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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

March 9, 2026Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2026, 7:20 PM CDT for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 8 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: Mar 9, 2026, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2026, 7:28 PM CDT
In force: 8 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Tuscaloosa County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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.

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 9, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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: 877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 4.1

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The text

As transmitted.

697 
WFUS54 KBMX 100020
TORBMX
ALC125-100045-
/O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0002.260310T0020Z-260310T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
720 PM CDT Mon Mar 9 2026

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  North central Tuscaloosa County in west central Alabama...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 720 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles south of Boley Springs, or 21 miles southwest
  of Cordova, moving east at 40 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...
  Bankhead Lock And Dam, Windham Springs, Whitson, and Wiley.

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 3361 8749 3360 8747 3355 8732 3351 8732
      3351 8726 3350 8727 3350 8729 3348 8729
      3349 8733 3347 8734 3345 8733 3345 8731
      3344 8731 3344 8729 3342 8727 3339 8731
      3350 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 290DEG 33KT 3355 8747 

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

$$

87/Grantham

1 follow-up statement

265 
WWUS54 KBMX 100028
SVSBMX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
728 PM CDT Mon Mar 9 2026

ALC125-100038-
/O.CAN.KBMX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260310T0045Z/
Tuscaloosa AL-
728 PM CDT Mon Mar 9 2026

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
central and west central Alabama.

&&

LAT...LON 3361 8749 3360 8747 3355 8732 3351 8732
      3351 8726 3350 8727 3350 8729 3348 8729
      3349 8733 3347 8734 3345 8733 3345 8731
      3344 8731 3344 8729 3342 8727 3339 8731
      3350 8757
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 290DEG 33KT 3352 8738 

$$

87/Grantham

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa	60 min
Mar 9, 7:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa, Walker	3 hr
Mar 9, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Walker	63 min
Mar 9, 7:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Calhoun, Cleburne, St. Clair	71 min
Mar 9, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Tuscaloosa	39 min
Mar 9, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah	66 min
Mar 9, 7:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Fayette, Jefferson, Walker	118 min
Mar 9, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Shelby	62 min
Mar 9, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Pickens	54 min
Mar 9, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby and 1 more	65 min
Mar 9, 8:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, St. Clair, Shelby	3 hr
Mar 9, 8:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Talladega	3 hr
Mar 9, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Talladega	55 min
Mar 9, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Randolph	35 min
Mar 9, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Pickens	18 min
Mar 9, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	51 min
Mar 9, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Clay	54 min
Mar 9, 9:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Cherokee	2 hr
Mar 9, 9:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	36 min
Mar 9, 9:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Tallapoosa	25 min
Mar 9, 10:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chambers, Lee, Macon	46 min
Mar 9, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bibb	24 min
Mar 9, 11:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	33 min
Mar 9, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson	24 min
Mar 10, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Coosa	36 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.