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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2016, 5:02 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 58 min. 3 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
- Feb 2, 2016, 5:02 PM CST (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Fayette County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 5:36 PM CST | TORNADO 1 | 1 Nw Ashcraft Corner, AL | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG ASHCRAFT CORNER CUTOFF AND TRACKED NORTHEAST PARALELLING PORTIONS OF AL HWY 159 AND OWENS RD BEFORE LIFTING ALONG CR 4. DAMAGE CONSISTED MOSTLY OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES. MINOR SHINGLE AND PORCH DAMAGE TO ONE RESIDENCE. THE PATH |
| Feb 2, 5:45 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Sse Kennedy, AL | SEVERAL TREES DOWN SEVERAL MILES SOUTH OF KENNEDY. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Feb 2, 6:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Ashcraft Corner, AL | SEVERAL TREES ARE DOWN ALONG HWY 159 BETWEEN CR 1 AND 2. POSSIBLE TORNADO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 3:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
039
WFUS54 KBMX 022302
TORBMX
ALC057-075-107-125-030000-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0002.160202T2302Z-160203T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
502 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 600 PM CST
* AT 501 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CARROLLTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
REFORM AROUND 515 PM CST.
KENNEDY AND ASHCRAFT CORNER AROUND 530 PM CST.
BELK AROUND 535 PM CST.
FAYETTE AND BANKSTON AROUND 550 PM CST.
BERRY AROUND 555 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RICHARD ARTHUR FIELD...FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE...MOORES BRIDGE...
NORTH PICKENS AIRPORT...STONE WALL...BEVILL STATE COLLEGE FAYETTE...
LUBBUB...NEW LEXINGTON AND CODY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3330 8793 3342 8815 3379 8790 3365 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 215DEG 39KT 3328 8812
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
17/KLAWS3 follow-up statements
651
WWUS54 KBMX 022326
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
526 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
ALC125-022335-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/
TUSCALOOSA AL-
526 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3379 8790 3369 8765 3352 8781 3352 8784
3349 8784 3333 8799 3340 8812
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 215DEG 39KT 3350 8794
$$
ALC057-075-107-030000-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/
PICKENS AL-FAYETTE AL-LAMAR AL-
526 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN PICKENS...SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE AND SOUTHEASTERN LAMAR
COUNTIES...
AT 525 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ASHCRAFT CORNER...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MILLPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
BELK AROUND 535 PM CST.
FAYETTE AND BANKSTON AROUND 550 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE NORTH
PICKENS AIRPORT...STONE WALL...BEVILL STATE COLLEGE FAYETTE...RICHARD
ARTHUR FIELD AND FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE.
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 3379 8790 3369 8765 3352 8781 3352 8784
3349 8784 3333 8799 3340 8812
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 215DEG 39KT 3350 8794
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
17/KLAWS473
WWUS54 KBMX 022337
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
537 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
ALC075-107-022346-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/
PICKENS AL-LAMAR AL-
537 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PICKENS AND SOUTHEASTERN
LAMAR COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3379 8790 3369 8765 3352 8781 3353 8784
3353 8795 3364 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 213DEG 34KT 3354 8792
$$
ALC057-030000-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/
FAYETTE AL-
537 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 536 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ASHCRAFT CORNER...OR 9 MILES EAST OF MILLPORT...
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...
BELK AROUND 545 PM CST.
FAYETTE AND BANKSTON AROUND 600 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE STONE
WALL...BEVILL STATE COLLEGE FAYETTE...RICHARD ARTHUR FIELD AND
FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE.
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 3379 8790 3369 8765 3352 8781 3353 8784
3353 8795 3364 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 213DEG 34KT 3354 8792
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
17/KLAWS581
WWUS54 KBMX 022344
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
544 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
ALC057-030000-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160203T0000Z/
FAYETTE AL-
544 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...
AT 544 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BELK...OR NEAR
FAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FAYETTE AROUND 555 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE STONE
WALL...BEVILL STATE COLLEGE FAYETTE...RICHARD ARTHUR FIELD AND
FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3379 8790 3369 8765 3354 8784 3356 8791
3364 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 215DEG 39KT 3361 8786
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
17/KLAWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 1:19 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BMX | Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 2, 4:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens, Sumter | 67 min |
| Feb 2, 5:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 28 min |
| Feb 2, 5:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 40 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.