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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2017, 6:07 PM CDT for Hale County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 31, 2017, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2017, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Hale County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 6:20 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Ese Greensboro Muni A, AL | SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE CITY OF GREENSBORO. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 11:13 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 724 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted.
899
WFUS54 KBMX 312307
TORBMX
ALC065-312345-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0050.170831T2307Z-170831T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
607 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Hale County in west central Alabama...
* Until 645 PM CDT
* At 607 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Duffys Bend, or 9 miles southwest of Greensboro,
moving northeast at 35 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...
Greensboro, Greensboro Municipal Airport, Wateroak, Cedarville and
Phipps.
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 3264 8777 3263 8775 3266 8775 3294 8752
3289 8742 3283 8742 3283 8747 3277 8747
3255 8770 3259 8774 3261 8775 3261 8777
3262 8778
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 220DEG 32KT 3261 8771
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
32/Davis2 follow-up statements
944
WWUS54 KBMX 312318
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
618 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017
ALC065-312345-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-170831T2345Z/
Hale AL-
618 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HALE COUNTY...
At 618 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Greensboro Municipal Airport, or over Greensboro,
moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Greensboro, Greensboro Municipal Airport, Wateroak and Phipps.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3294 8752 3289 8742 3283 8742 3283 8747
3277 8747 3263 8761 3269 8771
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 220DEG 32KT 3269 8763
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
32/Davis462
WWUS54 KBMX 312330
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
630 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017
ALC065-312345-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-170831T2345Z/
Hale AL-
630 PM CDT THU AUG 31 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HALE COUNTY...
At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Greensboro, moving northeast at 35 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...
Phipps and Wateroak.
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 3294 8752 3289 8742 3283 8742 3283 8747
3277 8747 3270 8754 3273 8761 3286 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 220DEG 32KT 3277 8755
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
32/DavisThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Bullock | 58 min |
| Aug 30, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Pike | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour | 70 min |
| Aug 31, 12:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 29 min |
| Aug 31, 2:49 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 29 more | 27 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pickens | 48 min |
| Aug 31, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Pickens | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Hale, Perry | 10 min |
| Aug 31, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Fayette, Pickens, Tuscaloosa | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Winston | 23 min |
| Aug 31, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Marengo | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Bibb | 65 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.