Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2009, 1:32 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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
- Apr 10, 2009, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lauderdale County, AL, Limestone County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 1:49 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Cairo, AL | |
| Apr 10, 2:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Se Elkmont, AL | A BRIEF TORNADO SNAPPED AND DOWNED UP TO TWENTY TREES AT A FARMSTEAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF INTERSTATE 65 AT MILE MARKER 359. |
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 10, 11:23 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 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 101832
TORHUN
ALC077-083-101900-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0021.090410T1832Z-090410T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
132 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
KILLEN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF MUSCLE SHOALS...MOVING EAST AT 60
MPH.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
ELGIN.
OLIVER.
COXEY.
RIPLEY.
ATHENS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3473 8691 3478 8723 3477 8731 3481 8735
3481 8739 3479 8743 3481 8749 3483 8751
3483 8754 3491 8753 3492 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 266DEG 53KT 3477 8751
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KHUN 101848
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
148 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
ALC077-101857-
/O.CAN.KHUN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090410T1900Z/
LAUDERDALE AL-
148 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IS
CANCELED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3492 8690 3473 8691 3478 8723 3481 8722
3491 8721
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 265DEG 41KT 3487 8719
$$
ALC083-101900-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090410T1900Z/
LIMESTONE AL-
148 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
LIMESTONE COUNTY...
AT 146 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CAIRO...OR ABOUT
14 MILES WEST OF ATHENS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CARTWRIGHT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3492 8690 3473 8691 3478 8723 3481 8722
3491 8721
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 265DEG 41KT 3487 8719
$$
CBDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 5:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 12:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 37 min |
| Apr 10, 1:06 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 46 min |
| Apr 10, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 15 min |
| Apr 10, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 42 min |
| Apr 10, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 36 min |
| Apr 10, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 15 min |
| Apr 10, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 2:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 80 min |
| Apr 10, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 29 min |
| Apr 10, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Lawrence, Morgan | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Marshall | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Marshall | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 31 min |
| Apr 10, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 3:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 23 min |
| Apr 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 13 min |
| Apr 10, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 26 min |
| Apr 10, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Marshall | 13 min |
| Apr 10, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Marshall | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 16 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.