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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Birmingham, AL

October 13, 2014Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 6:51 PM CDT for Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 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: Oct 13, 2014, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2014, 7:07 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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
Oct 13, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

548 
WFUS54 KBMX 132351
TORBMX
ALC075-093-140030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0040.141013T2351Z-141014T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
651 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 649 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GUIN...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  HAMILTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRINN...HACKLEBURG...MARION COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE...PIKEVILLE...
  PEARCES MILL...TESSNER AND BEAR CREEK.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 16 THROUGH 22...

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 3431 8763 3416 8764 3395 8799 3402 8806
      3432 8780 3432 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 229DEG 36KT 3403 8797

$$

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2 follow-up statements

350 
WWUS54 KBMX 140001
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
701 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ALC075-140011-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-141014T0030Z/
LAMAR AL-
701 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAMAR 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 3402 8790 3410 8799 3432 8780 3432 8768
      3431 8763 3416 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 229DEG 36KT 3409 8788

$$

ALC093-140030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-141014T0030Z/
MARION AL-
701 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MARION COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAMILTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRINN...HACKLEBURG...PEARCES MILL...TESSNER AND BEAR CREEK.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBER 22...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3402 8790 3410 8799 3432 8780 3432 8768
      3431 8763 3416 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 229DEG 36KT 3409 8788

$$

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565 
WWUS54 KBMX 140007
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
707 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ALC093-140017-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-141014T0030Z/
MARION AL-
707 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MARION COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

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

LAT...LON 3402 8790 3410 8799 3432 8780 3432 8768
      3431 8763 3416 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 229DEG 36KT 3411 8781

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 4:19 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	20 hr
Oct 13, 4:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas and 19 more	25 hr
Oct 13, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lowndes	42 min
Oct 13, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	43 min
Oct 13, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	52 min
Oct 13, 1:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock	41 min
Oct 13, 1:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa	49 min
Oct 13, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore	67 min
Oct 13, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Perry	47 min
Oct 13, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	50 min
Oct 13, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Perry	42 min
Oct 13, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Sumter	46 min
Oct 13, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	45 min
Oct 13, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby, Talladega, Tuscaloosa	58 min
Oct 13, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	37 min
Oct 13, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair	58 min
Oct 13, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	54 min
Oct 13, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marion	39 min
Oct 13, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion	20 min
Oct 13, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lamar, Pickens	56 min

Nearby

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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.