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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 25, 2012Lowndes County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 8:07 PM CST for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min. 7 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: Dec 25, 2012, 8:07 PM CST (02:07 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2012, 8:53 PM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lowndes County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 25, 8:09 PM CST	TORNADO 1	3 Ssw Fostoria, AL	ALONG THE PATH, THERE WAS ONLY TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF-1 WITH WINDS OF 105 MPH. THE PATH WAS 2 MILES LONG AND 300 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
Dec 25, 8:09 PM CST	TORNADO	3 Ssw Fostoria, AL	ALONG THE PATH, THERE WAS ONLY TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF-1 WITH WINDS OF 105 MPH. THE PATH WAS 2 MILES LONG AND 300 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
Dec 25, 8:26 PM CST	TORNADO	2 Ssw Mosses, AL	ALONG THE PATH, THERE WAS SEVERAL HOMES WITH SHINGLE DAMAGE AND SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE STORM WAS RATED AN EF-0 WITH WINDS OF 75 MPH. IT WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 0.6 MILES AND WAS ONLY 75 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
Dec 25, 8:32 PM CST	TORNADO 2	2 Nw Hayneville, AL	ALONG THE PATH, MULTIPLE HOMES WERE DAMAGED, TWO CATTLE BARNS WERE DESTROYED, FLIPPED SEVERAL SEMI-TRAILERS AT THE OLD GE PLANT AND MOWED DOWN HUNDREDS OF TREES. THE LENGTH OF THE PATH WAS 9.55 MILES, IT WAS 900 YARDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT AND WINDS WERE ES
Dec 25, 8:37 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 N Hayneville, AL	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN LOWNDESBORO AND HAYNEVILLE. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Dec 25, 8:42 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 E Lowndesboro, AL	FARM DAMAGED ALONG FREDERICK DOUGLAS RD NEAR HIGHWAY 80. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Dec 25, 8:45 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 W Cantelous, AL	TREES DOWN ALONG LAKE BERRY ROAD. ROAD IMPASSABLE. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

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
Dec 25, 12:58 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 696 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 921 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

675 
WFUS54 KBMX 260207
TORBMX
ALC085-260315-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0042.121226T0207Z-121226T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
807 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LOWNDES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 915 PM CST

* AT 805 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF SNOW HILL...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MOSSES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOSSES...HAYNEVILLE...GORDONVILLE...BEECHWOOD...WHITE HALL...
  LOWNDESBORO...FOSTORIA...COLLIRENE...MOUNT WILLING AND MANACK.

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 OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG ALWX

LAT...LON 3196 8686 3204 8687 3204 8691 3214 8691
      3223 8684 3223 8681 3224 8683 3237 8672
      3235 8669 3238 8666 3237 8654 3234 8653
      3234 8648 3228 8648 3224 8641 3222 8641
      3195 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 231DEG 37KT 3205 8687

$$

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4 follow-up statements

419 
WWUS54 KBMX 260218
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
818 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC085-260315-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-121226T0315Z/
LOWNDES AL-
818 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY
UNTIL 915 PM CST...

AT 818 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GORDONVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOSSES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOSSES...HAYNEVILLE...GORDONVILLE...BEECHWOOD...WHITE HALL...
  LOWNDESBORO AND MANACK.

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 3206 8686 3214 8689 3223 8684 3223 8681
      3224 8683 3237 8672 3235 8669 3238 8665
      3236 8660 3237 8654 3234 8653 3233 8648
      3229 8649 3224 8641 3222 8641 3204 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 230DEG 39KT 3212 8677

$$

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587 
WWUS54 KBMX 260227
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
827 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC085-260315-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-121226T0315Z/
LOWNDES AL-
827 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LOWNDES COUNTY
UNTIL 915 PM CST...

AT 823 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GORDONVILLE...OR NEAR
MOSSES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAYNEVILLE...WHITE HALL...LOWNDESBORO AND MANACK.

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

LAT...LON 3208 8674 3214 8682 3223 8680 3236 8671
      3235 8669 3238 8665 3236 8660 3237 8654
      3234 8653 3233 8648 3229 8649 3224 8641
      3222 8641
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 230DEG 39KT 3219 8667

$$

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174 
WWUS54 KBMX 260246
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
846 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC085-260315-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-121226T0315Z/
LOWNDES AL-
846 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES
COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM CST...

AT 842 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOWNDESBORO...OR 8 MILES
NORTH OF HAYNEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN LOWNDES COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3236 8660 3237 8654 3234 8653 3233 8648
      3229 8649 3224 8641 3222 8641 3222 8660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 230DEG 39KT 3231 8649

$$

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069 
WWUS54 KBMX 260253
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
853 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC085-260304-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-121226T0315Z/
LOWNDES AL-
853 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN 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 3236 8660 3237 8654 3234 8653 3233 8648
      3229 8649 3224 8641 3222 8641 3222 8660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 230DEG 39KT 3236 8641

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 25, 6:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Marengo, Perry	37 min
Dec 25, 6:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Hale, Perry	45 min
Dec 25, 6:33 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby	57 min
Dec 25, 6:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	35 min
Dec 25, 6:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Pike	46 min
Dec 25, 6:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Perry, Shelby	30 min
Dec 25, 7:00 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Jefferson, Perry, Shelby	3 hr
Dec 25, 7:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Perry, Shelby	52 min
Dec 25, 7:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	59 min
Dec 25, 7:34 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Sumter	7 hr
Dec 25, 7:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Talladega	41 min
Dec 25, 7:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay, Talladega	47 min
Dec 25, 8:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery	65 min
Dec 25, 9:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Montgomery	39 min
Dec 25, 10:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	42 min
Dec 25, 10:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock	38 min
Dec 25, 10:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Macon	45 min
Dec 25, 10:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Pike	42 min
Dec 25, 11:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Lee, Russell	66 min
Dec 26, 12:14 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	31 min
Dec 26, 8:57 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	24 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.