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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 29, 2014Elmore County, Macon County, Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2014, 2:05 AM CDT for Elmore County, Macon County, Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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: Apr 29, 2014, 2:05 AM CDT (07:05 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Elmore County, AL, Macon County, AL, Montgomery County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 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.

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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

390 
WFUS54 KBMX 290705
TORBMX
ALC051-087-101-290800-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0033.140429T0705Z-140429T0800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
205 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ELMORE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 201 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTGOMERY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WETUMPKA...MILSTEAD...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY ZOO...BOYLSTON...
  GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE...EASTDALE MALL...LAGOON PARK...BOB WOODRUFF
  LAKE AND AUBURN UNIVERSITY IN MONTGOMERY.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 65 EXIT NUMBERS 168 THROUGH 176...
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 1 THROUGH 32...

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 3239 8641 3276 8600 3277 8596 3275 8595
      3275 8589 3274 8588 3270 8591 3265 8589
      3250 8589 3249 8580 3258 8580 3258 8578
      3238 8570 3225 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 238DEG 21KT 3235 8627

$$

17/KLAWS

3 follow-up statements

388 
WWUS54 KBMX 290716
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
216 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

ALC051-087-101-290800-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140429T0800Z/
ELMORE AL-MACON AL-MONTGOMERY AL-
216 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...
NORTHWESTERN MACON AND EASTERN ELMORE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

AT 215 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EASTDALE MALL...OR 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MILSTEAD...BLUE RIDGE...WAUGH...EMERALD MOUNTAIN...TYSONVILLE...
  VICTORYLAND...SHORTER...ECLECTIC...LIVERPOOL AND KENT.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 4 THROUGH 32...

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

LAT...LON 3242 8628 3276 8600 3275 8598 3277 8596
      3275 8595 3275 8589 3274 8588 3270 8591
      3265 8589 3250 8589 3249 8580 3258 8580
      3258 8578 3238 8570 3229 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0717Z 234DEG 29KT 3242 8616

$$

099 
WWUS54 KBMX 290726
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
226 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

ALC101-290736-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140429T0800Z/
MONTGOMERY AL-
226 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY 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 3238 8570 3233 8598 3242 8603 3240 8605
      3243 8619 3246 8619 3247 8623 3276 8600
      3277 8596 3275 8595 3274 8588 3270 8591
      3265 8589 3250 8589 3249 8580 3258 8580
      3258 8578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0726Z 222DEG 28KT 3248 8612

$$

ALC051-087-290800-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140429T0800Z/
ELMORE AL-MACON AL-
226 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MACON AND
EASTERN ELMORE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

AT 224 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EMERALD MOUNTAIN...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WETUMPKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MILSTEAD...TYSONVILLE...SHORTER...VICTORYLAND...LIVERPOOL...
  FRANKLIN...ECLECTIC...KENT...MARTIN LAKE AT KOWALIGA AND WARE.

THIS INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 85 EXIT NUMBERS 22 THROUGH 32...

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

LAT...LON 3238 8570 3233 8598 3242 8603 3240 8605
      3243 8619 3246 8619 3247 8623 3276 8600
      3277 8596 3275 8595 3274 8588 3270 8591
      3265 8589 3250 8589 3249 8580 3258 8580
      3258 8578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0726Z 222DEG 28KT 3248 8612

$$

057 
WWUS54 KBMX 290736
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
236 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

ALC051-087-290746-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140429T0800Z/
ELMORE AL-MACON AL-
236 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MACON AND EASTERN ELMORE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

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

LAT...LON 3238 8570 3233 8598 3242 8603 3240 8605
      3243 8619 3246 8619 3247 8623 3276 8600
      3277 8596 3275 8595 3274 8588 3270 8591
      3265 8589 3250 8589 3249 8580 3258 8580
      3258 8578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 234DEG 29KT 3251 8601

$$

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 Emergency	BMX	Tuscaloosa	54 min
Apr 28, 10:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	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 Emergency	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, 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 Emergency	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.