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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 2, 2016Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2016, 8:13 PM CST for Lamar County, Marion County, Alabama. It was in force for 12 min. 3 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: Feb 2, 2016, 8:13 PM CST (02:13 UTC)
Expired: Feb 2, 2016, 8:25 PM CST
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Lamar County, AL, Marion County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Feb 2, 8:15 PM CST	TORNADO	1 S Beaverton, AL	TORNADO CONFIRMED BY EMA, SEVERAL TREES ARE DOWN AND BLOCKING THE TAYLOR SPRINGS, TURKEY BRANCH AND PINEY GROVE ROADS.
Feb 2, 8:16 PM CST	TORNADO 1	2 E Beaverton, AL	TORNADO CAUSED MINOR TREE DAMAGE ALONG DEER RUN RD AND SORGHUM HOLLOW RD JUST BEFORE IT LIFTED.
Feb 2, 8:16 PM CST	TORNADO	Beaverton, AL	HOUSE ROOF BLOWN OFF DUE TO A TORNADO ON POND ROAD

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
Feb 2, 3:10 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 518 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 5.2

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The text

As transmitted.

115 
WFUS54 KBMX 030213
TORBMX
ALC075-093-030300-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0005.160203T0213Z-160203T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CST
    
* AT 813 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BEAVERTON...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
  SULLIGENT...MOVING NORTHEAST 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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GUIN AND GU-WIN AROUND 825 PM CST.
  HAMILTON AROUND 830 PM CST.
  BRINN AND LAKE BUTTAHATCHEE AROUND 845 PM CST.
  HACKLEBURG AROUND 850 PM CST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
TWIN...PINEY GROVE...PIKEVILLE...UPPER BEAR CREEK RESERVOIR...MARION
COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE...BEAR CREEK...PEARCES MILL AND TESSNER.

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 3431 8764 3417 8764 3392 8789 3392 8795
      3386 8795 3380 8801 3387 8812 3431 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 211DEG 38KT 3390 8801 

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

$$

32/DAVIS

1 follow-up statement

900 
WWUS54 KBMX 030225
SVSBMX

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

ALC075-093-030234-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160203T0300Z/
LAMAR AL-MARION AL-
825 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAMAR AND EASTERN MARION
COUNTIES 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 3431 8764 3417 8764 3392 8789 3392 8795
      3386 8795 3380 8801 3387 8812 3431 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 211DEG 38KT 3401 8793 

$$

32/DAVIS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 2, 6:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Pickens	3 hr
Feb 2, 9:21 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston	3 hr
Feb 2, 10:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Perry	13 min
Feb 2, 11:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pickens	13 min
Feb 2, 11:56 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston	6 hr
Feb 3, 12:05 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Tuscaloosa	4 hr
Feb 3, 12:49 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	4 hr
Feb 3, 1:04 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter	4 hr
Feb 3, 2:13 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Chilton, Dallas, Perry	4 hr
Feb 3, 2:19 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Talladega	56 min
Feb 3, 2:56 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Dallas, Perry	6 hr
Feb 3, 3:21 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	24 min
Feb 3, 4:10 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	4 hr
Feb 3, 4:10 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes and 6 more	11 hr
Feb 3, 9:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	29 hr
Feb 3, 9:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Bibb, Dallas, Perry	42 hr
Feb 3, 9:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Montgomery	53 hr
Feb 3, 1:55 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter	54 hr
Feb 3, 1:55 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	5 days
Feb 3, 2:00 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo	4 days
Feb 3, 2:34 PM CST	River Flood Warning	BMX	Dallas, Perry	3 days

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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.