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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2014, 5:09 AM CST for Bullock County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
- Nov 17, 2014, 5:09 AM CST (11:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2014, 5:33 AM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bullock County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 1:32 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
621
WFUS54 KBMX 171109
TORBMX
ALC011-171145-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0042.141117T1109Z-141117T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
509 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 545 AM CST
* AT 508 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR LINWOOD...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF TROY...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UNION SPRINGS...MIDWAY...BEANS CROSSROADS...INVERNESS...ABERFOIL...
GUERRYTON...HIGH RIDGE...SEDGEFIELD AND THREE NOTCH.
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 3197 8588 3205 8590 3205 8595 3204 8598
3224 8566 3223 8543 3215 8543 3214 8541
3214 8543 3211 8543 3199 8573 3197 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1109Z 242DEG 45KT 3197 8588
$$3 follow-up statements
688
WWUS54 KBMX 171119
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
519 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
ALC011-171145-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-141117T1145Z/
BULLOCK AL-
519 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BULLOCK COUNTY UNTIL 545
AM CST...
AT 518 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEANS CROSSROADS...OR 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF UNION SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UNION SPRINGS...MIDWAY...INVERNESS...ABERFOIL...GUERRYTON...
SEDGEFIELD AND THREE NOTCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3198 8586 3205 8586 3223 8567 3223 8554
3223 8543 3215 8543 3214 8541 3214 8543
3211 8544 3197 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1119Z 242DEG 31KT 3201 8579
$$887
WWUS54 KBMX 171128
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
528 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
ALC011-171145-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-141117T1145Z/
BULLOCK AL-
528 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BULLOCK COUNTY UNTIL 545
AM CST...
AT 527 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INVERNESS...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF UNION
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UNION SPRINGS...ABERFOIL...GUERRYTON...SEDGEFIELD AND THREE NOTCH.
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 3198 8586 3205 8586 3223 8567 3223 8554
3223 8543 3215 8543 3214 8541 3214 8543
3211 8544 3197 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1128Z 242DEG 31KT 3205 8571
$$808
WWUS54 KBMX 171133
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
533 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
ALC011-171142-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-141117T1145Z/
BULLOCK AL-
533 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BULLOCK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM NEAR ABERFOIL HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED
TORNADIC.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3198 8586 3205 8586 3223 8567 3223 8554
3223 8543 3215 8543 3214 8541 3214 8543
3211 8544 3197 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1132Z 242DEG 31KT 3206 8567
$$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, 4:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.