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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2015, 3:37 AM CST for Pike County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
- Jan 4, 2015, 3:37 AM CST (09:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 4:01 AM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pike County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
516
WFUS54 KBMX 040937
TORBMX
ALC109-041015-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0008.150104T0937Z-150104T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
337 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 415 AM CST
* AT 335 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR GOSHEN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TROY...TROY UNIVERSITY...TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...LINWOOD AND
SANDFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
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 3168 8615 3178 8615 3179 8618 3180 8619
3203 8590 3199 8590 3197 8588 3197 8579
3188 8579 3188 8572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0937Z 229DEG 39KT 3175 8615
$$3 follow-up statements
112
WWUS54 KBMX 040946
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
346 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
ALC109-041015-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150104T1015Z/
PIKE AL-
346 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY
UNTIL 415 AM CST...
AT 342 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF GOSHEN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND LINWOOD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3176 8609 3181 8615 3189 8608 3203 8590
3199 8590 3197 8588 3197 8579 3192 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 227DEG 39KT 3182 8607
$$988
WWUS54 KBMX 040955
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
355 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
ALC109-041015-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150104T1015Z/
PIKE AL-
355 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY UNTIL
415 AM CST...
AT 353 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...OR
NEAR TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINWOOD.
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.
LAT...LON 3181 8600 3184 8606 3189 8608 3203 8590
3199 8590 3197 8588 3197 8579 3192 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 0955Z 228DEG 35KT 3187 8601
$$945
WWUS54 KBMX 041001
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
401 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
ALC109-041011-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150104T1015Z/
PIKE AL-
401 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3181 8600 3184 8606 3189 8608 3203 8590
3199 8590 3197 8588 3197 8579 3192 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1001Z 227DEG 39KT 3193 8593
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 6:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale | 43 min |
| Jan 3, 6:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 3 hr |
| Jan 3, 6:31 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Hale, Marion, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 3 hr |
| Jan 3, 6:53 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Fayette, Hale, Jefferson, Perry and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 3, 7:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Etowah, St. Clair, Shelby | 50 min |
| Jan 3, 7:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Etowah, Talladega | 47 min |
| Jan 3, 8:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 45 min |
| Jan 3, 8:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 29 min |
| Jan 3, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Montgomery | 21 min |
| Jan 3, 8:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Autauga, Montgomery | 16 min |
| Jan 3, 9:08 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Lamar, Pickens, Sumter | 3 hr |
| Jan 3, 9:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore | 42 min |
| Jan 3, 9:20 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 5 days |
| Jan 3, 9:39 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter | 3 hr |
| Jan 3, 9:48 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Hale, Marion, Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Jan 3, 11:00 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Jefferson, Perry, Shelby and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:40 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:00 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Perry, Shelby, Walker | 3 hr |
| Jan 4, 2:56 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Chambers, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 64 min |
| Jan 4, 6:18 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Tuscaloosa | 38 hr |
| Jan 4, 6:18 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter, Tuscaloosa | 71 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 63 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby | 25 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:05 AM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb, Dallas, Perry | 35 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:27 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Shelby, Talladega | 21 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:32 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Walker | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.