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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Birmingham, AL

February 2, 2016Perry County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2016, 10:39 PM CST for Perry County, Alabama. It was in force for 13 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, 10:39 PM CST (04:39 UTC)
Expired: Feb 2, 2016, 10:52 PM CST
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Perry County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 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.

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, 9:59 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 65 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.

513 
WFUS54 KBMX 030439
TORBMX
ALC105-030530-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0006.160203T0439Z-160203T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1039 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CST
    
* AT 1038 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF MARION...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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OAKMULGEE...SUTTLE AND RADFORD. 

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 3256 8725 3284 8709 3284 8702 3273 8702
      3269 8703 3266 8703 3264 8705 3261 8705
      3261 8704 3252 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 216DEG 37KT 3259 8718 

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

$$

87/GRANTHAM

2 follow-up statements

930 
WWUS54 KBMX 030445
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1045 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

ALC105-030530-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160203T0530Z/
PERRY AL-
1045 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY...
    
AT 1045 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PAUL M GRIST STATE PARK...OR 11
MILES EAST OF MARION...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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OAKMULGEE.

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 3284 8709 3284 8702 3273 8702 3269 8703
      3266 8703 3264 8705 3259 8712 3264 8721
TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 216DEG 37KT 3265 8713 

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

$$

87/GRANTHAM

544 
WWUS54 KBMX 030452
SVSBMX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1052 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

ALC105-030502-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160203T0530Z/
PERRY AL-
1052 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PERRY 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 400 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3284 8709 3284 8702 3273 8702 3269 8703
      3266 8703 3264 8705 3259 8712 3264 8721
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 216DEG 37KT 3271 8708 

$$

87/GRANTHAM

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, 8:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lamar, Marion	12 min
Feb 2, 9:21 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Winston	3 hr
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.