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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Huntsville, AL

July 14, 2004Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2004, 5:04 PM CDT for Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 14, 2004, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2004, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 5:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 65Cherokee, ALQUARTER SIZED HAIL AND ESTIMATED 65 MPH WIND GUST. SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED A /TWISTING MOTION/ TO THE RAIN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 14, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2004-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1048 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2004-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1048 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1379 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KHUN 142204
TORHUN
ALC033-077-142230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
504 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA
  LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEROKEE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  CHEROKEE.

THIS STORM SHOWS STRONG ROTATION...AND MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY
TIME. DO NOT WAIT...GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW PUT AS MANY WALLS AS
POSSIBLE BETWEEN YOU AND THE STORM.

LAT...LON 3497 8799 3487 8817 3450 8790 3463 8767

$$

SCHAUB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison61 min
Jul 13, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLimestone39 min
Jul 13, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale44 min
Jul 13, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison30 min
Jul 13, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb46 min
Jul 13, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison15 min
Jul 13, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMarshall48 min
Jul 14, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson43 min
Jul 14, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison31 min
Jul 14, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale, Limestone50 min
Jul 14, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison51 min
Jul 14, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan67 min
Jul 14, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMadison30 min
Jul 14, 4:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNJackson, Madison3 hr
Jul 14, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Marshall51 min
Jul 14, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison46 min
Jul 14, 4:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNLauderdale3 hr
Jul 14, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Morgan67 min
Jul 14, 4:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNColbert3 hr
Jul 14, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Franklin51 min
Jul 14, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLimestone, Madison47 min
Jul 14, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence47 min
Jul 14, 5:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNFranklin3 hr
Jul 14, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin36 min
Jul 14, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert34 min
Jul 14, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert38 min
Jul 14, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMarshall, Morgan41 min

Nearby

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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.