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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 30, 2021Lee County, Macon County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2021, 3:44 PM CDT for Lee County, Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 14 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 30, 2021, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2021, 3:58 PM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Lee County, AL, Macon County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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 30, 3:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Ese Lake Tuskegee, AL	NWS STORM SURVEY PERSONNEL FOUND DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO NEAR RED RD, GENERALLY EAST SOUTHEAST OF TUSKEGEE, AL. A FEW TREES AND TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN, AND ONE RESIDENCE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO SIDING AND ROOFING MATERIAL.

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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1267 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

334 
WFUS54 KBMX 302044
TORBMX
ALC081-087-302130-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0082.210830T2044Z-210830T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
344 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Lee County in east central Alabama...
  Northeastern Macon County in southeastern Alabama...

* Until 430 PM CDT.
    
* At 344 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Davisville, or 7 miles southeast of Tuskegee,
  moving north 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...
  Auburn, Tuskegee, Notasulga, Tuskegee National Forest, Auburn
  University, Loachapoka, Chewacla State Park, I 85 Rest Area and
  Moton Field 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 3232 8557 3235 8568 3265 8567 3258 8536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 194DEG 19KT 3237 8560 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

882 
WWUS54 KBMX 302052
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
352 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021

ALC081-087-302130-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-210830T2130Z/
Lee AL-Macon AL-
352 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL LEE AND NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTIES...
    
At 352 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Tuskegee National Forest, or near Tuskegee, 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...
Auburn, Notasulga, Tuskegee National Forest, Auburn University,
Loachapoka, Chewacla State Park and I 85 Rest Area.

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 3242 8554 3244 8566 3265 8567 3259 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 187DEG 28KT 3245 8559 

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

$$

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247 
WWUS54 KBMX 302058
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
358 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021

ALC081-087-302107-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-210830T2130Z/
Lee AL-Macon AL-
358 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LEE AND NORTHEASTERN MACON
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.

LAT...LON 3242 8554 3244 8566 3265 8567 3259 8541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 194DEG 19KT 3248 8558 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 29, 8:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Marengo, Sumter	4 days
Aug 30, 10:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter	4 days
Aug 30, 11:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter	4 hr
Aug 30, 1:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	45 min
Aug 30, 2:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Pike	39 min
Aug 30, 2:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Cherokee	3 hr
Aug 30, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	49 min
Aug 30, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	44 min
Aug 30, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Lee, Tallapoosa	38 min
Aug 30, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Clay, Randolph	49 min
Aug 30, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne, Randolph	52 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.