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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Huntsville, AL

May 8, 2008Cullman County, Marshall County, Morgan County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2008, 2:54 PM CDT for Cullman County, Marshall County, Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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: May 8, 2008, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cullman County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 8, 2:54 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Wsw Baileyton, AL	PUBLIC REPORT OF TREES ON POWER LINES...TREES ACROSS THE ROAD...AND A TREE ON A MOBILE HOME ALONG HWY 69 NEAR FAIRVIEW. TIME ESTIMATED.
May 8, 3:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 E Cullman, AL	DEBRIS BLOCKING ROAD AT HWY 69/278 NEAR EASTPOINT. DAMAGE TO BURKS FARM ON HWY 69 NEAR SIMCOE ALSO.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 12:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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.

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: 212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KHUN 081955
TORHUN
ALC043-095-103-082030-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0037.080508T1954Z-080508T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
254 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ARAB...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CULLMAN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 37 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...  
  FAIRVIEW.
  BAILEYTON.
  ARAB.
  UNION GROVE.
  GUNTERSVILLE.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE ACROSS CULLMAN 
COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE COVER NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3441 8615 3425 8647 3426 8649 3412 8674
      3427 8686 3449 8651 3448 8646 3452 8638
      3452 8633 3454 8630 3461 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 236DEG 32KT 3424 8671

$$

BCC

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KHUN 082006
SVSHUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
305 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

ALC043-095-103-082030-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-080508T2030Z/
MORGAN AL-CULLMAN AL-MARSHALL AL-
305 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MARSHALL...NORTHEASTERN CULLMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES...

AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BAILEYTON...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF ARAB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HULACO...RYAN CROSSROADS...JOPPA...EDDY...UNION GROVE...HEBRON...
COLUMBUS CITY...GUNTERSVILLE AND GRANT.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES 
ACROSS CULLMAN COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF YOU ARE IN 
THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3461 8631 3441 8615 3425 8647 3426 8649
      3417 8664 3430 8680 3449 8651 3448 8646
      3452 8638 3452 8633 3454 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 236DEG 32KT 3429 8661

$$

BCC

000 
WWUS54 KHUN 082018
SVSHUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
317 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

ALC043-103-082027-
/O.CAN.KHUN.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-080508T2030Z/
MORGAN AL-CULLMAN AL-
317 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CULLMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
MORGAN COUNTIES IS CANCELED...

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM WHICH 
PRODUCED THE TORNADO HAD MOVED OUT OF MORGAN AND CULLMAN COUNTIES. 
THEREFORE THE WARNING FOR THESE AREAS IS CANCELED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3461 8631 3441 8615 3426 8645 3431 8649
      3431 8658 3445 8657 3449 8651 3448 8646
      3452 8638 3452 8633 3454 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 236DEG 32KT 3435 8649

$$

ALC095-082030-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-080508T2030Z/
MARSHALL AL-
317 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MARSHALL COUNTY...

AT 313 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF 
ARAB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO UNION
GROVE...HEBRON...COLUMBUS CITY...GUNTERSVILLE AND GRANT.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN CULLMAN 
COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF 
THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3461 8631 3441 8615 3426 8645 3431 8649
      3431 8658 3445 8657 3449 8651 3448 8646
      3452 8638 3452 8633 3454 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 236DEG 32KT 3435 8649

$$

BCC

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 8, 2:08 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 2:08 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
208 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

...SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE FOR AREAS ALONG/EAST OF I-65
THROUGH 600PM THIS EVENING...

.SYNOPSIS...PRONOUNCED DRYLINE/WIND SHIFT PUNCHING INTO NW/WC
ALABAMA AT 19Z...WITH STRONG/SEVERE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
ORIENTED ALONG THE I-65/I-59 CORRIDOR. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS
ARE LOCATED BETWEEN TUSCALOOSA AND HALEYVILLE ATTM WITH LOW LVL
ROTATION NOTED BY 88D VELOCITY/SRM FIELDS. BROKEN LINE MOVING
ACROSS HUN CFWA HAS PRODUCED ISOLATED DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL/NORTHWEST ALABAMA...BUT IS SHOWING SIGNS OF
WEAKENING AS IT MOVES INTO A MORE STABLE AIRMASS. TORNADO WATCH
278 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG/EAST OF I-65 UNTIL 600 PM.

WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR BROKEN LINE...AND ANY ADDITIONAL DISCRETE
CELLS THAT DEVELOP TO OUR SOUTH...AHEAD OF THE SFC TROUGH...THAT
COULD BECOME TORNADIC. OTHER THAN AN ISOLD SHRA/TSTM...WRN COUNTIES
ARE NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THREAT.

