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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 60 min. 4 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, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hale County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Perry County, AL, Sumter County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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, 5:36 PM CDT | TORNADO 2 | 4 Ese Linden, AL | AN EF-2 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR DAYTON. THE MOST CONCENTRATED DAMAGE OCCURED TO SEVERAL HOMES THAT HAD SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. THERE WERE SEVERAL HUNDRED HARD AND SOFTWOOD TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 10.9 MILES LONG AND WAS 600 YARD |
| Apr 15, 5:40 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 3 Nw Linden, AL | AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN FOR A SECOND TIME NEAR PINHOOK. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 28...RIGHT AT THE CHICKASAW BOGUE...OR 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINDEN. THE TORNADO DID SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE...BY EITHER UPROOTING OR SNAPPING LARGE HARDWOO |
| Apr 15, 5:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | Linden, AL | TREES DOWN. |
| Apr 15, 6:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 S Uniontown, AL | DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-0 TORNADO. WINDS WERE AROUND 95 MPH. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF COOPER ROAD OFF HIGHWAY 65 TRAVELING EAST-NORTHEAST TO JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 80 OFF OF TAYLOE ROAD. THIS TOUCHDOWN UPROOTED AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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.
991
WFUS54 KBMX 152230
TORBMX
ALC065-091-105-119-152330-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0071.110415T2230Z-110415T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
530 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HALE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHERN MARENGO COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
WESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 527 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MYRTLEWOOD...OR 12 MILES WEST OF
LINDEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINDEN...DEMOPOLIS...UNIONTOWN...GREENSBORO...JEFFERSON...PIN
HOOK...CHICKASAW STATE PARK...ARCOLA...DAYTON AND FAUNSDALE.
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 3256 8787 3253 8786 3254 8781 3259 8778
3257 8776 3259 8774 3262 8776 3283 8742
3248 8734 3248 8742 3234 8742 3224 8801
3228 8803 3231 8800 3231 8807 3241 8811
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 244DEG 35KT 3232 8797
$$
17/KLAWS2 follow-up statements
567
WWUS54 KBMX 152240
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
540 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
ALC065-091-105-119-152330-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110415T2330Z/
MARENGO AL-PERRY AL-SUMTER AL-HALE AL-
540 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HALE...
SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER...WESTERN PERRY AND NORTHERN MARENGO COUNTIES
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TWO SEPARATE
TORNODOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM PIN HOOK TO LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DEMOPOLIS...UNIONTOWN...GREENSBORO...JEFFERSON...PIN HOOK...
DAYTON...CHICKASAW STATE PARK...ARCOLA...FAUNSDALE AND GREENSBORO
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3256 8787 3253 8786 3254 8781 3259 8778
3257 8776 3259 8774 3262 8776 3283 8742
3248 8734 3248 8742 3234 8742 3224 8801
3228 8803 3231 8800 3231 8807 3241 8811
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 246DEG 32KT 3233 8790 3232 8770
$$
17/KLAWS001
WWUS54 KBMX 152300
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
600 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
ALC119-152308-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110415T2330Z/
SUMTER AL-
600 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SUMTER 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 3283 8742 3248 8734 3248 8742 3234 8742
3228 8779 3246 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 237DEG 18KT 3236 8771
$$
ALC065-091-105-152330-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110415T2330Z/
MARENGO AL-PERRY AL-HALE AL-
600 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HALE...
WESTERN PERRY AND NORTHEASTERN MARENGO COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS
STORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR CHICKASAW STATE PARK...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST
OF LINDEN...AND THE OTHER JUST SOUTHWEST OF UNIONTOWN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UNIONTOWN...DAYTON...FAUNSDALE...NEWBERN...VALDEN...GALLION...
LANEVILLE...CEDARVILLE...FOLSOM AND MORGAN SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3283 8742 3248 8734 3248 8742 3234 8742
3228 8779 3246 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 237DEG 18KT 3236 8771
$$
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, 4:18 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, 5:38 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.