6:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marshall	23 min
Mar 26, 7:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	47 min
Mar 26, 12:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Marengo, Sumter	52 min
Mar 26, 1:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Perry	55 min
Mar 26, 1:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	25 min
Mar 26, 1:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Perry	39 min
Mar 26, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	59 min
Mar 26, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa	58 min
Mar 26, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa, Tallapoosa	44 min
Mar 26, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Perry	41 min
Mar 26, 2:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	St. Clair	24 min
Mar 26, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Etowah, St. Clair	31 min
Mar 26, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	43 min
Mar 26, 3:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	53 min
Mar 26, 3:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore	49 min
Mar 26, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Etowah	30 min
Mar 26, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon, Russell	43 min
Mar 26, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Shelby	39 min
Mar 26, 3:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	37 min
Mar 26, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers	35 min
Mar 26, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa	45 min
Mar 26, 4:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Shelby	38 min
Mar 26, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Macon	40 min
Mar 26, 4:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Shelby, Talladega	16 min
Mar 26, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Russell	39 min
Mar 26, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Lee, Macon, Russell	51 min
Mar 26, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	33 min
Mar 26, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Russell	63 min
Mar 26, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah	51 min
Mar 26, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	24 min
Mar 26, 6:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Etowah	35 min
Mar 26, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	61 min
Mar 26, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	45 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.