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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 23, 2012Chambers County, Randolph County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 23, 2012, 7:15 AM CST for Chambers County, Randolph County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 23, 2012, 7:15 AM CST (13:15 UTC)
Expired: Jan 23, 2012, 7:32 AM CST
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chambers County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 23, 2:44 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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: 463 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 492 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 722 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

841 
WFUS54 KBMX 231315
TORBMX
ALC017-111-123-231345-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0015.120123T1315Z-120123T1345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
715 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHEASTERN TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 745 AM CST

* AT 710 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPARKLING SPRINGS...OR 17 MILES
  NORTH OF DADEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROANOKE...STROUD...SPARKLING SPRINGS...WADLEY...CORINTH...ABANDA...
  RED LEVEL...CRYSTAL LAKE...WELCH AND POST OAK FORKS.

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 3300 8567 3311 8570 3311 8565 3315 8565
      3329 8526 3302 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1315Z 255DEG 42KT 3308 8559

$$

JD/02

2 follow-up statements

905 
WWUS54 KBMX 231327
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
727 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

ALC123-231336-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120123T1345Z/
TALLAPOOSA AL-
727 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TALLAPOOSA 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 3302 8522 3302 8548 3308 8554 3318 8551
      3329 8526
TIME...MOT...LOC 1326Z 258DEG 32KT 3309 8549

$$

ALC017-111-231345-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120123T1345Z/
RANDOLPH AL-CHAMBERS AL-
727 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHAMBERS AND
SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM CST...

AT 724 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ABANDA...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROANOKE...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROANOKE...STROUD...RED LEVEL...CRYSTAL LAKE...WELCH...POST OAK
  FORKS...ROCK STAND...ROCK MILLS AND STROUD CREEK.

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

LAT...LON 3302 8522 3302 8548 3308 8554 3318 8551
      3329 8526
TIME...MOT...LOC 1326Z 258DEG 32KT 3309 8549

$$
DEBLOCK

515 
WWUS54 KBMX 231332
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
732 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

ALC017-111-231342-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120123T1345Z/
RANDOLPH AL-CHAMBERS AL-
732 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHAMBERS AND SOUTHEASTERN
RANDOLPH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

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

LAT...LON 3302 8522 3302 8548 3308 8554 3318 8551
      3329 8526
TIME...MOT...LOC 1332Z 258DEG 32KT 3310 8543

$$

JD/02

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 23, 12:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	23 min
Jan 23, 1:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	41 min
Jan 23, 1:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens, Tuscaloosa	49 min
Jan 23, 2:09 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	36 min
Jan 23, 2:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	52 min
Jan 23, 2:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	44 min
Jan 23, 3:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	43 min
Jan 23, 3:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	41 min
Jan 23, 3:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair	58 min
Jan 23, 3:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Greene, Hale, Perry	42 min
Jan 23, 3:50 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	115 min
Jan 23, 4:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Blount, Calhoun, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair	60 min
Jan 23, 4:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Hale, Perry	48 min
Jan 23, 5:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	34 min
Jan 23, 5:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay, Shelby, Talladega	26 min
Jan 23, 5:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, Talladega	38 min
Jan 23, 6:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa	44 min
Jan 23, 6:22 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	3 hr
Jan 23, 6:34 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Dallas, Perry	116 min
Jan 23, 6:36 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore	39 min
Jan 23, 7:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa	48 min
Jan 23, 7:24 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Talladega	111 min
Jan 23, 7:32 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Jan 23, 7:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	33 min
Jan 23, 8:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Tallapoosa	36 min
Jan 23, 8:14 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes	3 hr
Jan 23, 8:20 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	25 min
Jan 23, 8:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	41 min
Jan 23, 8:38 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Randolph	4 hr
Jan 23, 8:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Montgomery	31 min
Jan 23, 8:45 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Jan 23, 9:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery	36 min
Jan 23, 9:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	48 min
Jan 23, 9:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Macon, Russell	41 min
Jan 23, 10:20 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Clay, Tallapoosa	4 hr
Jan 23, 10:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Russell	28 min
Jan 23, 12:12 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Chambers, Elmore, Macon, Randolph, Tallapoosa	2 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.