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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 10:06 PM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 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
- Apr 28, 2014, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
County Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 10:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Shelton State Commu, AL | TREES DOWN IN TAYLORWOOD ESTATES ASSOCIATED WITH CONFIRMED TORNADO BY LAW OFFICIALS. |
| Apr 28, 10:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Sse Tuscaloosa, AL | TORNADO CONFIRMED CROSSING BEAR CREEK ROAD. |
| Apr 28, 10:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Sse Tuscaloosa, AL | SEVERAL DOWNED POWER LINES AND TRANSFORMER BLOWN ON BEAR CREEK ROAD ASSOCIATED WITH CONFIRMED TORNADO. |
| Apr 28, 10:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sse Mcfarland Mall, AL | TREES DOWN AND DEBRIS ON HIGHWAY 82 EAST NEAR MILE MARKER 57 ASSOCIATED WITH CONFIRMED TORNADO BY LAW OFFICIALS. |
| Apr 28, 10:14 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Shelton State Commu, AL | TREES DOWN IN TAYLORWOOD ESTATES ASSOCIATED WITH CONFIRMED TORNADO BY LAW OFFICIALS. |
| Apr 28, 10:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ese Mcfarland Mall, AL | MOBILE HOME COLLAPSED ON GOLDEN ACRES DRIVE JUST SOUTH OF COTTONDALE. LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONFIRMED TORNADO. |
| Apr 28, 10:23 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 E Mcfarland Mall, AL | CONFIRMED TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR INTERSTATE 59 AND BUTTERMILK ROAD. |
| Apr 28, 10:55 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 2 Nw Abernant, AL | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EASTERN TUSCALOOSA CO AND MOVED NORTHEAST DOWNING HUNDREDS OF TREES AS IT CROSSED CR 99, RIDGE RD AND WELLER RD, AND THEN INTO WESTERN JEFFERSON CO. IT CONTINUED TO PRODUCE TREE DAMAGE BEFORE LIFTING 1 MILE EAST OF SEALY ANN MOUNTAIN RD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 45 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
057
WFUS54 KBMX 290306
TORBMX
ALC125-290400-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0022.140429T0306Z-140429T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1006 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 1004 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE...OR 9 MILES
SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHELTON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE...BRYANT DENNY STADIUM...MCFARLAND
MALL...UNIVERSITY MALL...DEERLICK CREEK CAMPGROUNDS...LAKE
WILDWOOD...COALING...BROOKWOOD...VANCE AND ABERNANT.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 68 THROUGH 100...
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 3343 8728 3342 8725 3337 8723 3335 8719
3332 8718 3328 8707 3325 8707 3322 8711
3324 8714 3320 8720 3313 8720 3313 8728
3311 8730 3303 8757 3312 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 241DEG 29KT 3309 8758
$$
87/GRANTHAM4 follow-up statements
234
WWUS54 KBMX 290312
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1012 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
ALC125-290400-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140429T0400Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
1012 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA
COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 1012 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHELTON STATE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCFARLAND MALL...UNIVERSITY MALL...LAKE WILDWOOD...DEERLICK CREEK
CAMPGROUNDS...COALING...BROOKWOOD...VANCE...ABERNANT...BULL CITY
AND LAKE VIEW.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 68 THROUGH 100...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3343 8728 3342 8725 3340 8725 3332 8718
3328 8707 3325 8707 3322 8711 3324 8714
3320 8720 3313 8720 3313 8728 3311 8730
3306 8754 3315 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 234DEG 31KT 3313 8753
$$
GRANTHAM109
WWUS54 KBMX 290322
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1022 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
ALC125-290400-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140429T0400Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
1022 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA
COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...
...TORNADO EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 1018 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCFARLAND MALL...
OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TUSCALOOSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKE WILDWOOD...DEERLICK CREEK CAMPGROUNDS...COALING...BROOKWOOD...
VANCE...ABERNANT...BULL CITY...LAKE VIEW...CAMP HORNE BSA AND HOLT
LOCK AND DAM.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 73 THROUGH 100...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3343 8728 3342 8725 3337 8723 3332 8718
3328 8707 3325 8707 3322 8711 3324 8714
3320 8720 3316 8721 3311 8743 3317 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 234DEG 31KT 3317 8744
$$
GRANTHAM647
WWUS54 KBMX 290334
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1034 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
ALC125-290400-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140429T0400Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
1034 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA
COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...
...TORNADO EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST TUSCALOOSA COUNTY...
AT 1032 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE WILDWOOD...
OR 9 MILES EAST OF HOLT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BROOKWOOD...ABERNANT...BULL CITY...LAKE VIEW...EAST BROOKWOOD AND
BUCKSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBERS 86 THROUGH 100...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3343 8728 3342 8725 3340 8725 3332 8718
3330 8712 3329 8712 3329 8708 3327 8709
3316 8732 3323 8743
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 234DEG 31KT 3323 8733
$$
GRANTHAM078
WWUS54 KBMX 290344
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1044 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
ALC125-290400-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140429T0400Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
1044 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA
COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...
AT 1041 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROOKWOOD...OR 14
MILES EAST OF HOLT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABERNANT...LAKE VIEW AND BUCKSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 20 EXIT NUMBER 100...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3342 8725 3337 8723 3332 8718 3330 8712
3329 8712 3329 8709 3327 8709 3319 8728
3325 8735
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 234DEG 31KT 3327 8724
$$
GRANTHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion, Walker | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker | 30 min |
| Apr 28, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Sumter | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 53 min |
| Apr 28, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb, Hale, Marengo, Perry | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa | 64 min |
| Apr 28, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Elmore, Marengo and 1 more | 89 min |
| Apr 28, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount, Etowah | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 12:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa | 67 min |
| Apr 29, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Etowah | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 12:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Blount | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 12:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Etowah | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa | 65 min |
| Apr 29, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Clay | 45 min |
| Apr 29, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 1:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 2:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Elmore, Macon, Montgomery | 55 min |
| Apr 29, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 3:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 37 min |
| Apr 29, 3:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon | 30 min |
| Apr 29, 3:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 5:23 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Marion and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo | 4 days |
| Apr 29, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 42 min |
| Apr 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pickens | 40 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.