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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2006, 6:28 PM CDT for Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 62 min. 3 reports 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
- Apr 7, 2006, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Limestone County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 7:13 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | S Elkmont, AL | POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED SOUTH OF ELKMONT BY PUBLIC |
| Apr 7, 7:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Elkmont, AL | AT THE I-65 ELKMONT EXIT. |
| Apr 7, 7:36 PM CDT | TORNADO | Ardmore, AL | TORNADO TOUCHDOWN...TORNADO MOVING NE. RELAYED THRU AMATEUR RADIO. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KHUN 072330 TORHUN ALC083-080030- /O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0013.060407T2328Z-060408T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 628 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KILLEN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... ARDMORE. LESTER. GOOD SPRINGS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 2 INCH HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3500 8722 3481 8723 3484 8679 3500 8679 $$ CBD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KHUN 072355 SVSHUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 653 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ALC083-080030- /O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060408T0030Z/ LIMESTONE AL- 653 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR LIMESTONE COUNTY... AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM SHOWING STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COXEY...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A SPOTTER REPORTED A WALL CLOUD WITH ROTATION NEAR THE ELK RIVER BRIDGE. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... COXEY. CAIRO. CARTWRIGHT. ELKMONT. ATHENS. HOLLAND GIN. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE TORNADO AREA. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LAT...LON 3500 8722 3477 8724 3476 8679 3500 8679 $$ CBD
000 WWUS54 KHUN 080008 SVSHUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 706 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ALC083-080030- /O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060408T0030Z/ LIMESTONE AL- 706 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR LIMESTONE COUNTY... AT 705 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD NEAR LIMESTONE HIGH SCHOOL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 45 MPH. RADAR ALSO SHOWS STRENGTHENING ROTATION IN THE CARTWRIGHT AREA. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... CARTWRIGHT. ATHENS. ELKMONT. HOLLAND GIN. BETHEL. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3500 8722 3477 8724 3476 8679 3500 8679 $$ CBD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 5:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 55 min |
| Apr 7, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lawrence | 46 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.