Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2015, 8:40 AM CST for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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
- Dec 24, 2015, 8:40 AM CST (14:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2015, 9:15 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Barbour County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 4:09 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1020 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
184
WFUS54 KBMX 241440
TORBMX
ALC005-241515-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0014.151224T1440Z-151224T1515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
840 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 915 AM CST
* AT 840 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUE SPRINGS STATE PARK...OR NEAR CLIO...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BLUE SPRINGS...TYLER CROSSROADS AND BLUE SPRINGS STATE PARK AROUND
855 AM CST.
TEXASVILLE AROUND 915 AM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MILLERS FORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3186 8543 3171 8530 3171 8541 3162 8542
3162 8567
TIME...MOT...LOC 1440Z 230DEG 16KT 3164 8558
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
752 follow-up statements
100
WWUS54 KBMX 241503
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
903 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015
ALC005-241515-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-151224T1515Z/
BARBOUR AL-
903 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY...
AT 902 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER TEXASVILLE...OR 9 MILES EAST OF CLIO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...THE ROTATION DETECTED HAS WEAKEN BUT DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINES WINDS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY A BRIEF TORNADO. ADDITIONAL ROTATION
WAS DETECTED SOUTHWEST OF BLUE SPRINGS STATE PARK.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BLUE SPRINGS AROUND 905 AM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MILLERS FORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3162 8551 3162 8558 3180 8549 3183 8546
3174 8538 3171 8540 3171 8541 3169 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 1502Z 228DEG 18KT 3175 8545
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
75488
WWUS54 KBMX 241509
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
909 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015
ALC005-241519-
/O.EXP.KBMX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-151224T1515Z/
BARBOUR AL-
909 AM CST THU DEC 24 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 915 AM CST...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3162 8551 3162 8558 3180 8549 3183 8546
3174 8538 3171 8540 3171 8541 3169 8543
TIME...MOT...LOC 1507Z 230DEG 16KT 3175 8545
$$
75The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 9:33 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 4 days |
| Dec 23, 11:15 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike, Russell | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour, Pike | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 24 min |
| Dec 24, 4:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock | 59 min |
| Dec 24, 4:50 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike, Russell | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:54 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Talladega | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:12 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike, Russell | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:55 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, Talladega | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers | 6 hr |
| Dec 24, 8:53 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Elmore, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 4 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:11 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Randolph | 64 min |
| Dec 24, 10:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bullock, Chambers, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Pike and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 14 min |
| Dec 24, 10:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike, Russell | 3 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:49 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Elmore, Montgomery | 11 days |
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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.