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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Birmingham, AL

December 28, 2015Bullock County, Lee County, Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2015, 3:45 PM CST for Bullock County, Lee County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 22 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 28, 2015, 3:45 PM CST (21:45 UTC)
Expired: Dec 28, 2015, 4:07 PM CST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Bullock County, AL, Lee County, AL, Russell County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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: 161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

476 
WFUS54 KBMX 282145
TORBMX
ALC011-081-113-282230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0020.151228T2145Z-151228T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
345 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  EAST CENTRAL BULLOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  EASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 430 PM CST
    
* AT 345 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HURTSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
  UCHEE AROUND 400 PM CST.
  GRIFFEN MILL AROUND 420 PM CST.
  SMITHS...SMITHS STATION AND BLEECKER AROUND 430 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LADONIA SPORTS COMPLEX...RUTHERFORD...MARVYN...PARKMANVILLE...PHENIX
DRAG STRIP...CRAWFORD...HATCHECHUBBE AND MONTEREY HEIGHTS.

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 3215 8535 3214 8543 3209 8543 3215 8553
      3223 8549 3223 8543 3233 8544 3271 8524
      3263 8509 3258 8507 3252 8501 3249 8500
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 210DEG 35KT 3220 8541 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

933 
WWUS54 KBMX 282156
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
356 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015

ALC011-282206-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-151228T2230Z/
BULLOCK AL-
356 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BULLOCK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3222 8537 3224 8542 3231 8544 3232 8544
      3270 8524 3262 8509 3257 8507 3251 8501
      3249 8500 3245 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 204DEG 35KT 3229 8538 

$$

ALC081-113-282230-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-151228T2230Z/
RUSSELL AL-LEE AL-
356 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN RUSSELL AND EASTERN LEE COUNTIES...
    
AT 356 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HURTSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
  UCHEE AROUND 400 PM CST.
  GRIFFEN MILL AROUND 420 PM CST.
  SMITHS STATION AND BLEECKER AROUND 430 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PARKMANVILLE...PHENIX DRAG STRIP...LADONIA SPORTS COMPLEX...
CRAWFORD...MARVYN AND MONTEREY HEIGHTS.

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 3222 8537 3224 8542 3231 8544 3232 8544
      3270 8524 3262 8509 3257 8507 3251 8501
      3249 8500 3245 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 204DEG 35KT 3229 8538 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

089 
WWUS54 KBMX 282207
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
407 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015

ALC081-113-282217-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-151228T2230Z/
RUSSELL AL-LEE AL-
407 PM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSSELL AND EASTERN LEE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3222 8537 3224 8542 3231 8544 3232 8544
      3270 8524 3262 8509 3257 8507 3251 8501
      3249 8500 3245 8504
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 210DEG 35KT 3239 8532 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 10:11 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	8 hr
Dec 28, 11:26 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Marion, Walker, Winston	2 hr
Dec 28, 1:11 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	2 hr
Dec 28, 2:02 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Fayette, Greene and 13 more	4 hr
Dec 28, 2:27 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Elmore, Lee, Macon, Montgomery and 2 more	2 hr
Dec 28, 4:29 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell	2 hr

Nearby

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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.