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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2014, 4:40 AM CST for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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
- Nov 17, 2014, 4:40 AM CST (10:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2014, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pike County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 4:45 AM CST | TORNADO 1 | 5 Sw Ansley, AL | A TORNADO CROSSED FROM CRENSHAW COUNTY INTO NORTHWEST PIKE COUNTY ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE NORTH OF CR 30. THE TORNADO TRAVELED THROUGH NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHWEST BULLOCK COUNTY BEFORE LIFTING. TOTAL PATH LENGTH WAS APPROX. 25 MILES...MAXIMUM PATH WIDT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 1:32 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
802
WFUS54 KBMX 171040
TORBMX
ALC109-171130-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0041.141117T1040Z-141117T1130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
440 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 530 AM CST
* AT 439 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF BRADLEYTON...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF
LUVERNE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANSLEY...TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...LINWOOD...ORION AND CHINA GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758 OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG ALWX
LAT...LON 3179 8615 3179 8621 3188 8618 3196 8619
3196 8600 3205 8599 3204 8597 3206 8595
3205 8590 3197 8588 3197 8579 3194 8579
3175 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1040Z 235DEG 50KT 3182 8621
$$3 follow-up statements
582
WWUS54 KBMX 171049
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
449 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
ALC109-171130-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-141117T1130Z/
PIKE AL-
449 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY
UNTIL 530 AM CST...
AT 448 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ANSLEY...OR 10
MILES NORTH OF GOSHEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...LINWOOD...ORION AND CHINA GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3181 8618 3183 8619 3195 8619 3196 8616
3196 8600 3204 8599 3204 8597 3205 8595
3205 8590 3197 8588 3197 8579 3194 8579
3184 8601 3181 8613
TIME...MOT...LOC 1049Z 243DEG 41KT 3188 8612
$$372
WWUS54 KBMX 171102
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
502 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
ALC109-171130-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-141117T1130Z/
PIKE AL-
502 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY
UNTIL 530 AM CST...
AT 501 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF THE
TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...NEAR HIGHWAY 231...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF
TROY...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINWOOD AND CHINA GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3192 8605 3194 8605 3196 8600 3204 8599
3205 8590 3199 8590 3197 8588 3197 8579
3194 8579 3188 8597 3189 8602
TIME...MOT...LOC 1102Z 249DEG 39KT 3193 8597
$$583
WWUS54 KBMX 171115
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
515 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
ALC109-171125-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-141117T1130Z/
PIKE AL-
515 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3192 8605 3194 8605 3196 8600 3204 8599
3205 8590 3199 8590 3197 8588 3197 8579
3194 8579 3188 8597 3189 8602
TIME...MOT...LOC 1115Z 249DEG 39KT 3198 8581
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 9:48 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Nov 17, 12:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:59 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Dallas, Elmore, Lee and 7 more | 37 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:59 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 21 more | 60 hr |
| Nov 17, 5:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock | 24 min |
| Nov 17, 5:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bullock, Russell | 22 min |
| Nov 17, 6:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 27 min |
| Nov 17, 9:26 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar | 12 hr |
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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.