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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2011, 4:18 PM CDT for Greene County, Hale County, Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 min. 3 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, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Sumter County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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, 4:44 PM CDT | TORNADO 2 | 1 Ese Forkland, AL | AN EF-2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 2.2 MILES EAST OF FORKLAND ALONG COUNTY ROAD 20. THE TORNADO MAINLY TRAVELED IN FOREST LAND SNAPPING AND UPROOTING THOUSANDS OF TREES. JUST NORTH OF GREENSBORO THE TORNADO SEVERELY DAMAGED THREE MOBIL |
| Apr 15, 4:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 N Demopolis, AL | TORNADO ON THE GROUND CROSSED HWY 43 5 MILES NORTH OF DEMOPOLIS. |
| Apr 15, 5:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Greensboro, AL | POSSIBLE TORNADO. 20 TO 25 HOMES DAMAGED. ROADS CLOSED DUE TO MAJOR DAMAGE NORTH OF GREENSBORO. SEVERAL HUNDRED TREES DOWN IN THE COUNTY. |
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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.
516
WFUS54 KBMX 152118
TORBMX
ALC063-065-119-152215-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0062.110415T2118Z-110415T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
418 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EAST CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 414 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
BLUFFPORT...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LIVINGSTON. DOPPLER RADAR
SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENSBORO...TISHABEE...THORNHILL...FORKLAND...ARCOLA...WALDEN
QUARTERS...DUFFYS BEND...WEDGEWORTH...SAWYERVILLE AND EVANSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3301 8745 3294 8742 3283 8742 3283 8747
3267 8747 3266 8752 3259 8752 3253 8778
3253 8781 3255 8782 3255 8785 3252 8785
3252 8790 3248 8800 3268 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 245DEG 33KT 3256 8809
$$
17/KLAWS2 follow-up statements
258
WWUS54 KBMX 152148
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
448 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
ALC063-065-119-152215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-110415T2215Z/
SUMTER AL-HALE AL-GREENE AL-
448 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...HALE
AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 446 PM CDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DUFFYS BEND...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
DEMOPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENSBORO...DUFFYS BEND...WEDGEWORTH...SAWYERVILLE...GREENSBORO
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...NEWBERN...CEDARVILLE...HARPER HILL...WATEROAK
AND PHIPPS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3271 8794 3301 8745 3294 8742 3283 8742
3283 8747 3267 8747 3266 8752 3259 8752
3253 8778 3253 8781 3255 8782 3255 8785
3252 8791
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 245DEG 33KT 3268 8778
$$
03/08924
WWUS54 KBMX 152201
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
501 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
ALC063-119-152211-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-110415T2215Z/
SUMTER AL-GREENE AL-
501 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE AND EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTIES 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 3278 8779 3301 8745 3294 8742 3283 8742
3283 8747 3267 8747 3265 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 245DEG 36KT 3273 8766
$$
ALC065-152215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-110415T2215Z/
HALE AL-
501 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HALE COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM CDT...
AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENSBORO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...OR 5 MILES WEST
OF GREENSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENSBORO...HARPER HILL...WATEROAK AND PHIPPS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3278 8779 3301 8745 3294 8742 3283 8742
3283 8747 3267 8747 3265 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 245DEG 36KT 3273 8766
$$
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, 3:39 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, 4:21 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.