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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

January 19, 2019Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 19, 2019, 9:27 AM CST for Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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: Jan 19, 2019, 9:27 AM CST (15:27 UTC)
Expired: Jan 19, 2019, 10:00 AM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 313 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 340 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

136 
WFUS54 KBMX 191527
TORBMX
ALC119-191600-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0002.190119T1527Z-190119T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
927 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2019

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Sumter County in west central Alabama...

* Until 1000 AM CST.
    
* At 927 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Boyd, or 9 miles west of Livingston, moving
  northeast at 50 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...
  Livingston, Gainesville, Epes, Emelle, Boyd, Payneville and
  Sumterville.

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 3277 8837 3288 8818 3286 8816 3285 8816
      3284 8818 3283 8818 3282 8815 3283 8814
      3280 8810 3281 8807 3279 8806 3277 8808
      3278 8810 3277 8811 3272 8808 3269 8812
      3268 8809 3269 8804 3268 8805 3253 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 234DEG 45KT 3264 8835 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

89^GSatterwhite

2 follow-up statements

116 
WWUS54 KBMX 191535
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
935 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2019

ALC119-191600-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190119T1600Z/
Sumter AL-
935 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
SUMTER COUNTY...
    
At 934 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Emelle, or 7 miles northwest of Livingston, moving
northeast at 50 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...
Gainesville, Epes, Emelle and Sumterville. 

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 3271 8836 3286 8816 3285 8816 3284 8818
      3283 8818 3282 8815 3283 8814 3280 8810
      3281 8807 3279 8806 3277 8808 3278 8810
      3277 8811 3272 8808 3269 8812 3268 8809
      3264 8829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1534Z 234DEG 45KT 3270 8825 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

89^GSatterwhite

702 
WWUS54 KBMX 191546
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
946 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2019

ALC119-191600-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190119T1600Z/
Sumter AL-
946 AM CST SAT JAN 19 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY...
    
At 946 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Gainesville, or 13 miles north of Livingston, moving
northeast at 50 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...
Gainesville.

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 3286 8816 3285 8816 3284 8818 3283 8818
      3282 8815 3283 8814 3280 8810 3281 8807
      3279 8806 3277 8808 3278 8810 3277 8811
      3272 8808 3271 8811 3280 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 231DEG 44KT 3279 8813 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

89^GSatterwhite

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 3:25 AM CST	Wind Advisory	BMX	Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more	33 hr
Jan 19, 9:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Sumter	35 min
Jan 19, 10:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene, Tuscaloosa	13 min
Jan 19, 10:36 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Greene	17 min
Jan 19, 10:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Tuscaloosa	17 min
Jan 19, 1:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Lowndes	44 min
Jan 19, 2:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Coosa, Elmore, Tallapoosa	48 min
Jan 19, 2:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Elmore, Montgomery	46 min
Jan 19, 4:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Russell	29 min
Jan 19, 4:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lee, Russell	36 min
Jan 19, 4:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	BMX	Lee, Russell	11 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.