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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 30, 2013Bullock County, Montgomery County, Pike County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 30, 2013, 12:10 PM CST for Bullock County, Montgomery County, Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 30, 2013, 12:10 PM CST (18:10 UTC)
Expired: Jan 30, 2013, 12:45 PM CST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bullock County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Pike County, AL

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, 5:15 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 364 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 9.6

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The text

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

397 
WFUS54 KBMX 301810
TORBMX
ALC011-101-109-301845-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0007.130130T1810Z-130130T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1210 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1245 PM CST

* AT 1210 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...OR 10 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MEADVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHOPTON...FRANKLIN FIELD...CHINA GROVE...HIGH RIDGE...SIMSVILLE...
  MITCHELL AND SEDGEFIELD.

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 3200 8613 3228 8591 3228 8590 3230 8589
      3229 8588 3225 8588 3223 8586 3223 8565
      3190 8596
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 216DEG 53KT 3202 8598

$$

75

2 follow-up statements

861 
WWUS54 KBMX 301826
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1226 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013

ALC101-109-301836-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130130T1845Z/
MONTGOMERY AL-PIKE AL-
1226 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PIKE AND SOUTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HASMOVED OUT OF NORTH CENTRAL 
PIKE AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES.

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

LAT...LON 3208 8595 3216 8593 3230 8589 3229 8588
      3225 8588 3223 8586 3223 8565 3207 8580
      3205 8590
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 218DEG 48KT 3218 8582

$$

ALC011-301845-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130130T1845Z/
BULLOCK AL-
1226 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BULLOCK COUNTY
UNTIL 1245 PM CST...

AT 1226 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHOPTON...OR 11 MILES WEST OF UNION SPRINGS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEDGEFIELD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3208 8595 3216 8593 3230 8589 3229 8588
      3225 8588 3223 8586 3223 8565 3207 8580
      3205 8590
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 218DEG 48KT 3218 8582

$$

77/GLEASON

875 
WWUS54 KBMX 301839
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1239 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013

ALC011-301849-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130130T1845Z/
BULLOCK AL-
1239 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BULLOCK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1245
PM CST...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF 
CENTRAL BULLOCK COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST.

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

LAT...LON 3208 8595 3216 8593 3230 8589 3229 8588
      3225 8588 3223 8586 3223 8565 3207 8580
      3205 8590
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 218DEG 48KT 3232 8569

$$

77/GLEASON

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, 5:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	31 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, 12:26 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

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.