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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 2, 2016Fayette County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2016, 5:47 PM CST for Fayette County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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: Feb 2, 2016, 5:47 PM CST (23:47 UTC)
Expired: Feb 2, 2016, 6:15 PM CST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

County Fayette County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: -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

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The text

As transmitted.

746 
WFUS54 KBMX 022347
TORBMX
ALC057-030030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0003.160202T2347Z-160203T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
547 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CST
    
* AT 547 PM CST...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED OVER BELK...
  OR NEAR FAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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 TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAYETTE AROUND 600 PM CST.
  WINFIELD AROUND 615 PM CST.
  GLEN ALLEN AROUND 620 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HUBBERTVILLE...BAZEMORE AND FOWLERS CROSSROADS.

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 3392 8784 3391 8764 3387 8763 3387 8755
      3367 8767 3377 8791
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 203DEG 34KT 3364 8788 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

17/KLAWS

3 follow-up statements

583 
WWUS54 KBMX 022359
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
559 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

ALC057-030030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160203T0030Z/
FAYETTE AL-
559 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...
    
AT 558 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FAYETTE...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...
  WINFIELD AROUND 615 PM CST.
  GLEN ALLEN AROUND 620 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HUBBERTVILLE...BAZEMORE AND FOWLERS CROSSROADS.

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 3392 8784 3391 8764 3387 8763 3387 8755
      3370 8775 3376 8788
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 203DEG 34KT 3374 8783 

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

$$

17/KLAWS

631 
WWUS54 KBMX 030007
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
607 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

ALC057-030030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160203T0030Z/
FAYETTE AL-
607 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...
    
AT 606 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUFF...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF WINFIELD...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...
  WINFIELD AROUND 615 PM CST.
  GLEN ALLEN AROUND 620 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HUBBERTVILLE AND BAZEMORE.

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 3392 8784 3391 8764 3387 8763 3376 8774
      3381 8784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 203DEG 34KT 3382 8779 

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

$$

17/KLAWS

132 
WWUS54 KBMX 030015
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
615 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

ALC057-030025-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160203T0030Z/
FAYETTE AL-
615 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN 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 1000 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3392 8784 3391 8764 3387 8763 3376 8774
      3381 8784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 203DEG 34KT 3390 8775 

$$

17/KLAWS

The 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 EmergencyTornado observed	BMX	Pickens, Sumter	67 min
Feb 2, 5:02 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Pickens, Tuscaloosa	58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.