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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 30, 2013Winston County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 5:44 AM CST for Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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 30, 2013, 5:44 AM CST (11:44 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 6:15 AM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Winston County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:43 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 30, 5:50 AM CST	TORNADO 1	3 Nne Poplar Springs, AL	THE EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 8 AND COUNTY ROAD 3074. THE TORNADO MOVED OVER SMITH LAKE AND DAMAGED THE ROOFS OF SIX HOMES NEAR COVE ROAD SOUTH. ONE HOME HAD SEVERE ROOF DAMAGE. THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE ALSO DOWNED CA
Jan 30, 5:56 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Arley, AL	WINDS OF 100 MPH KNOCKED DOWN HUNDREDS OF TREES SOUTH OF HOUSTON IN A SWATH OF DAMAGE 1.2 MILES LONG AND 1000 YDS WIDE AT ITS WIDEST POINT. A DOZEN HOMES WERE DAMAGED DUE TO FALLING TREES.
Jan 30, 6:01 AM CST	TORNADO 1	1 N Addison, AL	A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NORTH OF ADDISON ALONG CR 41 NORTH OF HUNTER ROAD AND TRACKED ENE TO THE CULLMAN COUNTY LINE. THE TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL PLANES AND DESTROYED A HANGAR AT THE ADDISON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 90 MPH. PATH LENGTH
Jan 30, 6:05 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Nesmith, AL	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 40 JUST WEST OF COUNTY ROAD 77.
Jan 30, 6:05 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ene Addison, AL	MOBILE HOME AND BARN IN ROAD ON CR 1043 CULLMAN/WINSTON COUNTY LINE. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Jan 30, 6:05 AM CST	TORNADO 1	5 Ene Addison, AL	THE TORNADO CROSSED THE WINSTON AND CULLMAN COUNTY LINE JUST SOUTH OF CR 1043 CAUSING MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND DESTROYING A BARN ON CR 1038. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED TO AN EF-1 WITH WINDS AROUND 90 MPH AND DESTROYED A MOBILE HOME ALONG CR 1043 JUST EAST OF CR 103
Jan 30, 6:14 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Addison, AL	SEVERAL PLANES DAMAGED AND MAJOR HANGAR DAMAGE AT ADDISON AIRPORT. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE SARDIS BAPTIST CHURCH.
Jan 30, 6:14 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Sardis, AL	HANGER DAMAGE AT SARDIS AIPORT AND DAMAGE TO A CHURCH IN SARDIS

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 30, 1:46 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 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: 216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

146 
WFUS54 KBMX 301144
TORBMX
ALC133-301215-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0002.130130T1144Z-130130T1215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
544 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 615 AM CST

* AT 539 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR WINSTON FREE STATE BARN...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LYNN...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARLEY...CORINTH REC AREA...MORELAND...FALLS CITY...BRUSHY LAKE...
  ADDISON...HELICON...INMANFIELD...NESMITH AND SARDIS.

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 3430 8710 3419 8710 3405 8712 3400 8758
      3421 8757 3431 8730 3430 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1144Z 249DEG 48KT 3417 8742

$$

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3 follow-up statements

676 
WWUS54 KBMX 301151
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
551 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

ALC133-301215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130130T1215Z/
WINSTON AL-
551 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WINSTON COUNTY UNTIL 615
AM CST...

AT 548 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WINSTON FREE STATE BARN...OR
11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LYNN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MORELAND...BRUSHY LAKE...ADDISON...INMANFIELD...NESMITH...SARDIS...
  HOUSTON...GRAYSON...ADDISON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND ADDISON TOWN
  HALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3430 8710 3419 8710 3414 8715 3402 8737
      3401 8749 3408 8756 3419 8744 3431 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1151Z 242DEG 51KT 3418 8737

$$

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018 
WWUS54 KBMX 301202
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
602 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

ALC133-301215-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130130T1215Z/
WINSTON AL-
602 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN WINSTON COUNTY
UNTIL 615 AM CST...

AT 600 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MORELAND...OR 9 MILES NORTH
OF ARLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRUSHY LAKE...NESMITH...INMANFIELD...SARDIS...ADDISON MUNICIPAL
  AIRPORT...ADDISON TOWN HALL AND UPSHAW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3415 8729 3422 8735 3431 8730 3430 8710
      3419 8710 3414 8715 3405 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 230DEG 67KT 3422 8723

$$

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284 
WWUS54 KBMX 301212
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
612 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

ALC133-301222-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130130T1215Z/
WINSTON AL-
612 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WINSTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 615
AM CST...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM.

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

LAT...LON 3415 8729 3422 8735 3431 8730 3430 8710
      3419 8710 3414 8715 3405 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 1212Z 230DEG 67KT 3430 8702

$$

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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 30, 3:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marion	66 min
Jan 30, 4:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	41 min
Jan 30, 5:05 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton	40 min
Jan 30, 5:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	52 min
Jan 30, 5:49 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa, Walker	41 min
Jan 30, 6:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	56 min
Jan 30, 7:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Sumter	47 min
Jan 30, 7:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	52 min
Jan 30, 8:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Hale, Marengo	45 min
Jan 30, 8:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Coosa, Talladega	45 min
Jan 30, 8:19 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Hale	116 min
Jan 30, 8:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	29 min
Jan 30, 8:48 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Jefferson, Shelby	117 min
Jan 30, 9:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun	28 min
Jan 30, 9:08 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Calhoun	52 min
Jan 30, 9:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Cleburne	40 min
Jan 30, 9:43 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson	3 hr
Jan 30, 10:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Coosa, Elmore	51 min
Jan 30, 10:12 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Talladega	3 hr
Jan 30, 10:20 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Calhoun, St. Clair	3 hr
Jan 30, 10:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	51 min
Jan 30, 10:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Randolph	44 min
Jan 30, 10:42 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Clay, Cleburne	3 hr
Jan 30, 10:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Tallapoosa	37 min
Jan 30, 10:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tallapoosa	33 min
Jan 30, 11:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cleburne, Randolph	37 min
Jan 30, 11:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Elmore, Tallapoosa	26 min
Jan 30, 11:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Randolph	49 min
Jan 30, 12:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock, Montgomery, Pike	35 min
Jan 30, 12:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Russell	34 min
Jan 30, 12:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa	3 hr
Jan 30, 12:55 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	BMX	Talladega	3 hr
Jan 30, 2:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour, Lee, Pike, Russell	57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.