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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 23, 2012Greene County, Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 23, 2012, 3:04 AM CST for Greene County, Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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: Jan 23, 2012, 3:04 AM CST (09:04 UTC)
Expired: Jan 23, 2012, 3:45 AM CST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greene County, AL, Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 3:20 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Livingston, AL	SEVERAL TREES BLOWN WERE DOWN AND A SHED DESTROYED.
Jan 23, 3:20 AM CST	TORNADO 0	4 Nne Livingston, AL	SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED AND A SHED WAS DESTROYED.THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 1 MILE AND THE WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS. THIS OCCURRED NEAR HIGHWAY 11 AND COUNTY ROAD 39.
Jan 23, 3:21 AM CST	TORNADO 0	4 Nne Livingston, AL	SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED AND A SHED WAS DESTROYED.THE PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 1 MILE AND THE WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS. THIS OCCURRED NEAR HIGHWAY 11 AND COUNTY ROAD 39.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

763 
WFUS54 KBMX 230904
TORBMX
ALC063-119-230945-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0005.120123T0904Z-120123T0945Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 345 AM CST

* AT 302 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO IN 
MISSISSIPPI 5 MILES   NORTHWEST OF YORK. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS 
TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  YORK...LIVINGSTON...BOYD...THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA...
  BLUFFPORT...COATOPA...EPES...DUG HILL...TISHABEE AND BOLIGEE.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 23...

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 3263 8839 3286 8783 3280 8782 3276 8787
      3276 8781 3272 8783 3272 8780 3266 8780
      3265 8775 3263 8781 3259 8774 3257 8777
      3258 8779 3252 8782 3255 8784 3252 8785
      3253 8790 3249 8794 3245 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0904Z 254DEG 45KT 3253 8835

$$

17/KLAWS

3 follow-up statements

050 
WWUS54 KBMX 230920
SVSBMX

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

ALC063-119-230945-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120123T0945Z/
GREENE AL-SUMTER AL-
320 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SUMTER AND
SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM CST...

AT 316 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING 
A THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE FROM A POSSIBLE 
TORNADO.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LIVINGSTON...MOVING 
EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLUFFPORT...EPES...TISHABEE...BOLIGEE...THORNHILL...ALLISON...
  FORKLAND...WALDEN QUARTERS...BELMONT AND BIRDINE.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 17 THROUGH 23...

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 3265 8829 3286 8783 3280 8782 3276 8787
      3276 8781 3272 8783 3271 8780 3266 8780
      3265 8775 3263 8781 3259 8774 3258 8779
      3252 8782 3254 8782 3255 8784 3252 8785
      3251 8828
TIME...MOT...LOC 0918Z 248DEG 40KT 3261 8819

$$
17

998 
WWUS54 KBMX 230928
SVSBMX

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

ALC063-119-230945-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120123T0945Z/
GREENE AL-SUMTER AL-
328 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL SUMTER AND
SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM CST...

AT 326 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DAMAGE FROM A 
POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EPES...OR 6 
MILES NORTHEAST OF LIVINGSTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TISHABEE...BOLIGEE...THORNHILL...ALLISON...FORKLAND...WALDEN
  QUARTERS...BIRDINE AND EUTAW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBER 23...

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 3286 8783 3280 8782 3276 8787 3276 8781
      3272 8783 3271 8782 3271 8780 3266 8780
      3265 8775 3263 8781 3261 8779 3259 8774
      3256 8815 3268 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0928Z 248DEG 40KT 3265 8808

$$

17

091 
WWUS54 KBMX 230936
SVSBMX

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

ALC119-230946-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120123T0945Z/
SUMTER AL-
336 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SUMTER 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 3273 8806 3286 8783 3280 8782 3276 8787
      3276 8781 3272 8783 3271 8780 3266 8780
      3265 8775 3264 8781 3261 8780 3263 8794
      3260 8806 3268 8806 3269 8804 3269 8806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0936Z 248DEG 40KT 3267 8798

$$

ALC063-230945-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120123T0945Z/
GREENE AL-
336 AM CST MON JAN 23 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY
UNTIL 345 AM CST...

AT 331 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DAMAGE FROM A 
POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TISHABEE...OR 9 
MILES NORTHEAST OF LIVINGSTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  THORNHILL...FORKLAND...WALDEN QUARTERS...BIRDINE AND EUTAW
  MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

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

LAT...LON 3273 8806 3286 8783 3280 8782 3276 8787
      3276 8781 3272 8783 3271 8780 3266 8780
      3265 8775 3264 8781 3261 8780 3263 8794
      3260 8806 3268 8806 3269 8804 3269 8806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0936Z 248DEG 40KT 3267 8798

$$
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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, 3:32 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, 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.