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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2016, 8:19 PM CST for Winston County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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, 8:19 PM CST (02:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2016, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Winston County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
650
WFUS54 KBMX 300219
TORBMX
ALC133-300245-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0031.161130T0219Z-161130T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
819 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 845 PM CST
* AT 818 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MORELAND...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ARLEY...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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ADDISON...MORELAND...INMANFIELD...BRUSHY LAKE...UPSHAW AND GRAYSON.
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 3430 8711 3424 8711 3416 8728 3429 8738
3430 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 232DEG 33KT 3424 8731
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
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, 8:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 21 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.