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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 15, 2011Greene County, Hale County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2011, 3:27 PM CDT for Greene County, Hale County, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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: Apr 15, 2011, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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
Apr 15, 4:12 PM CDT	TORNADO	Moundville, AL	DAMAGE AT THE TOKYO RESTAURANT ON 69 SOUTH. SEVERAL TRAILER HOMES AT A DEALERSHIP TURNED OVER AND SPEEDY OIL CHANGE NORTH OF DEALERSHIP WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. ON 82 SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND MOTEL 6 WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED.

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
Apr 15, 11:21 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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

709 
WFUS54 KBMX 152027
TORBMX
ALC063-065-125-152115-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0057.110415T2027Z-110415T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
327 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 324 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST GREENE...OR 8 MILES WEST OF EUTAW...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EUTAW...UNION...AKRON...KNOXVILLE...MOUNDVILLE...I 20 REST AREA
  NEAR EUTAW...RALPH...MOUNDVILLE AIRPORT...FOSTERS AND MOUND STATE
  PARK.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 32 THROUGH 62...

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 3317 8755 3301 8740 3301 8742 3294 8742
      3279 8803 3293 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 245DEG 38KT 3289 8799

$$

03/08

2 follow-up statements

002 
WWUS54 KBMX 152049
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
349 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

ALC063-065-125-152115-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110415T2115Z/
HALE AL-GREENE AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
349 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
TUSCALOOSA...NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND NORTHERN HALE COUNTIES UNTIL 415
PM CDT...

AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KNOXVILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF EUTAW...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOUNDVILLE...MOUNDVILLE AIRPORT...MOUND STATE PARK...ELLIOTS
  CREEK...HULL...PHIPPS...MAXWELL...LITTLE SANDY...ENGLEWOOD AND
  TAYLORVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3288 8773 3300 8780 3317 8755 3301 8740
      3301 8742 3294 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 251DEG 40KT 3297 8771

$$

03/08

849 
WWUS54 KBMX 152100
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
400 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

ALC063-152109-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110415T2115Z/
GREENE AL-
400 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE 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 3300 8771 3303 8771 3317 8755 3301 8740
      3301 8742 3294 8742 3289 8772 3298 8774
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 248DEG 32KT 3296 8766

$$

ALC065-125-152115-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110415T2115Z/
HALE AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
400 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA
AND NORTHERN HALE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 356 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNDVILLE...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF EUTAW...
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOUNDVILLE...MOUNDVILLE AIRPORT...MOUND STATE PARK...ELLIOTS
  CREEK...HULL...PHIPPS...MAXWELL...LITTLE SANDY...ENGLEWOOD AND
  TAYLORVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3300 8771 3303 8771 3317 8755 3301 8740
      3301 8742 3294 8742 3289 8772 3298 8774
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 248DEG 32KT 3296 8766

$$

03/08

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 3:29 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	22 hr
Apr 15, 8:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	41 min
Apr 15, 8:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lamar	50 min
Apr 15, 9:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Lamar	116 min
Apr 15, 9:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Marion	37 min
Apr 15, 10:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	6 hr
Apr 15, 10:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	38 min
Apr 15, 10:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	St. Clair	39 min
Apr 15, 10:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair	46 min
Apr 15, 11:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Walker, Winston	2 hr
Apr 15, 11:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marengo	38 min
Apr 15, 12:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	34 min
Apr 15, 12:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marengo	51 min
Apr 15, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair	27 min
Apr 15, 12:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Marengo, Perry	46 min
Apr 15, 1:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	3 hr
Apr 15, 1:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount	3 hr
Apr 15, 1:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Greene, Sumter	65 min
Apr 15, 1:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Perry	28 min
Apr 15, 2:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	4 days
Apr 15, 2:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	20 hr
Apr 15, 2:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	20 hr
Apr 15, 2:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	4 days
Apr 15, 2:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa	51 min
Apr 15, 2:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marengo, Sumter	29 min
Apr 15, 2:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	3 hr
Apr 15, 2:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Tuscaloosa	64 min
Apr 15, 2:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Sumter	41 min
Apr 15, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter	49 min
Apr 15, 3:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa	50 min
Apr 15, 3:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	3 hr
Apr 15, 3:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Sumter	58 min
Apr 15, 3:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	56 min
Apr 15, 3:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Perry, Tuscaloosa	66 min
Apr 15, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa	37 min
Apr 15, 3:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Lamar	24 hr
Apr 15, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Sumter	57 min
Apr 15, 4:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar	39 min
Apr 15, 4:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	62 min
Apr 15, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	42 min
Apr 15, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marengo, Sumter	64 min
Apr 15, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Tuscaloosa	33 min
Apr 15, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	26 min
Apr 15, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	52 min
Apr 15, 5:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	3 hr
Apr 15, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Perry	35 min
Apr 15, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar	30 min
Apr 15, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	49 min
Apr 15, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter	60 min
Apr 15, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar	22 min
Apr 15, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Macon	45 min
Apr 15, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion	45 min
Apr 15, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	46 min
Apr 15, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Talladega	52 min
Apr 15, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Perry	64 min
Apr 15, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee	21 min
Apr 15, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	60 min
Apr 15, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	43 min
Apr 15, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marengo	56 min
Apr 15, 6:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Talladega	3 hr
Apr 15, 6:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Talladega	31 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.