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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2008, 8:29 AM CDT for Lauderdale County, Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 4, 2008, 8:29 AM CDT (13:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lauderdale County, AL, Limestone County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 8:34 AM CDT | TORNADO | 5 E Coxey, AL | AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WITH MAXIMUM WINDS AT 60 MPH PRODUCED MINOR DAMAGE TO A HOME AND DESTROYED A SMALL SHED AND DOWNED SEVERAL TREES ALONG A QUARTER MILE PATH. |
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 4, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -254 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.4
- Supercell composite
- -6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KHUN 041328 TORHUN ALC077-083-041400- /O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0013.080404T1329Z-080404T1400Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 829 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 900 AM CDT * AT 826 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROGERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF ATHENS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... ROGERSVILLE. ATHENS. 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 8698 3479 8695 3481 8736 3490 8738 TIME...MOT...LOC 1329Z 250DEG 23KT 3485 8728 $$ KULA
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KHUN 041341 SVSHUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 841 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 ALC077-041351- /O.CAN.KHUN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080404T1400Z/ LAUDERDALE AL- 841 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IS CANCELED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3500 8698 3479 8695 3481 8721 3494 8721 TIME...MOT...LOC 1341Z 267DEG 35KT 3484 8710 $$ ALC083-041400- /O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080404T1400Z/ LIMESTONE AL- 841 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY... AT 841 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF CAIRO...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF ATHENS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CARTWRIGHT...LEGGTOWN AND ELKMONT. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3500 8698 3479 8695 3481 8721 3494 8721 TIME...MOT...LOC 1341Z 267DEG 35KT 3484 8710 $$ KULA
000 WWUS54 KHUN 041402 SVSHUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 902 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 ALC083-041412- /O.EXP.KHUN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080404T1400Z/ LIMESTONE AL- 902 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 900 AM CDT... WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3500 8698 3479 8695 3481 8721 3494 8721 TIME...MOT...LOC 1341Z 267DEG 35KT 3484 8710 $$ KULA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 6:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lawrence | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 8:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 8:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 29 min |
| Apr 4, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 12:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 12:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 18 min |
| Apr 4, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 4:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 5 hr |
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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.