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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2014, 1:47 PM CST for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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 23, 2014, 1:47 PM CST (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2014, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Russell County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2:10 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Crawford, AL | DAMAGE TO A METAL BUILDING AND TREE LIMBS DOWN IN CRAWFORD NEAR HWY 80. POSSIBLE TORNADO. PER SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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 23, 12:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 430 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
398
WFUS54 KBMX 231947
TORBMX
ALC113-232015-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0046.141123T1947Z-141123T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
147 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 215 PM CST
* AT 146 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEALE...OR 11 MILES EAST OF
HURTSBORO...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PHENIX CITY...SEALE...RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...LADONIA...
PARKMANVILLE...PHENIX DRAG STRIP...CRAWFORD AND LADONIA SPORTS
COMPLEX.
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 OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG ALWX
LAT...LON 3214 8523 3216 8530 3247 8522 3247 8506
3249 8506 3249 8499 3245 8499
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 200DEG 40KT 3221 8523
$$
613 follow-up statements
758 WWUS54 KBMX 231956 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 156 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ALC113-232015- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-141123T2015Z/ RUSSELL AL- 156 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CST... AT 154 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SEALE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF HURTSBORO...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...LADONIA...PARKMANVILLE...PHENIX DRAG STRIP...CRAWFORD AND LADONIA SPORTS COMPLEX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3226 8518 3227 8525 3247 8522 3247 8506 TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 196DEG 40KT 3232 8520 $$ 61
346 WWUS54 KBMX 232004 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 204 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ALC113-232015- /O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-141123T2015Z/ RUSSELL AL- 204 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CST... AT 202 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS COMPLEX...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHENIX CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CRAWFORD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3237 8515 3237 8521 3247 8519 3247 8510 TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 197DEG 46KT 3242 8516 $$ 61
706 WWUS54 KBMX 232015 SVSBMX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 215 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ALC113-232025- /O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-141123T2015Z/ RUSSELL AL- 215 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL RUSSELL COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3237 8515 3237 8521 3247 8519 3247 8510 TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 197DEG 46KT 3242 8516 $$ 61
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 12:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.