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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 28, 2014Fayette County, Marion County, Walker County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 7:23 PM CDT for Fayette County, Marion County, Walker County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 min. 6 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: Apr 28, 2014, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Fayette County, AL, Marion County, AL, Walker County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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
Apr 28, 7:35 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	3 Se Glen Allen, AL	TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG CR 73 AND MOVED NNE DOWNING TREES AND CAUSING MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME AND OUTBUILDINGS. TORNADO CROSSED CR 53 AT ELDRIDGE RD DESTROYING OUTBUILDINGS AND DOWNING DOZENS OF TREES. TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT CROSSED INTO MARION CO AND I
Apr 28, 7:38 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ese Winfield, AL	ROOF BLOWN OFF HOME IN GLEN ALLEN
Apr 28, 7:38 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ese Winfield, AL	ROOF BLOWN OFF HOME IN GLEN ALLEN. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Apr 28, 7:52 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Nne Carbon Hill, AL	PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
Apr 28, 7:55 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 W Eldridge, AL	TORNADO REPORTED BY PUBLIC TO 911 CENTER OF TORNADO ON GROUND ALONG HIGHWAY 118 WEST OF ELDRIDGE.
Apr 28, 7:55 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 W Eldridge, AL	TORNADO REPORTED BY PUBLIC TO 911 CENTER OF TORNADO ON GROUND ALONG HWY 118 WEST OF ELDRIDGE.

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
Apr 28, 12:39 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1160 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 9.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

881 
WFUS54 KBMX 290023
TORBMX
ALC057-093-127-290130-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0009.140429T0023Z-140429T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
723 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN WALKER COUNTY IN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF GLEN ALLEN...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  WINFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARBON HILL...GLEN ALLEN...ELDRIDGE...KANSAS...NAUVOO...BAZEMORE
  AND LUPTON.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 34 THROUGH 46...

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 3400 8768 3400 8729 3396 8726 3374 8782
      3385 8790
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 237DEG 23KT 3384 8775

$$

73

4 follow-up statements

805 
WWUS54 KBMX 290041
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
741 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

ALC057-093-127-290130-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140429T0130Z/
FAYETTE AL-MARION AL-WALKER AL-
741 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WALKER...
SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
TORNADO WITH A DEBRIS SIGNATURE!  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GLEN 
ALLEN...OR 6 MILES EAST OF WINFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARBON HILL...ELDRIDGE...KANSAS...NAUVOO AND LUPTON.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 34 THROUGH 46...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3400 8768 3400 8729 3396 8726 3374 8782
      3385 8790
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 214DEG 27KT 3394 8767

$$

17/KLAWS

283 
WWUS54 KBMX 290048
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
748 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

ALC057-093-127-290130-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140429T0130Z/
FAYETTE AL-MARION AL-WALKER AL-
748 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WALKER...
SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND NORTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM
CDT...

AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CARBON HILL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CARBON HILL...NAUVOO AND LUPTON.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 34 THROUGH 46...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3400 8729 3396 8726 3391 8738 3391 8739
      3382 8762 3394 8776 3400 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 243DEG 29KT 3388 8752

$$

17/KLAWS

500 
WWUS54 KBMX 290055
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
755 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

ALC093-290105-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140429T0130Z/
MARION AL-
755 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION 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 3400 8729 3396 8726 3382 8762 3391 8773
      3392 8764 3400 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 243DEG 29KT 3390 8747

$$

ALC057-127-290130-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140429T0130Z/
FAYETTE AL-WALKER AL-
755 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WALKER AND
NORTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 752 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR CARBON HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NAUVOO AND LUPTON.

THIS INCLUDES...
US 78 EXIT NUMBERS 39 THROUGH 46...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3400 8729 3396 8726 3382 8762 3391 8773
      3392 8764 3400 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 243DEG 29KT 3390 8747

$$

17/KLAWS

450 
WWUS54 KBMX 290108
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
808 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

ALC057-127-290118-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140429T0130Z/
FAYETTE AL-WALKER AL-
808 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WALKER AND NORTH CENTRAL
FAYETTE 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 3400 8729 3396 8726 3382 8762 3391 8773
      3392 8764 3400 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 243DEG 29KT 3394 8735

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar	63 min
Apr 28, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Pickens	48 min
Apr 28, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Marion, Winston	58 min
Apr 28, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	43 min
Apr 28, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	52 min
Apr 28, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Winston	42 min
Apr 28, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Walker	54 min
Apr 28, 8:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens, Tuscaloosa	36 min
Apr 28, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Walker	30 min
Apr 28, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Pickens, Sumter	49 min
Apr 28, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker	63 min
Apr 28, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	59 min
Apr 28, 8:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens, Tuscaloosa	47 min
Apr 28, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	45 min
Apr 28, 9:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Sumter	53 min
Apr 28, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa	51 min
Apr 28, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	66 min
Apr 28, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	45 min
Apr 28, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Tuscaloosa	27 min
Apr 28, 9:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson	53 min
Apr 28, 10:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Jefferson	59 min
Apr 28, 10:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Tuscaloosa	54 min
Apr 28, 10:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Jefferson	38 min
Apr 28, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Hale, Marengo, Perry	61 min
Apr 28, 10:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa	64 min
Apr 28, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Elmore, Marengo and 1 more	89 min
Apr 28, 11:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount, Etowah	62 min
Apr 29, 12:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa	67 min
Apr 29, 12:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Etowah	52 min
Apr 29, 12:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Blount	61 min
Apr 29, 12:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Etowah	54 min
Apr 29, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, Tallapoosa	65 min
Apr 29, 1:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Clay	45 min
Apr 29, 1:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore	60 min
Apr 29, 1:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lowndes, Montgomery	54 min
Apr 29, 2:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore, Macon, Montgomery	55 min
Apr 29, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pike	57 min
Apr 29, 3:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	37 min
Apr 29, 3:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee, Macon	30 min
Apr 29, 3:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	BMX	Lee, Russell	38 min
Apr 29, 5:23 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Marion and 5 more	4 hr
Apr 29, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	4 days
Apr 29, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	42 min
Apr 29, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pickens	40 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.