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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 23, 2012, 2:31 AM CST for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min. 8 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
- Jan 23, 2012, 2:31 AM CST (08:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2012, 3:15 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2:40 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Lake Lurleen State, AL | HUGE TREES DOWN ON STATE HIGHWAY 171 NEAR CRAWFORD DRIVE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Jan 23, 2:40 AM CST | TORNADO 3 | 2 Nne Lake Lurleen Stat, AL | DOZENS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED NEAR KOFFMAN RANCH ROAD. ONE WELL CONSTRUCTED SINGLE FAMILY HOME LOST ITS ENTIE ROOF. THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT ONE HALF MILE AND WAS 400 YARDS WIDE. |
| Jan 23, 2:45 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Lake Tuscaloosa Bin, AL | LARGE TREES DOWN BLOCKING THE ROADWAY ON LARRY LAKE ROAD...AS WELL AS A ROOF RIPPED OFF A HOME IN THE MOUNT OLIVE AREA OF COKER. |
| Jan 23, 2:45 AM CST | TORNADO | 3 S Lake Tuscaloosa Bin, AL | TORNADO SPOTTED ON THE GROUND ON LAKE TUSCALOOSA TIERCE PATTON ROAD. |
| Jan 23, 3:00 AM CST | TORNADO 2 | 4 Ese Turkey Creek At T, AL | F2 TORNADO ON WATERMELON ROAD. DOZENS OF PINES WERE SNAPPED AND SEVERAL CAMPERS WERE ROLLED OVER. 3 H-FRAME TRANSMISSION LINES WERE SNAPPED. THE PATH WAS ABOUT ONE HALF MILE LONG AND 300 YARDS WIDE. |
| Jan 23, 3:00 AM CST | TORNADO | 4 Ese Turkey Creek At T, AL | F2 TORNADO ON WATERMELON ROAD. DOZENS OF PINES WERE SNAPPED AND SEVERAL CAMPERS WERE ROLLED OVER. 3 H-FRAME TRANSMISSION LINES WERE SNAPPED. THE PATH WAS ABOUT ONE HALF MILE LONG AND 300 YARDS WIDE. |
| Jan 23, 3:09 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Lake Lurleen State, AL | ROOF REPORTED OFF A HOME ON GRAY DRIVE IN THE MOUNT OLIVE COMMUNITY. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Jan 23, 3:09 AM CST | TORNADO 2 | 3 Wnw Bull City, AL | *** 1 FATAL *** THE TORNADO STARTED IN EXTREME EASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY AND MOVED INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF AND UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. ONE FATALITY OCCURRED WHEN A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED. SEVERAL OTHER STRUCTURES RECEIVED VAR |
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 22, 10:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
305
WFUS54 KBMX 230831
TORBMX
ALC125-230915-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0003.120123T0831Z-120123T0915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
231 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 315 AM CST
* AT 230 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF GORDO...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE LURLEEN STATE PARK...LAKE TUSCALOOSA BINION CREEK LANDING...
SAMANTHA...BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM...ECHOLA...BUHL...BROWNVILLE...
LAKE TUSCALOOSA TIERCE PATTTON BRIDGE...LAKE TUSCALOOSA HWY 69
BRIDGE AND LAKE TUSCALOOSA SEXTON BEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3336 8784 3359 8733 3352 8732 3351 8727
3350 8726 3350 8728 3348 8729 3349 8733
3346 8734 3344 8729 3339 8723 3337 8723
3334 8718 3325 8784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0831Z 252DEG 40KT 3330 8779
$$
172 follow-up statements
706
WWUS54 KBMX 230844
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
244 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
ALC125-230915-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120123T0915Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
244 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
UNTIL 315 AM CST...
AT 243 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE TUSCALOOSA BINION CREEK LANDING...OR 8
MILES NORTH OF NORTHPORT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE TUSCALOOSA BINION CREEK LANDING...SAMANTHA...BANKHEAD LOCK AND
DAM...LAKE TUSCALOOSA HWY 69 BRIDGE...LAKE TUSCALOOSA SEXTON
BEND...NICOL...LAKE NICOL PARK AND WINDHAM SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3336 8784 3359 8733 3352 8732 3351 8727
3350 8726 3350 8728 3348 8729 3349 8733
3346 8734 3344 8729 3339 8723 3337 8723
3334 8718 3325 8784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0845Z 251DEG 42KT 3336 8761
$$
17/KLAWS087
WWUS54 KBMX 230859
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
259 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
ALC125-230915-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120123T0915Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
259 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY
UNTIL 315 AM CST...
AT 253 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED DAMAGE! THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF LAKE TUSCALOOSA BINION CREEK
LANDING...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF HOLT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
TAKE COVER NOW!
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BANKHEAD LOCK AND DAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3359 8734 3352 8732 3350 8726 3350 8729
3348 8729 3349 8733 3346 8734 3344 8729
3339 8723 3337 8723 3334 8718 3329 8777
3338 8779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0858Z 246DEG 41KT 3341 8746
$$
17/KLAWSThe 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, 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 | 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 | 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, 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 |
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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.