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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2014, 1:59 PM CST for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 min. 3 reports 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, 1:59 PM CST (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2014, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Barbour County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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, 2:03 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lakepoint Resort State, AL | TREES DOWN NEAR LAKEPOINT RESORT. POSSIBLE TORNADO. PER SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Nov 23, 2:03 PM CST | TORNADO 1 | 2 Sse Lakepoint Resort, AL | THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 1.8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK...NEAR WHERE COWICKEE CREEK EMPTIES INTO WALTER F GEORGE RESERVOIR. FROM THERE IT MOVED NORTHEASTWARD OVER WOODED SWAMPLAND...AND EVENTUALLY CROSSED THE RESERVOIR AND MOVED INTO |
| Nov 23, 2:15 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 Wsw Coffinton, GA | A TORNADO CROSSED INTO STEWART COUNTY FROM ALABAMA AND TRACKED NORTHEAST ON A SEMI-CONTINUOUS 119 MILE PATH. THE TORNADO WAS AN EF-2 AT ITS PEAK...BUT CAUSED EF-1 DAMAGE THROUGH MOST OF ITS TRACK. TREES WERE DOWNED IN STEWART AND TALBOT COUNTIES BEFORE THE TOR |
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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
823
WFUS54 KBMX 231959
TORBMX
ALC005-232015-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0047.141123T1959Z-141123T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
159 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 215 PM CST
* AT 157 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR EUFAULA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE PARK AND TWIN SPRINGS.
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 3200 8506 3197 8506 3195 8508 3194 8508
3190 8511 3188 8513 3191 8518 3206 8511
3206 8505 3201 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 215DEG 48KT 3193 8512
$$
612 follow-up statements
561
WWUS54 KBMX 232006
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
206 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
ALC005-232015-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-141123T2015Z/
BARBOUR AL-
206 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
BARBOUR COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CST...
AT 204 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEPOINT RESORT STATE
PARK...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3200 8506 3197 8506 3195 8508 3197 8511
3206 8508 3206 8505 3201 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 215DEG 48KT 3201 8506
$$
61447
WWUS54 KBMX 232016
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
216 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
ALC005-232026-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-141123T2015Z/
BARBOUR AL-
216 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
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 3200 8506 3197 8506 3195 8508 3197 8511
3206 8508 3206 8505 3201 8505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 215DEG 48KT 3201 8505
$$
61The 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, 1:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Russell | 28 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.