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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2014, 12:51 AM CDT for Etowah County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 min. 2 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 29, 2014, 12:51 AM CDT (05:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2014, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Etowah County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 1:03 AM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Rodentown, AL | SEVERAL HOMES HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AROUND CR 4 AND CR 450. |
| Apr 29, 1:17 AM CDT | TORNADO 1 | 3 Se Aurora, AL | CORRECTED FOR TIME. A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR VAUGHN LN AND TRACKED NNE ALONG MOUNTAINBORO RD, DOWNING TREES, SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGING OR DESTROYING MANY MOBILE HOMES, AND SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGING SEVERAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. TORNADO TRACKED ACROSS HWY 431 DOWNI |
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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.
898
WFUS54 KBMX 290551
TORBMX
ALC055-290645-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0029.140429T0551Z-140429T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1251 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ETOWAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 1246 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF ALTOONA...OR 6 MILES EAST OF
ONEONTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALTOONA...WALNUT GROVE...REECE CITY...SARDIS CITY...GALLANT...
RAMSEY...HOWELTON...RIDGEVILLE...ROCKLEDGE AND MOUNTAINBORO.
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 3396 8617 3399 8619 3399 8622 3397 8625
3399 8628 3394 8633 3394 8637 3398 8633
3405 8633 3410 8631 3419 8619 3419 8612
3421 8610 3420 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 226DEG 32KT 3398 8632
$$
17/KLAWS3 follow-up statements
803
WWUS54 KBMX 290605
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
105 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014
ALC055-290645-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140429T0645Z/
ETOWAH AL-
105 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ETOWAH COUNTY
UNTIL 145 AM CDT...
AT 103 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STEELE...OR 11 MILES WEST OF
RAINBOW CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REECE CITY...SARDIS CITY...RAMSEY...HOWELTON...RIDGEVILLE...
ROCKLEDGE...MOUNTAINBORO...CRUDUP AND KEENER.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3420 8587 3396 8617 3399 8619 3399 8622
3397 8625 3399 8627 3397 8630 3405 8633
3409 8631 3419 8619 3419 8612 3421 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 232DEG 26KT 3401 8621
$$170
WWUS54 KBMX 290616
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
116 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014
ALC055-290645-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140429T0645Z/
ETOWAH AL-
116 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL ETOWAH
COUNTY UNTIL 145 AM CDT...
AT 114 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATTALLA...OR
9 MILES WEST OF GADSDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SARDIS CITY...RIDGEVILLE...ROCKLEDGE...MOUNTAINBORO...CRUDUP AND
KEENER.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3420 8587 3399 8615 3401 8618 3406 8625
3419 8619 3419 8612 3421 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0616Z 218DEG 31KT 3407 8616
$$541
WWUS54 KBMX 290634
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
134 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014
ALC055-290643-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140429T0645Z/
ETOWAH AL-
134 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ETOWAH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3420 8587 3399 8615 3401 8618 3406 8625
3419 8619 3419 8612 3421 8610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0633Z 218DEG 31KT 3419 8605
$$The 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, 10:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 54 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, 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.