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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Huntsville, AL

January 13, 2005DeKalb County, Madison County, Alabama; Lincoln County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2005, 9:15 AM CST for DeKalb County, Madison County, Alabama; Lincoln County, Tennessee. It was in force for 99 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2005, 9:15 AM CST (15:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2005, 7:18 PM CDT
In force: 99 days
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties DeKalb County, AL, Madison County, AL, Lincoln County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 13, 7:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 444 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 344 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 131515
TORHUN
ALC089-TNC103-131545-
/X.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0002.050113T1515Z-050113T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
915 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE
  NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 945 AM CST

* AT 909 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 19 MILES WEST OF
  HAZEL GREEN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  BELLEVIEW.
  HAZEL GREEN.
  FAYETTEVILLE.
  NEW MARKET.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3527 8681 3488 8678 3486 8635 3520 8637
      3535 8654

$$

KULA

3 follow-up statements

000 
WFUS54 KHUN 222349
TORHUN
ALC049-230015-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0002.050422T2349Z-050423T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
649 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FORT
  PAYNE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  FORT PAYNE.

THIS WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.

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 3452 8575 3443 8575 3433 8541 3455 8538

$$

KULA/RICHTER

000 
WWUS54 KHUN 230000
SVSHUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
659 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

ALC049-230015-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050423T0015Z/
DEKALB AL-
659 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR DEKALB COUNTY...

AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL
DEKALB COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
 RURAL AREAS IN EAST CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY

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 3452 8568 3443 8570 3433 8541 3455 8538

$$

000 
WWUS54 KHUN 230018
SVSHUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
718 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

ALC049-230028-
/O.EXP.KHUN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050423T0015Z/
DEKALB AL-
718 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DEKALB COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...

AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD EXITED DEKALB
COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3452 8568 3443 8570 3433 8541 3455 8538

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 7:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Jackson, Madison	39 days
Jan 13, 7:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lauderdale	39 days
Jan 13, 7:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	39 days
Jan 13, 8:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Madison	39 days
Jan 13, 8:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone	34 min
Jan 13, 9:17 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison, Marshall	229 days
Jan 13, 9:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Morgan	39 days
Jan 13, 9:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lauderdale	39 days
Jan 13, 9:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	255 days
Jan 13, 9:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Madison	255 days
Jan 13, 9:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman, Limestone, Marshall	39 days
Jan 13, 10:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	255 days
Jan 13, 11:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	39 days
Jan 13, 9:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln	39 days

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2005 Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2005 Every tornado warning in 2005 Tornadoes in 2005

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.