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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 28, 2014Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 5:27 PM CDT for Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 min. 7 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, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Birmingham, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Emergency
Tornado emergency

County Marion County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 5:38 PM CDTTORNADO 03 Nnw Hamilton, ALA TORNADO WITH WINDS OF 85MPH TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 75 AND BISHOP RD AND TRACKED NORTHEAST CAUSING MAINLY TREE DAMAGE ACROSS RURAL MARION COUNTY. ONE BUILDING ON COUNTY ROAD 29 HAD SHINGLES REMOVED AND ONE SHED WAS DAMAGED. THE TORN
Apr 28, 5:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 N Hamilton, ALOUTBUILDING DAMAGED OFF COUNTY ROAD 29.
Apr 28, 5:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 S Pigeye, ALHOUSES DAMAGED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 32 NORTH OF HAMILTON. POSSIBLE TORNADO
Apr 28, 5:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG8 N Hamilton, ALHOUSES DAMAGED ALONG CR 32 IN THE SHILOH COMMUNITY NORTH OF HAMILTON...511 COUNTY ROAD 32. POSSIBLE TORNADO
Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDTTORNADO6 Nne Hamilton, ALSTATE TROOPER CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS STILL ON GROUND AT GROVER DAVIS ROAD AND HIGHWAY 187.
Apr 28, 5:59 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 Ne Weston, ALTREES DOWN AND A BARN BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF HAMILTON. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE.
Apr 28, 5:59 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 Ne Weston, ALTREES DOWN AND BARN BLOWN DOWN NORTH OF HAMILTON. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 28, 12:39 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2014-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1223 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2014-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1223 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
428 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
7.4

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The text

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

901 
WFUS54 KBMX 282227
TORBMX
ALC093-282315-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0004.140428T2227Z-140428T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
527 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR WESTERN MARION COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 523 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF WESTON...OR 9 MILES WEST OF HAMILTON...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR WESTERN MARION COUNTY. TAKE COVER 
NOW.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAMILTON...WESTON...HACKLEBURG...BEXAR...SHOTTSVILLE AND PIGEYE.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 3 THROUGH 11...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.

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 3431 8772 3405 8811 3409 8821 3432 8818
      3433 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 227DEG 29KT 3416 8812

$$

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2 follow-up statements
723 
WWUS54 KBMX 282239
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
539 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

ALC093-282315-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140428T2315Z/
MARION AL-
539 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

...TORNADO EMERGENCY CONTINUES FOR NORTHWEST MARION COUNTY...

AT 533 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WESTON...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAMILTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HACKLEBURG AND PIGEYE.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 3 THROUGH 11...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN BIRMINGHAM.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3431 8772 3412 8802 3412 8821 3432 8818
      3433 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 227DEG 29KT 3423 8803

$$
672 
WWUS54 KBMX 282247
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
547 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

ALC093-282315-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140428T2315Z/
MARION AL-
547 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

...TORNADO EMERGENCY NORTH OF HAMILTON...

AT 547 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HACKLEBURG AND PIGEYE.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 3 THROUGH 7...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN BIRMINGHAM.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3416 8817 3431 8816 3433 8815 3431 8772
      3415 8798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 247DEG 28KT 3422 8793

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 9:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXBibb, Jefferson, Shelby4 days
Apr 27, 9:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXBibb, Dallas, Perry4 days
Apr 27, 9:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXDallas, Perry6 days
Apr 27, 9:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter60 hr
Apr 27, 10:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter3 days
Apr 27, 10:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXJefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker4 days
Apr 27, 10:21 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter4 days
Apr 27, 10:24 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXGreene, Hale, Marengo3 days
Apr 27, 10:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXSumter68 hr
Apr 28, 8:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXDallas, Perry4 days
Apr 28, 8:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningBMXMontgomery4 days
Apr 28, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion48 min
Apr 28, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion48 min
Apr 28, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar, Marion32 min
Apr 28, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBMXMarion24 min
Apr 28, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXChambers30 min
Apr 28, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBMXRandolph18 min
Apr 28, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXLamar, Pickens60 min
Apr 28, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Marion50 min
Apr 28, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBMXFayette, Lamar, Pickens24 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.