Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2011, 1:52 AM CDT for Chambers County, Alabama. It was in force for 22 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 27, 2011, 1:52 AM CDT (06:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2011, 2:14 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Chambers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 404 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
263 WFUS54 KBMX 270652 TORBMX ALC017-270745- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0033.110327T0652Z-110327T0745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 152 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 245 AM CDT * AT 149 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITE PLAINS...OR NEAR STROUD...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... POST OAK FORKS...FREDONIA...DENSON...VEASEY CREEK PARK...AMITY PARK...LAKEVIEW...STROUD CREEK...ROCKY POINT AND SOUTHERN HARBOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3300 8543 3306 8539 3304 8521 3287 8517 TIME...MOT...LOC 0652Z 292DEG 24KT 3302 8535 $$ 27
2 follow-up statements
019 WWUS54 KBMX 270707 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 207 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ALC017-270745- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110327T0745Z/ CHAMBERS AL- 207 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAMBERS COUNTY UNTIL 245 AM CDT... AT 203 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FREDONIA...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STROUD... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AMITY PARK...LAKEVIEW...ROCKY POINT AND SOUTHERN HARBOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3294 8530 3305 8530 3304 8521 3287 8517 TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 292DEG 24KT 3298 8524 $$ 27
557 WWUS54 KBMX 270714 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 214 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ALC017-270724- /O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110327T0745Z/ CHAMBERS AL- 214 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAMBERS 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 3294 8530 3305 8530 3304 8521 3287 8517 TIME...MOT...LOC 0714Z 292DEG 24KT 3296 8519 $$ 27
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 28 min |
| Mar 26, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 24 min |
| Mar 26, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 62 min |
| Mar 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 60 min |
| Mar 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Jefferson, St. Clair, Talladega | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 59 min |
| Mar 26, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 10:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 3 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, Walker | 63 min |
| Mar 26, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay, St. Clair, Talladega | 15 min |
| Mar 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Tuscaloosa | 56 min |
| Mar 26, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Talladega | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Randolph | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 16 min |
| Mar 27, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 15 min |
| Mar 27, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 12:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers, Randolph | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 17 min |
| Mar 27, 1:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 1:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 13 min |
| Mar 27, 2:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 4:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 7:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Coosa | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene, Hale | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 7:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Shelby | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chilton | 45 min |
| Mar 27, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 10:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 10:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chilton | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 11:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Tallapoosa | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers | 23 min |
| Mar 27, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 12:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Russell | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Russell | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 47 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.