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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 10:30 PM CST for Fayette County, Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min. 10 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
- Feb 24, 2011, 10:30 PM CST (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 11:15 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fayette County, AL, Walker County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 10:34 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Fayette, AL | BARN BLOWN ONTO HIGHWAY 107. |
| Feb 24, 10:36 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Glen Allen, AL | TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 10:37 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Fayette, AL | ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING. |
| Feb 24, 11:02 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Mcdowell Camp Groun, AL | BARN DAMAGED ON DUNCAN ROAD BETWEEN AL 5 AND AL 195. |
| Feb 24, 11:04 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nw Jasper, AL | TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ON SCOTT CEMETARY ROAD. |
| Feb 24, 11:09 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Jasper, AL | DAMAGE TO EASTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH ON HIGHWAY 118 NEXT TO THE JASPER MALL. |
| Feb 24, 11:09 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Jasper, AL | TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR CHRISTY LANE AND GAINES ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 257 CURRY HIGHWAY. |
| Feb 24, 11:10 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Jasper, AL | TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 11:12 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Sipsey, AL | TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 24, 11:18 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Smith Dam, AL | TREES DOWN ON SMITH LAKE DAM ROAD NEAR AL 69. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
175
WFUS54 KBMX 250430
TORBMX
ALC057-127-250515-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0005.110225T0430Z-110225T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1030 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHERN WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CST
* AT 1030 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMING GROVE...OR 8 MILES EAST OF VERNON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARBON HILL...JASPER...CORDOVA...GLEN ALLEN...ELDRIDGE...KANSAS...
CURRY...LAKE SHORE...LYNNS PARK AND ROCKY HOLLOW.
THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 46 THROUGH 65...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3392 8775 3391 8764 3394 8764 3400 8726
3399 8710 3377 8708 3369 8795 3388 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 260DEG 53KT 3380 8789
$$
272 follow-up statements
548
WWUS54 KBMX 250447
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1047 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
ALC057-127-250515-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110225T0515Z/
FAYETTE AL-WALKER AL-
1047 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WALKER AND
CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CST...
AT 1043 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLEN ALLEN...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CARBON HILL...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARBON HILL...JASPER...KANSAS...CURRY...LYNNS PARK...ROCKY
HOLLOW...SIPSEY...CEDRUM AREA...TOWNLEY AND HOLLY GROVE.
THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 46 THROUGH 65...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3370 8780 3392 8773 3391 8764 3394 8764
3400 8726 3399 8710 3377 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 260DEG 53KT 3384 8759
$$
27229
WWUS54 KBMX 250503
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1103 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
ALC057-250513-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110225T0515Z/
FAYETTE AL-
1103 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FAYETTE 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 3399 8710 3394 8710 3377 8708 3373 8753
3392 8752 3400 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0503Z 260DEG 53KT 3388 8731
$$
ALC127-250515-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110225T0515Z/
WALKER AL-
1103 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL WALKER COUNTY
UNTIL 1115 PM CST...
AT 1057 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF CARBON HILL...MOVING EAST AT 60
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
JASPER...CURRY...LYNNS PARK...ROCKY HOLLOW...SIPSEY AND MANCHESTER.
THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 46 THROUGH 65...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3399 8710 3394 8710 3377 8708 3373 8753
3392 8752 3400 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0503Z 260DEG 53KT 3388 8731
$$
27The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 9:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 9:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 10:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 10:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Greene, Jefferson, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa and 1 more | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Walker, Winston | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 11:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Walker | 44 min |
| Feb 24, 11:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, Walker | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 11:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby and 3 more | 66 min |
| Feb 24, 11:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair, Walker | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 11:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter | 67 min |
| Feb 25, 12:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair | 57 min |
| Feb 25, 12:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega | 63 min |
| Feb 25, 12:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 46 min |
| Feb 25, 1:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 43 min |
| Feb 25, 2:06 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock, Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon and 3 more | 39 min |
| Feb 25, 2:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon, Russell | 45 min |
| Feb 25, 3:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour, Pike, Russell | 40 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.