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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 2, 2012Lowndes County, Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 6:22 PM CST for Lowndes County, Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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: Mar 2, 2012, 6:22 PM CST (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 6:37 PM CST
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lowndes County, AL, Montgomery 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
Mar 2, 4:37 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 754 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 7.4

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The text

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

312 
WFUS54 KBMX 030022
TORBMX
ALC085-101-030100-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0023.120303T0022Z-120303T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
622 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 619 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR HAYNEVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MONTGOMERY...DANNELLY FIELD...HOPE HULL...WOODCREST...SNOWDOUN...
  PINEDALE...AUBURN UNIVERSITY IN MONTGOMERY...MOUNT MEIGS...PIKE
  ROAD AND WAUGH.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 158 THROUGH 171...
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 2 THROUGH 16...

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 3222 8656 3243 8616 3243 8613 3242 8612
      3242 8608 3240 8605 3242 8604 3236 8599
      3234 8599 3233 8597 3230 8595 3228 8592
      3227 8598 3223 8600 3216 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 247DEG 31KT 3220 8648

$$

87

2 follow-up statements

654 
WWUS54 KBMX 030033
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
633 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

ALC085-030043-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120303T0100Z/
LOWNDES AL-
633 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LOWNDES 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 3224 8641 3227 8645 3228 8645 3243 8616
      3242 8612 3242 8608 3240 8605 3242 8604
      3237 8600 3234 8599 3228 8593 3227 8599
      3223 8600 3217 8641
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 247DEG 31KT 3223 8637

$$

ALC101-030100-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120303T0100Z/
MONTGOMERY AL-
633 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM CST...

AT 629 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PINTLALA...OR 10 MILES EAST OF HAYNEVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MONTGOMERY...DANNELLY FIELD...HOPE HULL...WOODCREST...SNOWDOUN...
  PINEDALE...AUBURN UNIVERSITY IN MONTGOMERY...PIKE ROAD...MOUNT
  MEIGS AND WAUGH.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 164 THROUGH 171...
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 2 THROUGH 16...

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

LAT...LON 3224 8641 3227 8645 3228 8645 3243 8616
      3242 8612 3242 8608 3240 8605 3242 8604
      3237 8600 3234 8599 3228 8593 3227 8599
      3223 8600 3217 8641
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 247DEG 31KT 3223 8637

$$

87

334 
WWUS54 KBMX 030037
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
637 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

ALC101-030047-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120303T0100Z/
MONTGOMERY AL-
637 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY 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 3224 8641 3227 8645 3228 8645 3243 8616
      3242 8612 3242 8608 3240 8605 3242 8604
      3237 8600 3234 8599 3228 8593 3227 8599
      3223 8600 3217 8641
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 247DEG 31KT 3224 8633

$$

87

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 6:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston	44 min
Mar 2, 6:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Coosa, Elmore	44 min
Mar 2, 6:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Walker	43 min
Mar 2, 6:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	49 min
Mar 2, 6:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	41 min
Mar 2, 6:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah	42 min
Mar 2, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Tuscaloosa	46 min
Mar 2, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	46 min
Mar 2, 6:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	29 min
Mar 2, 7:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	39 min
Mar 2, 7:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	49 min
Mar 2, 7:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair	45 min
Mar 2, 7:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	39 min
Mar 2, 7:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Pickens	39 min
Mar 2, 7:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	41 min
Mar 2, 7:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion, Walker, Winston	39 min
Mar 2, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker	46 min
Mar 2, 8:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Walker	34 min
Mar 2, 8:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	28 min
Mar 2, 8:38 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	112 min
Mar 2, 8:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry	52 min
Mar 2, 8:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	49 min
Mar 2, 9:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	47 min
Mar 2, 9:16 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Walker, Winston	119 min
Mar 2, 9:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton	29 min
Mar 2, 9:47 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount	3 hr
Mar 2, 10:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega	45 min
Mar 2, 10:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega	24 min
Mar 2, 10:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa	31 min
Mar 2, 10:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson	38 min
Mar 2, 10:32 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Talladega	118 min
Mar 2, 10:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	41 min
Mar 2, 10:37 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson	3 hr
Mar 2, 10:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	45 min
Mar 2, 10:46 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	3 hr
Mar 2, 10:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	23 min
Mar 2, 11:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chambers	45 min
Mar 2, 11:05 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	3 hr
Mar 2, 11:15 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	3 hr
Mar 2, 11:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne	15 min
Mar 3, 12:25 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Perry, Talladega, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Mar 3, 4:12 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo and 2 more	3 hr
Mar 3, 4:27 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Clay, Coosa, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Mar 3, 4:33 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Chambers, Cleburne, Randolph, St. Clair	3 hr
Mar 3, 5:15 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.