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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Huntsville, AL

March 5, 2004Franklin County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 5, 2004, 8:54 PM CST for Franklin County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 36 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 5, 2004, 8:54 PM CST (02:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2004, 9:30 PM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Franklin County, TN, Moore County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 5, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2004-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2004-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
361 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.

472 
WFUS54 KHUN 060254
TORHUN
TNC051-127-060330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
854 PM CST FRI MAR 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  MOORE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE

* UNTIL 930 PM CST

* AT 850 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER LOIS...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...ESTILL SPRINGS...
LYNCHBURG...HURDLOW...LOIS...MARBLE HILL...OAK GROVE...TIMS FORD LAKE
AND WOODS RESERVOIR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3532 8646 3515 8637 3539 8556 3560 8566

$$
SCHAUB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 8:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLincoln, Moore35 min
Mar 5, 8:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNLincoln6 hr
Mar 5, 8:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNMoore6 hr
Mar 5, 9:34 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNFranklin5 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.