&&

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN
WILL PREVAIL THIS PERIOD AS A SERIES OF FAST-MOVING STORM SYSTEMS
IMPACT THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE THROUGH SUNDAY. CONVECTION WILL COME
TO AN END FROM WEST-TO-EAST EARLY THIS EVENING AS DRIER/MORE STABLE
WESTERLIES PUNCH IN BEHIND WEAKENING SYSTEM PUSHING ACROSS THE OHIO
VALLEY. AS WINDS BECOME CALM WITHIN STABLE/MOIST BNDRY LYR...EXPECT
AREAS OF FOG/LOW CLOUDS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG
IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME BUT WILL BE MONITORED THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS.

LOW LVL RIDGING FRIDAY WILL PRECLUDE ANY ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...WEAK LOW LVL CONVG FROM LINGERING SFC TROUGH
ALONG WITH WEAK UPR LVL ENERGY TRAVERSING THE AREA COULD SUPPORT
ISOLD ELEVATED TSTMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THUS...HAVE INCLUDED 20
POPS FRIDAY. WEAKLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT SHOULD LIMIT SEVERE TSTM
POTENTIAL FRIDAY. THINGS GET A BIT MORE INTERESTING FRI NGT AS
SFC WAVE DEVELOPS ALONG AN APPROACHING LOW LVL FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
THE 12Z/NAM IS FAIRLY AGGRESSIVE WITH QPF FRI NGT...ACCOUNTING FOR
SUFFICIENT LIFT/LOW LVL FORCING. CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY FOR
ISOLD SEVERE TSTMS GIVEN THE COMBINATION OF SHEAR/INSTABILITY AND
UPR LVL SUPPORT ASSOCIATED WITH 120+KT H3 SPEED MAX NOSING IN FROM
THE WEST. STORMS WILL LIKELY BE ELEVATED ALONG AND NORTH OF WHERE
THE BOUNDARY EXISTS...RESULTING IN PRIMARILY A HAIL THREAT. JUST
SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY...SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SFC-BASED WHICH
COULD LEAD TO AN ISOLD TORNADIC THREAT. FLOODING CONCERNS COULD
ARISE IF STORMS TRAIN ALONG LOW LVL BOUNDARY. ALL THIS WILL BE
MONITORED CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

SATURDAY...PERSISTENT LOW LVL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO SAG JUST SOUTH
OF THE AREA AS UPR LVL S/W RIDGE CROSSES THE AREA. THIS SHOULD INHIBIT
CONVECTIVE INITIATION FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ATTM. SAT NGT INTO SUNDAY
HOWEVER...A MORE INTENSE UPR LVL TROUGH/SFC FRONT WILL SWING SOUTHEAST
FROM THE UPR MIDWEST. THIS WILL BRING YET ANOTHER SHOT OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA LATE SAT NGT INTO SUNDAY. DETAILS
ON THIS EVENT REMAIN PRETTY SKETCHY...SO WILL MAINTAIN A RATHER
GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THIS SYSTEM FOR NOW.

.LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...
DEEPENING UPR TROUGH WILL CLOSE OFF AS IT ENTERS THE NORTHEAST WITH
SFC COLD FRONT PUSHING WELL SOUTH/EAST OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY NIGHT.
COOLER/DRIER AND STABLE CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL MONDAY INTO AT LEAST
THE FIRST PART OF TUESDAY. ANOTHER DEEPENING LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL
APPROACH THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY. TIMING OF FRONT /GREATEST CHANCE
OF PRECIP/ APPEARS TO BE WEDNESDAY WITH THE H5 TROUGH PASSAGE
OCCURRING WED NGT. NADLER.83

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
HUNTSVILLE    60  84  62  81 /  40  20  20  10
SHOALS        59  84  61  80 /  20  20  20  10
CULLMAN       59  82  60  81 /  40  20  20  10
FAYETTEVILLE  59  80  60  76 /  40  20  30  10
ALBERTVILLE   59  84  61  82 /  50  20  20  10
FORT PAYNE    60  82  59  81 /  60  20  30  10

&&

.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
TN...NONE.
&&

DJN.83

Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 12:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1255 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-090300-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
1255 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL BE DRIVEN NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF A
LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WILL PUSH ACROSS
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65
THROUGH 4 PM. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. ISOLATED TORNADOES
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING...ENDING THE
SEVERE THREAT FROM WEST TO EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THE COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL STALL OVER
EITHER NORTHERN OR CENTRAL ALABAMA. ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL ATTEMPT TO PUSH THE FRONT SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTH ON FRIDAY.
IF THIS FRONT IS IN THE VICINITY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ON THE WARM
SIDE OF THE FRONT...AND THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THIS POTENTIAL IS HIGHEST SOUTH OF
THE TENNESSEE RIVER.

THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THE FRONT SOUTH OF THE AREA FOR
MOST OF SATURDAY...BEFORE IT RETURNS NORTHWARD AGAIN AS A WARM
FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...IN ADVANCE OF A STRONGER STORM
SYSTEM. ONCE THE WARM FRONT PASSES...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY.

YET ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION AROUND THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH THERE IS UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE STRENGTH
AND TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...ANOTHER PERIOD OF SEVERE WEATHER DOES
APPEAR TO BE POSSIBLE. INTERESTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR FUTURE
FORECASTS AS THIS EVENT GETS CLOSER.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY ON FRIDAY
AFTERNOON OR FRIDAY NIGHT...AND IS LIKELY AGAIN ON SUNDAY.

KTW

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 8, 1:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
135 PM CDT THU MAY 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1205 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 W FLORENCE            34.80N 87.77W
05/08/2008                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            UP TO TWO HOUSES DAMAGED WITH POWERLINES DOWN NEAR
            INTERSECTION OF CR 14 AND 16 IN OAKLAND.

1205 PM     TORNADO          OAKLAND                 34.84N 87.80W
05/08/2008                   LAUDERDALE         AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO REPORTED ON GROUND BY NWS SPOTTERS.

1240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TOWN CREEK              34.68N 87.41W
05/08/2008                   LAWRENCE           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE CABIN TOTALLY DESTROYED WITH ROOF DAMAGE TO OTHER
            CABINS AT THE DOUBLE HEAD RESORT IN TOWN CREEK.

1253 PM     TORNADO          NE LEIGHTON             34.70N 87.53W
05/08/2008                   COLBERT            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AND HOUSE HEAVILY DAMAGED ON
            LAWRENCE/COLBERT CO LINES ALONG HWY 184 NE OF LEIGHTON.
            ANOTHER HOUSE ON RIVER RD. ALSO HEAVILY DAMAGED.

1259 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEIGHTON                34.70N 87.53W
05/08/2008                   COLBERT            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWERLINES DOWN ON FOSTER MILL RD IN LEIGHTON.

&&

MP

Local storm report, May 8, 1:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
141 PM CDT THU MAY 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0115 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N ROGERSVILLE         34.85N 87.29W
05/08/2008                   LAUDERDALE         AL   STORM CHASER

            TWO FOOT DIAMETER TREE BLOWN DOWN 2 MILES N OF
            ROGERSVILLE.

&&

MP

Local storm report, May 8, 1:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
146 PM CDT THU MAY 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0115 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N ROGERSVILLE         34.85N 87.29W
05/08/2008                   LAUDERDALE         AL   STORM CHASER

            TWO FOOT DIAMETER TREE BLOWN DOWN 2 MILES N OF
            ROGERSVILLE.

&&

MP

Local storm report, May 8, 2:38 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
238 PM CDT THU MAY 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0218 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW CULLMAN            34.12N 86.91W
05/08/2008                   CULLMAN            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AND POWER OUT ALONG CR 327 AND SMITH LAKE.

0225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     E HARTSELLE             34.44N 86.94W
05/08/2008                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN IN THE OAKRIDGE COMMUNITY BETWEEN HARTSELLE
            AND DECATUR.

&&

MP

Local storm report, May 8, 2:49 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
249 PM CDT THU MAY 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0240 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 5 S CULLMAN             34.10N 86.84W
05/08/2008                   CULLMAN            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER IN DODGE CITY REPORTS A POSSIBLE WALL CLOUD
            APPROACHING CITY OF CULLMAN.

&&

MP

Local storm report, May 8, 2:54 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
254 PM CDT THU MAY 08 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0243 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GOOD HOPE               34.11N 86.86W
05/08/2008                   CULLMAN            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON A HOME IN GOOD HOPE. DAMAGE IN SOUTHERN
            CULLMAN. TREES AND POWER LINES ALSO DOWN ON CR 222 NEAR
            TREMBLE.

&&

MP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 8:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	50 min
May 8, 9:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	33 min
May 8, 12:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lauderdale	17 min
May 8, 12:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence	40 min
May 8, 12:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lawrence	47 min
May 8, 1:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Limestone	27 min
May 8, 1:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	37 min
May 8, 2:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman	52 min
May 8, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Morgan	33 min
May 8, 2:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison	21 min
May 8, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Marshall	32 min

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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.