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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2021, 2:52 PM CDT for Barbour County, Bullock County, Alabama. It was in force for 13 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
- Jun 19, 2021, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2021, 3:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
545
WFUS54 KBMX 191952
TORBMX
ALC005-011-192045-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0080.210619T1952Z-210619T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
252 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Bullock County in southeastern Alabama...
North central Barbour County in southeastern Alabama...
* Until 345 PM CDT.
* At 252 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Clayton, or 10 miles northeast of Clio, moving
north 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...
Clayton, Louisville, Spring Hill, Comer, Barbour County Public Lake
Dam, Clayton Municipal Airport and Mount Andrew.
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 3179 8555 3215 8550 3215 8526 3177 8547
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 191DEG 30KT 3183 8549
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
87/GRANTHAM2 follow-up statements
601
WWUS54 KBMX 191959
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
259 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021
ALC005-011-192045-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-210619T2045Z/
Bullock AL-Barbour AL-
259 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BULLOCK AND NORTH CENTRAL BARBOUR COUNTIES...
At 259 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Clayton, or 12 miles northeast of Clio, moving north
at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Clayton, Comer, Barbour County Public Lake Dam, Spring Hill and
Clayton Municipal Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3182 8546 3184 8554 3215 8550 3215 8528
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 192DEG 24KT 3187 8550
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
87/GRANTHAM781
WWUS54 KBMX 192005
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
305 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021
ALC005-011-192015-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-210619T2045Z/
Bullock AL-Barbour AL-
305 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BULLOCK AND NORTH CENTRAL
BARBOUR COUNTIES 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 700 PM CDT for southeastern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3182 8546 3184 8554 3215 8550 3215 8528
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 191DEG 30KT 3192 8549
$$
87/GRANTHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 9:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Dallas, Lowndes | 18 min |
| Jun 19, 9:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Autauga, Perry | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 6:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Greene, Jefferson, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Tuscaloosa | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.