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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2016, 7:16 PM CST for Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 17 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
- Nov 29, 2016, 7:16 PM CST (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2016, 7:33 PM CST
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Pickens County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 7:20 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Shaw, AL | TREES BLOCKING THE ROADWAY ON COUNTY ROAD 34 NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 82. POSSIBLE TORNADO. CORRECTED TIME. |
| Nov 29, 7:36 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Shaw, AL | TREES BLOCKING THE ROADWAY ON COUNTY ROAD 34 NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 82. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 477 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted.
457
WFUS54 KBMX 300116
TORBMX
ALC107-300145-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0026.161130T0116Z-161130T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
716 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CST
* AT 716 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ETHELSVILLE...
OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ETHELSVILLE...SHAW AND MCSHAN.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3353 8821 3352 8784 3334 8814 3347 8829
3348 8828
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 228DEG 35KT 3346 8815
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
89^GSATTERWHITE2 follow-up statements
486
WWUS54 KBMX 300126
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
726 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
ALC107-300145-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-161130T0145Z/
PICKENS AL-
726 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY...
AT 725 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MILLPORT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHAW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3352 8784 3344 8801 3349 8820 3353 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 228DEG 35KT 3352 8807
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
89^GSATTERWHITE294
WWUS54 KBMX 300133
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
733 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
ALC107-300143-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-161130T0145Z/
PICKENS AL-
733 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3352 8784 3344 8801 3349 8820 3353 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 228DEG 35KT 3357 8800
$$
89^GSATTERWHITEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pickens | 55 min |
| Nov 29, 6:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 67 min |
| Nov 29, 7:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 53 min |
| Nov 29, 7:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 62 min |
| Nov 29, 7:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 38 min |
| Nov 29, 8:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 21 min |
| Nov 29, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 26 min |
| Nov 29, 8:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 44 min |
| Nov 29, 8:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar, Pickens | 46 min |
| Nov 29, 10:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 17 min |
| Nov 29, 11:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 55 min |
| Nov 30, 12:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 1:33 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lamar, Marion, Winston | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 2:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 4:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 7:35 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Hale, Marengo, Tuscaloosa | 55 min |
| Nov 30, 8:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Jefferson, Marengo, Perry and 2 more | 64 min |
| Nov 30, 9:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair | 56 min |
| Nov 30, 9:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Talladega | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 10:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Coosa | 47 min |
| Nov 30, 10:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph | 57 min |
| Nov 30, 10:42 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes | 48 min |
| Nov 30, 11:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Elmore | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 11:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 46 min |
| Nov 30, 12:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Lee, Macon | 56 min |
| Nov 30, 12:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock, Russell | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 12:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Chambers | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 1:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 63 min |
| Nov 30, 2:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 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.