Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 2:18 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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
- Jan 10, 2008, 2:18 PM CST (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lauderdale County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 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 102019
TORHUN
ALC077-102045-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0002.080110T2018Z-080110T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
218 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 245 PM CST
* AT 218 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WRIGHT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1 INCH.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
WRIGHT.
THREET.
CLOVERDALE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT OR STORM
SHELTER. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3501 8764 3499 8762 3482 8791 3486 8794
3490 8798 3491 8802 3490 8810 3502 8794
3503 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 239DEG 44KT 3490 8792
$$
DJN2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KHUN 102033
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
233 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
ALC077-102045-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080110T2045Z/
LAUDERDALE AL-
233 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR WESTERN
LAUDERDALE COUNTY...
AT 233 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLOVERDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL
UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3501 8764 3499 8762 3482 8791 3486 8794
3490 8798 3491 8802 3490 8810 3502 8794
3503 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 236DEG 62KT 3502 8769
$$
DJN000
WWUS54 KHUN 102038
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
237 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
ALC077-102047-
/O.EXP.KHUN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080110T2045Z/
LAUDERDALE AL-
237 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY EXPIRES AT
245 PM CST...
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
BEHIND THE STORMS...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH 315 PM CST.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3501 8764 3499 8762 3482 8791 3486 8794
3490 8798 3491 8802 3490 8810 3502 8794
3503 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 236DEG 62KT 3506 8762
$$
DJNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 42 min |
| Jan 10, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 24 min |
| Jan 10, 3:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Morgan | 27 min |
| Jan 10, 3:41 PM CST | High Wind Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 79 min |
| Jan 10, 4:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 28 min |
| Jan 10, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 23 min |
| Jan 10, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 23 min |
| Jan 10, 4:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 33 min |
| Jan 10, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 49 min |
| Jan 10, 5:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 46 min |
| Jan 10, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.