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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2017, 6:59 PM CDT for Lowndes County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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
- Oct 7, 2017, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2017, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Lowndes County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 7:31 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Autaugaville, AL | BEGAN JUST NORTH OF THE ALABAMA RIVER IN PRIVATE FARMLAND AND MOVED NORTHWEST ACROSS CR-19 WHERE IT UPROOTED TREES AND SNAPPED A FEW TREE TRUNKS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHWEST CROSSING CR-17 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR-74 WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED. T |
| Oct 7, 7:31 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Autaugaville, AL | BEGAN JUST NORTH OF THE ALABAMA RIVER IN PRIVATE FARMLAND AND MOVED NORTHWEST ACROSS CR-19 WHERE IT UPROOTED TREES AND SNAPPED A FEW TREE TRUNKS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHWEST CROSSING CR-17 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR-74 WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED. T |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
210
WFUS54 KBMX 072359
TORBMX
ALC085-080030-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0054.171007T2359Z-171008T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
659 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Lowndes County in south central Alabama...
* Until 730 PM CDT
* At 659 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Mosses, moving northwest at 20 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...
Mosses, Hayneville, White Hall, Gordonville, Lowndesboro, Benton
and Beechwood.
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 3206 8669 3229 8685 3230 8683 3231 8685
3233 8685 3234 8682 3231 8682 3231 8680
3234 8677 3238 8678 3240 8672 3236 8671
3235 8668 3238 8665 3240 8665 3241 8662
3238 8662 3236 8660 3238 8657 3213 8649
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 155DEG 19KT 3217 8663
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
751 follow-up statement
596
WWUS54 KBMX 080017
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
717 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
ALC085-080030-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-171008T0030Z/
Lowndes AL-
717 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL LOWNDES COUNTY...
At 717 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over White Hall, or 7 miles north of Mosses, moving
northwest at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
White Hall and Lowndesboro.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3225 8655 3221 8672 3233 8678 3234 8677
3238 8678 3240 8672 3236 8671 3235 8668
3238 8665 3240 8665 3241 8662 3238 8662
3236 8660 3237 8659
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 155DEG 22KT 3228 8669
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
75The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 27 more | 35 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:27 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 20 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 7, 12:25 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 31 hr |
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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.