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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 6, 2016Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2016, 11:57 PM CDT for Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 22 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: Apr 6, 2016, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2016, 12:19 AM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Russell County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:58 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 6, 11:57 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	4 Sw Crawford, AL	A 7.49 MILE LONG 200 YARD WIDE TOR WITH WINDS OF 90 MPH TOUCHED DOWN ON STILLWELL RD AND CAUSED SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE ALONG RICHARDSON RD. ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG ANNA KATE DR BEFORE TOR LIFTED.
Apr 7, 12:09 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Phenix City, AL	LARGE TREE WAS UPROOTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SANDFORT RD AND CROSSWINDS RD CAUSING DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME. SEVERAL OTHER MOBILE HOMES SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. MAX WINDS EST AT 76MPH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 418 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

106 
WFUS54 KBMX 070457
TORBMX
ALC113-070530-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0023.160407T0457Z-160407T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1157 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
    
* AT 1157 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL COUNTY SPORTS
  COMPLEX...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMITHS...MOVING EAST AT 50 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PHENIX CITY...LADONIA...LADONIA SPORTS COMPLEX...PHENIX DRAG STRIP...
  PARKMANVILLE...CRAWFORD AND FORT MITCHELL.

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 3241 8498 3239 8497 3239 8498 3238 8499
      3238 8497 3237 8499 3236 8498 3234 8501
      3239 8527 3245 8526 3248 8499 3246 8500
      3244 8497 3242 8496
TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 272DEG 42KT 3242 8521 

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

$$

17/KLAWS

2 follow-up statements

826 
WWUS54 KBMX 070511
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1211 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016

ALC113-070530-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160407T0530Z/
RUSSELL AL-
1211 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY...
    
AT 1211 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PHENIX CITY...MOVING EAST AT 50 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3238 8499 3239 8508 3246 8507 3246 8500
      3244 8497 3242 8496 3241 8498 3239 8497
      3239 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 272DEG 42KT 3241 8501 

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

$$

17/KLAWS

716 
WWUS54 KBMX 070519
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1219 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016

ALC113-070529-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160407T0530Z/
RUSSELL AL-
1219 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3238 8499 3239 8508 3246 8507 3246 8500
      3244 8497 3242 8496 3241 8498 3239 8497
      3239 8498
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 272DEG 42KT 3241 8490 

$$

17/KLAWS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 6, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	43 min
Apr 6, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee	23 min
Apr 6, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun	39 min
Apr 6, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Hale	52 min
Apr 6, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne	20 min
Apr 6, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	42 min
Apr 6, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	48 min
Apr 6, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	63 min
Apr 6, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale, Perry	39 min
Apr 6, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock	52 min
Apr 6, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Chilton	46 min
Apr 6, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Talladega	39 min
Apr 6, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne	48 min
Apr 6, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	44 min
Apr 6, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	46 min
Apr 6, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	50 min
Apr 6, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa	40 min
Apr 6, 10:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	41 min
Apr 6, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	38 min
Apr 6, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Lowndes	49 min
Apr 6, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Russell	32 min
Apr 6, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	49 min
Apr 6, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Elmore	40 min
Apr 6, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Montgomery	67 min
Apr 6, 11:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee	26 min
Apr 6, 11:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock	24 min
Apr 7, 12:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee, Russell	15 min
Apr 7, 12:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour	47 min
Apr 7, 12:43 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	8 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.