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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2016, 11:04 PM CST for Pickens County, Alabama. It was in force for 13 min. 1 report 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, 11:04 PM CST (05:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2016, 11:17 PM CST
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Pickens County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 11:07 PM CST | TORNADO 0 | 6 E Ethelsville, AL | TORNADO CAUSED MINOR TREE DAMAGE ALONG PRICE RD JUST BEFORE IT LIFTED. |
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, 9:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
242
WFUS54 KBMX 030504
TORBMX
ALC107-030530-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0007.160203T0504Z-160203T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1104 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CST
* AT 1104 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ETHELSVILLE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF REFORM...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
REFORM...ETHELSVILLE...SHAW AND MCSHAN.
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 3353 8812 3352 8784 3345 8784 3333 8818
3346 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 239DEG 49KT 3342 8813
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
87/GRANTHAM3 follow-up statements
614
WWUS54 KBMX 030507
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1107 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
ALC107-030530-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160203T0530Z/
PICKENS AL-
1107 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY...
AT 1107 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REFORM...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REFORM...ETHELSVILLE...SHAW AND MCSHAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3353 8812 3352 8784 3345 8784 3333 8818
3346 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 239DEG 49KT 3344 8808
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
87/GRANTHAM085
WWUS54 KBMX 030513
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1113 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
ALC107-030530-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160203T0530Z/
PICKENS AL-
1113 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY...
AT 1112 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REFORM...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...
SHAW.
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 3353 8812 3352 8784 3345 8784 3340 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 238DEG 41KT 3347 8804
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
87/GRANTHAM034
WWUS54 KBMX 030517
SVSBMX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1117 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
ALC107-030527-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160203T0530Z/
PICKENS AL-
1117 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PICKENS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3353 8812 3352 8784 3345 8784 3340 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 239DEG 49KT 3351 8797
$$
87/GRANTHAMThe 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, 10:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Perry | 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.