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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Birmingham, AL

April 7, 2016Lee County, Russell County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2016, 12:03 AM CDT for Lee County, Russell County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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: Apr 7, 2016, 12:03 AM CDT (05:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2016, 12:18 AM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Lee County, AL, Russell County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:04 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 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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

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The text

As transmitted.

972 
WFUS54 KBMX 070503
TORBMX
ALC081-113-070530-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0024.160407T0503Z-160407T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1203 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
    
* AT 1202 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLEECKER...OR NEAR SMITHS...MOVING EAST 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PHENIX CITY...SMITHS...SMITHS STATION...LADONIA...BIBB CITY...LADONIA
  SPORTS COMPLEX 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 3249 8525 3254 8524 3256 8505 3255 8503
      3254 8502 3251 8500 3249 8499 3247 8500
      3245 8499 3244 8497 3243 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 272DEG 41KT 3251 8518 

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

$$

17/KLAWS

2 follow-up statements

253 
WWUS54 KBMX 070510
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1210 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016

ALC081-113-070530-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160407T0530Z/
RUSSELL AL-LEE AL-
1210 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND EAST CENTRAL LEE COUNTIES...
    
AT 1209 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SMITHS STATION...OR OVER SMITHS...MOVING EAST 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PHENIX CITY...SMITHS...SMITHS STATION...LADONIA...BIBB CITY...LADONIA
SPORTS COMPLEX AND MONTEREY HEIGHTS.

LAT...LON 3249 8517 3254 8517 3256 8505 3255 8503
      3254 8502 3251 8500 3249 8499 3247 8500
      3245 8499 3244 8497 3243 8497 3246 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0509Z 271DEG 39KT 3251 8510 

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

$$

17/KLAWS

065 
WWUS54 KBMX 070518
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1218 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016

ALC081-113-070528-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160407T0530Z/
RUSSELL AL-LEE AL-
1218 AM CDT THU APR 7 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND EAST CENTRAL LEE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3249 8517 3254 8517 3256 8505 3255 8503
      3254 8502 3251 8500 3249 8499 3247 8500
      3245 8499 3244 8497 3243 8497 3246 8509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0517Z 272DEG 41KT 3251 8498 

$$

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 6, 11:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Russell	22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.