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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 6:58 PM CDT for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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
- Mar 31, 2016, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 7:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Fayette County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 S Belk, AL | |
| Mar 31, 7:08 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Fayette, AL | TREES REPORTED DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 96. LOCATION APPROXIMATE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 441 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 538 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
564
WFUS54 KBMX 312358
TORBMX
ALC057-010100-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0016.160331T2358Z-160401T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
658 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 658 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR KENNEDY...OR NEAR MILLPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTE...BERRY...BELK...BANKSTON...BOLEY SPRINGS...RICHARD ARTHUR
FIELD...FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE...STONE WALL AND BEVILL STATE
COLLEGE FAYETTE.
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 3368 8794 3385 8753 3369 8753 3369 8742
3360 8742 3361 8763 3358 8763 3358 8767
3353 8767 3352 8768 3353 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 245DEG 28KT 3354 8802
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
87/GRANTHAM2 follow-up statements
939
WWUS54 KBMX 010014
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
714 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
ALC057-010100-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160401T0100Z/
FAYETTE AL-
714 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 714 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHCRAFT CORNER...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF FAYETTE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTE...BERRY...BELK...BANKSTON...BOLEY SPRINGS...RICHARD ARTHUR FIELD...
FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE AND STONE WALL.
LAT...LON 3365 8794 3385 8753 3369 8753 3369 8742
3360 8742 3361 8763 3358 8763 3358 8767
3353 8767 3352 8768 3353 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 246DEG 28KT 3359 8788
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
87/GRANTHAM001
WWUS54 KBMX 010044
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
744 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
ALC057-010054-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160401T0100Z/
FAYETTE AL-
744 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR WESTERN
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3365 8794 3385 8753 3369 8753 3369 8742
3360 8742 3361 8763 3358 8763 3358 8767
3353 8767 3352 8768 3353 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 245DEG 28KT 3369 8762
$$
87/GRANTHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 5:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Sumter | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 8:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Winston | 118 min |
| Mar 31, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 35 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter | 3 days |
| Mar 31, 9:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Marengo | 60 hr |
| Mar 31, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 63 min |
| Mar 31, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Marengo | 57 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.