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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 31, 2020Barbour County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2020, 11:33 AM CDT for Barbour County, Alabama. It was in force for 17 min. 5 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: Mar 31, 2020, 11:33 AM CDT (16:33 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2020, 11:50 AM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Barbour County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 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
Mar 31, 11:34 AM CDT	TORNADO	3 Ene Baker Hill, AL	NWS METEOROLOGISTS ASSESSED DAMAGE NEAR EUFAULA AND DETERMINED IT WAS THE RESULT OF AN EF2 TORNADO, WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS NEAR 130 MPH. THE TORNADO FORMED IN A WOODED AREA WEST OF LEE PARKER LANE, JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 131 AND TO THE NORTHEAST OF BAKER HIL
Mar 31, 11:41 AM CDT	TORNADO	5 Ssw Eufaula Country C, AL	MOBILE HOME DESTROYED ON HIGHWAY 131 AT MM 25. DAMAGE ALSO REPORTED ON BRIARHILL ROAD AND LEROY ROAD.
Mar 31, 11:43 AM CDT	TORNADO	5 S Eufaula Country Clu, AL	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 5 S EUFAULA COUNTRY CLUB. PHOTOS OF TORNADO CROSSING HWY 431, COLLOCATED WITH TDS. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE REPORTED AT COUNTRY CLUB OF ALABAMA GOLF COURSE, AROUND 20 HOMES DAMAGED.
Mar 31, 11:51 AM CDT	TORNADO	5 S Eufaula Country Clu, AL	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 5 S EUFAULA COUNTRY CLUB. PHOTOS OF TORNADO CROSSING HWY 431, COLLOCATED WITH TDS. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE REPORTED AT COUNTRY CLUB OF ALABAMA GOLF COURSE.
Mar 31, 11:51 AM CDT	TORNADO	5 S Eufaula Country Clu, AL	PHOTOS OF TORNADO CROSSING HWY 431, COLLOCATED WITH TDS.

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
Mar 31, 8:51 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

158 
WFUS54 KBMX 311633
TORBMX
ALC005-311700-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0021.200331T1633Z-200331T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1133 AM CDT Tue Mar 31 2020

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Barbour County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until noon CDT.
    
* At 1133 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Gaino, or 9 miles southwest of Eufaula,
  moving east 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...
  Eufaula, Osco, Gaino and Baker Hill. 

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 3185 8535 3195 8508 3194 8508 3191 8511
      3190 8511 3189 8513 3188 8513 3186 8514
      3183 8514 3183 8513 3179 8513 3178 8514
      3176 8513 3177 8515 3175 8519 3174 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1633Z 255DEG 40KT 3181 8528 

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

$$

25/Owen

2 follow-up statements

174 
WWUS54 KBMX 311641
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1141 AM CDT Tue Mar 31 2020

ALC005-311700-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200331T1700Z/
Barbour AL-
1141 AM CDT Tue Mar 31 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY...
        
At 1141 AM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Eufaula, moving
east 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...
Eufaula.

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 3185 8528 3195 8508 3194 8508 3191 8511
      3190 8511 3189 8513 3188 8513 3186 8514
      3183 8514 3183 8513 3179 8513 3178 8514
      3176 8513 3177 8515 3175 8519 3177 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 1641Z 255DEG 40KT 3183 8517 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

25/Owen

920 
WWUS54 KBMX 311650
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1150 AM CDT Tue Mar 31 2020

ALC005-311659-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200331T1700Z/
Barbour AL-
1150 AM CDT Tue Mar 31 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM CDT for southeastern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3185 8528 3195 8508 3194 8508 3191 8511
      3190 8511 3189 8513 3188 8513 3186 8514
      3183 8514 3183 8513 3179 8513 3178 8514
      3176 8513 3177 8515 3175 8519 3177 8525
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 255DEG 40KT 3186 8506 

$$

25/Owen

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 7:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson	24 min
Mar 31, 7:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Marengo	43 min
Mar 31, 7:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb, Jefferson, Shelby	31 min
Mar 31, 8:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby	40 min
Mar 31, 8:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo	32 min
Mar 31, 8:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega	42 min
Mar 31, 8:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Coosa, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa	52 min
Mar 31, 9:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Chambers, Randolph, Tallapoosa	54 min
Mar 31, 9:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Lowndes	38 min
Mar 31, 10:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Pike	57 min
Mar 31, 10:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	23 min
Mar 31, 10:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	23 min
Mar 31, 10:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Barbour, Bullock	43 min
Mar 31, 10:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	40 min
Mar 31, 11:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Barbour	33 min
Mar 31, 11:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	25 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.