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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2011, 3:39 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 66 min. 6 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
- Apr 15, 2011, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bibb County, AL, Hale County, AL, Perry County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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, 3:48 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Wateroak, AL | TORNADO CROSSED RTE 69 AND CR 53...TREES DOWN OR SNAPPED...POWER LINES DOW. |
| Apr 15, 3:59 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 1 E Mertz, AL | AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 25...3 MILES WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 16...WHERE THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. THERE WAS SOME STRUCTURE DAMAGE AS THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 5 SOUTH OF WEST BLOCTON. THERE WAS MODERATE |
| Apr 15, 4:14 PM CDT | TORNADO | W Eoline, AL | TREES DOWN ON HWY 25. MULTIPLE TREES DOWN SOUTH OF LITTLE HOPE RD COMPLETELY BLOCKED. TREES DOWN ON HWY 82. TREE ACROSS ROAD ON HWY 5. FRIENDSHIP ROAD BLOCKED. ABOUT 10 TREES DOWN SOUTH OF 300. TREE DOWN ON EOLINE ROAD. 5 TREES DOWN ROAD BLOCKED ON RAGLAND ROA |
| Apr 15, 4:23 PM CDT | TORNADO | Eoline, AL | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON HWY 82. |
| Apr 15, 4:24 PM CDT | TORNADO | Eoline, AL | LINES AND TREES SNAPPED AND SHREDDED. HWY 82 BLOCKED. |
| Apr 15, 4:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 S West Blocton, AL | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON HWY 5. |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
234
WFUS54 KBMX 152039
TORBMX
ALC007-065-105-125-152145-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0060.110415T2039Z-110415T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
339 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BIBB COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHEASTERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTH CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 338 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBORO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRENT...CENTREVILLE...MERTZ...LOW GAP...HARRISBURG...EOLINE...WEST
CENTREVILLE...VANCE...WEST BLOCTON AND WOODSTOCK JUNCTION.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 86 THROUGH 100...
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 3332 8716 3330 8708 3328 8705 3325 8706
3323 8701 3317 8702 3316 8697 3311 8697
3311 8695 3307 8693 3305 8689 3292 8689
3274 8746 3294 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 231DEG 39KT 3280 8758
$$
17/KLAWS3 follow-up statements
978
WWUS54 KBMX 152048
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
348 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
ALC007-065-105-125-152145-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110415T2145Z/
PERRY AL-HALE AL-BIBB AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
348 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA...
BIBB...NORTHEASTERN HALE AND NORTH CENTRAL PERRY COUNTIES UNTIL 445
PM CDT...
AT 347 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO! THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERTZ...OR 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GREENSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRENT...CENTREVILLE...MERTZ...LOW GAP...HARRISBURG...EOLINE...WEST
CENTREVILLE...COALING...VANCE AND WEST BLOCTON.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 86 THROUGH 100...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3332 8716 3330 8708 3328 8705 3325 8706
3323 8701 3317 8702 3316 8697 3311 8697
3311 8695 3307 8693 3305 8689 3292 8689
3274 8746 3294 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 231DEG 39KT 3286 8748
$$
17/KLAWS342
WWUS54 KBMX 152111
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
411 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
ALC065-105-125-152120-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110415T2145Z/
PERRY AL-HALE AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-
411 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA...NORTHEASTERN
HALE AND NORTH CENTRAL PERRY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT THE WARNED AREA.
HOWEVER...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A DIFFERENT STORM
IN EASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3301 8736 3301 8731 3307 8731 3314 8725
3314 8719 3320 8718 3324 8715 3323 8710
3325 8706 3323 8702 3317 8702 3316 8697
3311 8697 3305 8689 3297 8689 3288 8732
3298 8739
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 231DEG 39KT 3298 8728
$$
ALC007-152145-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110415T2145Z/
BIBB AL-
411 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BIBB COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM
CDT...
AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MERTZ...OR 9 MILES
WEST OF BRENT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRENT...CENTREVILLE...EOLINE...WEST CENTREVILLE...WEST BLOCTON...
ASHBY...BRIERFIELD IRONWORKS PARK...HARMON...BIBB COUNTY AIRPORT
AND SIX MILE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3301 8736 3301 8731 3307 8731 3314 8725
3314 8719 3320 8718 3324 8715 3323 8710
3325 8706 3323 8702 3317 8702 3316 8697
3311 8697 3305 8689 3297 8689 3288 8732
3298 8739
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 231DEG 39KT 3298 8728
$$
03/08347
WWUS54 KBMX 152124
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
424 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
ALC007-152145-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110415T2145Z/
BIBB AL-
424 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN BIBB COUNTY UNTIL
445 PM CDT...
AT 419 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EOLINE...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CENTREVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEST BLOCTON...GREEN POND...HEBRON AND MARVEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3314 8719 3320 8718 3324 8715 3323 8710
3325 8706 3323 8702 3317 8702 3316 8697
3311 8697 3307 8693 3305 8689 3296 8719
3305 8727
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 230DEG 38KT 3307 8715
$$
03/08The 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 | 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 | 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, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 48 min |
| 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, 3:44 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.