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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2014, 12:19 PM CST for Barbour County, Bullock County, Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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 23, 2014, 12:19 PM CST (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2014, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Pike County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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 nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 500 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
237
WFUS54 KBMX 231819
TORBMX
ALC005-011-109-231845-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0045.141123T1819Z-141123T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1219 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
CENTRAL BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
EAST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1245 PM CST
* AT 1216 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF BANKS...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BRUNDIDGE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDWAY...BOOT HILL...PICKETT...ABERFOIL...JOSIE...TANYARD...PEROTE
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.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758 OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG ALWX
LAT...LON 3179 8577 3215 8569 3210 8547 3200 8555
3183 8567 3177 8571
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 202DEG 35KT 3182 8572
$$
613 follow-up statements
908
WWUS54 KBMX 231829
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1229 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
ALC005-109-231839-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-141123T1845Z/
BARBOUR AL-PIKE AL-
1229 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PIKE AND WEST CENTRAL BARBOUR
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3188 8572 3214 8566 3211 8550 3188 8567
3188 8569
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 202DEG 35KT 3192 8567
$$
ALC011-231845-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-141123T1845Z/
BULLOCK AL-
1229 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BULLOCK COUNTY
UNTIL 1245 PM CST...
AT 1226 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOOT HILL...OR 13 MILES NORTH
OF CLIO...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PICKETT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3188 8572 3214 8566 3211 8550 3188 8567
3188 8569
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 202DEG 35KT 3192 8567
$$
61925
WWUS54 KBMX 231840
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1240 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
ALC011-231845-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-141123T1845Z/
BULLOCK AL-
1240 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BULLOCK
COUNTY UNTIL 1245 PM CST...
AT 1237 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PICKETT...OR 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MIDWAY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN BULLOCK COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3193 8564 3195 8568 3205 8566 3202 8557
3200 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 202DEG 28KT 3198 8564
$$
61312
WWUS54 KBMX 231845
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1245 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
ALC011-231855-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-141123T1845Z/
BULLOCK AL-
1245 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BULLOCK COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3193 8564 3195 8568 3205 8566 3202 8557
3200 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 202DEG 28KT 3202 8562
$$
61The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 1:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 28 min |
| Nov 23, 1:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 16 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.