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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2015, 3:35 PM CST for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 min. 8 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
- Dec 25, 2015, 3:35 PM CST (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2015, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 3:35 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Coaling, AL | TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Dec 25, 3:38 PM CST | TORNADO 0 | Coaling, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR DUDLEY ROAD. NUMBER OF TREES DOWN ON WIRE ROAD AND DUDLEY ROAD. |
| Dec 25, 3:38 PM CST | TORNADO | Coaling, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR DUDLEY ROAD. NUMBER OF TREES DOWN ON WIRE ROAD AND DUDLEY ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Dec 25, 3:39 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 Sw Mercede, AL | MULTIPLE PINE TREES SNAPPED ALONG WIRE RD AND DUDLEY RD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Dec 25, 3:40 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Wsw Mercede, AL | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED. |
| Dec 25, 3:41 PM CST | TORNADO 0 | 2 Sw Mercede, AL | THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF COALING. THE TORNADO WAS WEAK AND RATED AN EF-0 WITH HIGHLY SPOTTY DAMAGE CONSISTING OF SNAPPED TREES. ENDING POINT. |
| Dec 25, 3:41 PM CST | TORNADO 0 | 2 Sw Mercede, AL | THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF COALING. THE TORNADO WAS WEAK AND RATED AN EF-0 WITH HIGHLY SPOTTY DAMAGE CONSISTING OF SNAPPED TREES. ENDING POINT. CORRECTED LOCATION. |
| Dec 25, 3:42 PM CST | TORNADO 0 | 2 Sw Mercede, AL | THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF COALING. THE TORNADO WAS WEAK AND RATED AN EF-0 WITH HIGHLY SPOTTY DAMAGE CONSISTING OF SNAPPED TREES. FINIALIZED ENDING POINT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 803 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
412
WFUS54 KBMX 252135
TORBMX
ALC125-252200-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0015.151225T2135Z-151225T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
335 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 400 PM CST
* AT 335 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER COALING...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOLT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
VANCE AND MERCEDES BENZ OF ALABAMA AROUND 340 PM CST.
BROOKWOOD AND NORTH BIBB AROUND 350 PM CST.
ABERNANT AROUND 355 PM CST.
LAKE VIEW AND TANNEHILL IRONWORKS STATE PARK AROUND 400 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CEDAR
COVE...I 20 REST AREA NEAR TUSCALOOSA...CAFFEE JUNCTION...BUCKSVILLE
AND EAST BROOKWOOD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 100.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3337 8723 3336 8720 3334 8720 3334 8718
3332 8718 3331 8716 3331 8713 3329 8712
3328 8707 3325 8707 3322 8710 3322 8712
3324 8712 3323 8715 3319 8720 3315 8720
3313 8724 3313 8728 3309 8731 3313 8740
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 223DEG 30KT 3315 8731
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 8:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 27 min |
| Dec 24, 8:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Greene, Sumter | 29 min |
| Dec 24, 9:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:56 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Macon, Pike, Russell | 12 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:08 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Tallapoosa | 6 hr |
| Dec 25, 1:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton and 17 more | 17 hr |
| Dec 25, 7:14 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 2 hr |
| Dec 25, 7:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby, Talladega | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 7:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marion | 50 min |
| Dec 25, 7:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Winston | 42 min |
| Dec 25, 8:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Winston | 40 min |
| Dec 25, 9:17 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Winston | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 9:40 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Winston | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 9:42 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery | 11 days |
| Dec 25, 9:42 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes | 8 days |
| Dec 25, 9:42 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas | 9 days |
| Dec 25, 10:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 9 hr |
| Dec 25, 11:51 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Blount | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:43 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Cherokee, Etowah | 32 min |
| Dec 25, 2:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Walker | 5 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:04 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Blount, Cherokee, Etowah, Jefferson, St. Clair, Walker | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Fayette | 47 min |
| Dec 25, 3:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Perry | 44 min |
| Dec 25, 3:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount | 8 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Dec 25, 4:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair, Walker | 3 hr |
| Dec 25, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Dec 25, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton | 21 min |
| Dec 25, 5:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 3 hr |
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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.