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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 29, 2024, 1:14 AM CST for Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. 7 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
- Dec 29, 2024, 1:14 AM CST (07:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2024, 1:45 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Macon County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 1:18 AM CST | TORNADO | 2 S Shorter, AL | NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0 tornado with max winds of 75 mph near Shorter, AL. |
| Dec 29, 1:18 AM CST | TORNADO | 3 Wsw Shorter, AL | NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0 tornado with max winds of 75 mph near Tysonville, AL. |
| Dec 29, 1:23 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ese Shorter, AL | Reports of large trees down near Highway 80 and County Road 9. Time estimated from radar. |
| Dec 29, 1:29 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Franklin, AL | Tree down on interstate 85 between mile marker 29 and 30. |
| Dec 29, 1:30 AM CST | TORNADO | 3 S Reeves Airport, AL | NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0 tornado with max winds of 85 mph near Hornady, AL. |
| Dec 29, 1:31 AM CST | TORNADO | 2 Nne Franklin, AL | NWS Storm Survey confirmed a brief EF0 tornado with max winds of 60 mph near Chewacla Creek north of Franklin, AL. |
| Dec 29, 1:38 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Tuskeegee Univers, AL | Reports of power lines down on Old Montgomery Road. Time estimated from radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 8:09 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
582
WFUS54 KBMX 290714
TORBMX
ALC087-290745-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0013.241229T0714Z-241229T0745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
114 AM CST Sun Dec 29 2024
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Macon County in southeastern Alabama...
* Until 145 AM CST.
* At 114 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Waugh, or 10 miles southwest of Milstead, 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...
Tuskegee, Milstead, Shorter, Franklin, Liverpool, Victoryland, Lake
Tuskegee, Cross Keys, Uphapee Creek, 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 3243 8563 3230 8589 3230 8590 3228 8593
3230 8595 3233 8597 3234 8599 3236 8599
3238 8601 3245 8592 3245 8588 3247 8587
3248 8585 3248 8587 3249 8586 3249 8580
3253 8580 3258 8573
TIME...MOT...LOC 0714Z 229DEG 43KT 3231 8599
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
87/Grantham1 follow-up statement
051
WWUS54 KBMX 290724
SVSBMX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
124 AM CST Sun Dec 29 2024
ALC087-290745-
/O.CON.KBMX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-241229T0745Z/
Macon AL-
124 AM CST Sun Dec 29 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN MACON COUNTY...
At 124 AM CST, a confirmed tornado was located over Milstead, moving
northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Tuskegee, Notasulga, Milstead, Shorter, Franklin, Victoryland, and
Uphapee Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3236 8592 3240 8598 3245 8592 3245 8588
3247 8587 3248 8585 3248 8587 3249 8586
3249 8580 3253 8580 3258 8573 3248 8566
TIME...MOT...LOC 0724Z 230DEG 40KT 3242 8591
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
87/GranthamThe office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 7:41 PM CST | River Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 25 hr |
| Dec 28, 8:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Greene, Pickens, Sumter | 79 min |
| Dec 28, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lamar | 53 min |
| Dec 28, 9:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lamar | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 9:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Fayette, Marion | 76 min |
| Dec 28, 9:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Hale, Marengo | 77 min |
| Dec 28, 9:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Marion | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Walker, Winston | 77 min |
| Dec 28, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 75 min |
| Dec 28, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas, Perry | 73 min |
| Dec 28, 10:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bibb | 74 min |
| Dec 28, 10:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Jefferson | 80 min |
| Dec 28, 11:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 63 min |
| Dec 29, 12:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lowndes | 25 min |
| Dec 29, 12:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Dec 29, 12:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Calhoun | 68 min |
| Dec 29, 12:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery, Tallapoosa | 66 min |
| Dec 29, 12:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 23 min |
| Dec 29, 1:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Lee, Macon, Tallapoosa | 27 min |
| Dec 29, 1:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike | 71 min |
| Dec 29, 1:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell | 62 min |
| Dec 29, 1:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Pike, Russell | 55 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.