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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2016, 8:09 PM CST for Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 21 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
- Nov 29, 2016, 8:09 PM CST (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2016, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Winston County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.
276
WFUS54 KBMX 300209
TORBMX
ALC133-300230-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0030.161130T0209Z-161130T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
809 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 830 PM CST
* AT 808 PM CST...A TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ASHRIDGE...OR NEAR HALEYVILLE...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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SIPSEY RIVER REC AREA AND PEBBLE.
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 3430 8757 3430 8736 3420 8754 3426 8761
3431 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 223DEG 39KT 3428 8751
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 7:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 17 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, 8:19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.