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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 23, 2012Chambers County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 23, 2012, 7:42 AM CST for Chambers County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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: Jan 23, 2012, 7:42 AM CST (13:42 UTC)
Expired: Jan 23, 2012, 8:15 AM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chambers County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 23, 7:53 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Jacksons Gap, AL	A STRAIGHT LINE WIND SWATH ENDED 1.6 MILES NORTH OF JACKSONS GAP. HERE A FEW TREES MARKED THE END OF THE CONTINUOUS PATH THROUGH TALLAPOOSA COUNTY. SPORADIC DAMAGE CONTINUED UNTIL HORSHOE BEND.

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
Jan 23, 2:44 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.

121 
WFUS54 KBMX 231342
TORBMX
ALC017-123-231415-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0016.120123T1342Z-120123T1415Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 815 AM CST

* AT 739 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR WIND CREEK STATE PARK...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  ALEXANDER CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DADEVILLE...CAMP HILL...JACKSONS' GAP...JACKSONS GAP...RIDGE
  GROVE...TRAMMEL CROSSROADS...DARE PARK...MAXWELL GUNTER RECREATION
  AREA...LAKE MARTIN SUSANNAH CROSSING AND EAGLE CREEK.

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 3275 8552 3276 8595 3277 8596 3276 8598
      3290 8598 3308 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 1342Z 255DEG 41KT 3284 8592

$$

JD/02

2 follow-up statements

676 
WWUS54 KBMX 231355
SVSBMX

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

ALC017-123-231415-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120123T1415Z/
TALLAPOOSA AL-CHAMBERS AL-
755 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CHAMBERS AND EAST
CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM CST...

AT 753 AM CST...A ***YOU FORGOT TO SELECT A DEFAULT OPTION***.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSONS GAP...OR NEAR DADEVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAMP HILL...RIDGE GROVE...EAGLE CREEK...HORSESHOE BEND NATIONAL
  MILITARY PARK AND HORSESHOE BEND.

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

LAT...LON 3275 8552 3276 8577 3286 8584 3295 8585
      3308 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 1355Z 255DEG 41KT 3288 8575

$$

JD/02

187 
WWUS54 KBMX 231356
SVSBMX

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

ALC017-123-231415-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120123T1415Z/
TALLAPOOSA AL-CHAMBERS AL-
756 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CHAMBERS AND EAST
CENTRAL TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM CST...

AT 753 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSONS GAP...OR NEAR DADEVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAMP HILL...RIDGE GROVE...HORSESHOE BEND NATIONAL MILITARY PARK AND
  HORSESHOE BEND.

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

LAT...LON 3275 8552 3276 8577 3286 8584 3295 8585
      3308 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 1356Z 255DEG 41KT 3288 8574

$$

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, 7:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa	17 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, 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

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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.