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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Huntsville, AL

September 25, 2005Franklin County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2005, 5:08 PM CDT for Franklin County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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
Sep 25, 2005, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 25, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 126 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KHUN 252209
TORHUN
ALC059-252300-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0021.050925T2208Z-050925T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
508 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  PHIL CAMPBELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  PHIL CAMPBELL.
  DUKETON.
  SPRUCE PINE.
  PLEASANT RIDGE.
  THARPTOWN.

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 3432 8797 3420 8780 3449 8751 3457 8764

$$

PB
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KHUN 252233
SVSHUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
530 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

ALC059-252300-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050925T2300Z/
FRANKLIN AL-
530 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR FRANKLIN
COUNTY...

AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELLVILLE...
MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  RUSSELLVILLE.
  PLEASANT RIDGE.
  THARPTOWN.

ANOTHER STORM IS APPROACHING FROM ITAWAMBA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND 
WILL MOVE INTO THE RED BAY AREA.  THIS STORM ALSO SHOWS STRONG 
ROTATION AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  

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 3432 8797 3432 8769 3455 8755 3457 8781

$$

PB
000 
WWUS54 KHUN 252256
SVSHUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
557 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

ALC059-252307-
/O.EXP.KHUN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050925T2300Z/
FRANKLIN AL-
557 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005

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

AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD EXITED
FRANKLIN COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3432 8797 3432 8769 3455 8755 3457 8781

$$

PB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 3:52 AM CDTWind AdvisoryHUNColbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more14 hr
Sep 25, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLawrence39 min
Sep 25, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNCullman20 min
Sep 25, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLauderdale31 min
Sep 25, 3:19 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMorgan41 min
Sep 25, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMadison49 min
Sep 25, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLawrence46 min
Sep 25, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone30 min
Sep 25, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNCullman28 min
Sep 25, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLauderdale26 min
Sep 25, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLawrence34 min
Sep 25, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone33 min
Sep 25, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone33 min
Sep 25, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMorgan36 min
Sep 25, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNCullman47 min
Sep 25, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMorgan29 min
Sep 25, 6:56 PM CDTWind AdvisoryHUNColbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more6 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.