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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 25, 2012Pike County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 10:18 PM CST for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min. 3 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, 10:18 PM CST (04:18 UTC)
Expired
Dec 25, 2012, 11:00 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Pike County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 25, 10:24 PM CSTTORNADO 21 Wnw Goshen, AL*** 2 INJ *** ALONG THE PATH, THERE WAS EXTENSIVE MOBILE HOME DAMAGE INCLUDING AT LEAST 2 DESTROYED. MULTIPLE BRICK HOMES SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. 2 CHICKEN HOUSES WERE DESTROYED. MANY OTHER BARNS WERE DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH AS WELL. THE PATH WAS 14.
Dec 25, 10:28 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG5 Nne Goshen, ALMULTIPLE MOBILE HOMES TURNED OVER. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Dec 25, 10:38 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG3 Nnw Troy, ALMOBILE HOMES DAMAGED NEAR TROY AIRPORT. POSSIBLE ENTRAPMENT. 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 25, 9:23 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2012-12-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2012-12-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 696 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

837 
WFUS54 KBMX 260418
TORBMX
ALC109-260500-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0044.121226T0418Z-121226T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1018 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CST

* AT 1015 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR LUVERNE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GOSHEN...TROY...ANSLEY...TROY UNIVERSITY...TROY MUNICIPAL
  AIRPORT...BANKS...LINWOOD...HENDERSON...MOSSY GROVE AND ORION.

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 3161 8617 3178 8615 3179 8620 3188 8618
      3197 8611 3197 8600 3205 8599 3204 8597
      3206 8596 3205 8590 3196 8588 3197 8579
      3188 8579 3188 8570 3162 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 228DEG 51KT 3172 8618

$$

GRANTHAM
2 follow-up statements
386 
WWUS54 KBMX 260435
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1035 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC109-260500-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-121226T0500Z/
PIKE AL-
1035 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY UNTIL
1100 PM CST...

AT 1030 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF TROY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LINWOOD...ORION...CHINA GROVE...SANDFIELD AND JOSIE.

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

LAT...LON 3181 8614 3197 8600 3205 8599 3204 8597
      3206 8596 3205 8590 3196 8588 3197 8579
      3188 8579 3188 8570 3173 8603
TIME...MOT...LOC 0435Z 228DEG 51KT 3184 8600

$$

GRANTHAM
049 
WWUS54 KBMX 260440
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1040 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC109-260500-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-121226T0500Z/
PIKE AL-
1040 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY UNTIL
1100 PM CST...

AT 1039 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...OR NEAR TROY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LINWOOD...CHINA GROVE AND SANDFIELD.

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

LAT...LON 3185 8608 3197 8600 3205 8599 3204 8597
      3206 8596 3205 8590 3196 8588 3197 8579
      3188 8579 3188 8570 3179 8597
TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 228DEG 51KT 3189 8592

$$

GRANTHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 6:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas, Marengo, Perry37 min
Dec 25, 6:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXChilton, Hale, Perry45 min
Dec 25, 6:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby57 min
Dec 25, 6:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXPike35 min
Dec 25, 6:44 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXBarbour, Bullock, Pike46 min
Dec 25, 6:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBibb, Chilton, Perry, Shelby30 min
Dec 25, 7:00 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBMXBibb, Chilton, Dallas, Jefferson, Perry, Shelby3 hr
Dec 25, 7:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Perry, Shelby52 min
Dec 25, 7:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXDallas, Lowndes59 min
Dec 25, 7:34 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXSumter7 hr
Dec 25, 7:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXAutauga, Chilton, Clay, Coosa, Talladega41 min
Dec 25, 7:58 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXClay, Talladega47 min
Dec 25, 8:07 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXLowndes46 min
Dec 25, 8:40 PM CSTTornado WarningBMXAutauga, Elmore, Montgomery65 min
Dec 25, 9:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMontgomery39 min
Dec 25, 10:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock38 min
Dec 25, 10:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMacon45 min
Dec 25, 10:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXBullock, Pike42 min
Dec 25, 11:24 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour, Lee, Russell66 min
Dec 26, 12:14 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBMXBarbour31 min
Dec 26, 8:57 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo24 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.