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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 29, 2014Pike County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2014, 3:23 AM CDT for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Pike County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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

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The text

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

263 
WFUS54 KBMX 290823
TORBMX
ALC109-290900-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0034.140429T0823Z-140429T0900Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 323 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF VICTORIA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BRUNDIDGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRUNDIDGE...HAMILTON CROSSROADS...TENNILLE AND BRUNDIDGE MUNICIPAL
  AIRPORT.

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 3169 8598 3180 8568 3179 8566 3177 8567
      3173 8571 3171 8571 3170 8572 3167 8571
      3162 8574 3161 8596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 252DEG 31KT 3165 8587

$$

GRANTHAM

2 follow-up statements

958 
WWUS54 KBMX 290836
SVSBMX

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

ALC109-290900-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-140429T0900Z/
PIKE AL-
336 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY
UNTIL 400 AM CDT...

AT 337 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUNDIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3173 8585 3180 8568 3179 8567 3177 8567
      3173 8571 3171 8571 3170 8572 3167 8571
      3162 8574 3161 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0837Z 252DEG 31KT 3168 8573

$$

GRANTHAM

346 
WWUS54 KBMX 290843
SVSBMX

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

ALC109-290853-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-140429T0900Z/
PIKE AL-
343 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

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

LAT...LON 3173 8585 3180 8568 3179 8567 3177 8567
      3173 8571 3171 8571 3170 8572 3167 8571
      3162 8574 3161 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 252DEG 31KT 3169 8567

$$

GRANTHAM

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, 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, 3:30 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.