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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Huntsville, AL

October 9, 2009Cullman County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 9, 2009, 5:12 PM CDT for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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: Oct 9, 2009, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Oct 9, 2009, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cullman County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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.

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
Oct 9, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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: 614 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KHUN 092212
TORHUN
ALC043-092245-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0074.091009T2212Z-091009T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
512 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WILBURN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF JASPER...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  WILBURN.
  BREMEN.
  BLACK BOTTOM.
  GARDEN CITY.
  HANCEVILLE.
  HOLLY POND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.

&&

LAT...LON 3388 8701 3389 8709 3392 8709 3393 8711
      3405 8711 3430 8660 3412 8661 3412 8663
      3410 8665 3409 8669 3406 8668 3401 8673
      3386 8699
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 246DEG 40KT 3392 8711

$$

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 Oct 9, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
320 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009

.DISCUSSION...
BUSY WEATHER IS IN PROGRESS AS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHES
FROM THE WEST. MORE DISCRETE STORM AHEAD OF THIS LINE WERE SHOWING
MORE STRUCTURE AND ROTATION...WITH ACTIVE CONVECTIVE WARNINGS FOR
PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY.

BIG PICTURE WISE...A DEEP TROUGH CONTINUED TO DIG ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PORTION OF THE LOWER-48...AS STRONG UPPER HIGH PRESSURE OVER FLORIDA
GRADUALLY SUBSIDES AND MOVES OUT TO SEA. THE FIRST FRONT AND LINE OF
SHOWERS/STORMS EXTENDED FROM NASHVILLE TO NE MISSISSIPPI...WITH A
SECOND BOUNDARY NOTED FROM NW PENNSYLVANIA TO CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE
MAIN AREA OF CONVECTION SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA
FROM NW-SE THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS EVENING. WITH PRECIP WATER
AMOUNTS IN THE 1.7 TO 2.1 INCHES OR SO...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN RATES OF
1-2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE AREA. GIVEN THE RISK OF MODERATE/HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE
EXTENDED THE WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR THE AREA.

SHOWERS WITH LESS THUNDER WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY AS THE FRONT
PUSHES FURTHER SOUTH. HAVE TRENDED RAIN CHANCES DOWN DURING THE
AFTERNOON...WITH DRY WEATHER FOR SATURDAY EVENING. SUNDAY LOOKS TO
BE THE ONLY TRULY DRY DAYS THIS WEEKEND. SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN
AVERAGE TEMPS ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.

RAIN AGAIN WILL RETURN...AS MOISTURE FROM THE STALLED OUT FRONT
SOUTH OF THE AREA CREEPS BACK TO THE NORTH. MODEL OUTPUT...
ESPECIALLY FROM THE ECMWF SUGGESTS AN UNSETTLED WEEK FOR THE AREA.
GIVEN THE VARIOUS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS TRAVERSING THE AREA AND A
LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...HAVE KEPT SOME RAIN CHANCES GOING FOR
ALL OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...      /ISSUED 18Z/
LINE OF SHRA WITH A FEW EMBEDDED TSRA CONTINUES TO WORK ITS WAY
ACROSS WRN TN/NRN MS. SWLY GRADIENT WIND IS ALREADY GUSTING OVER 25
KT AND SFC WINDS COULD RUN SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN AND NEAR THE
APPROACHING LINE. CEILINGS SHOULD ALSO HOVER NEAR MVFR LEVELS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HRS BEFORE LOWERING BELOW 3K FT AFTER 01Z SAT.
SOME LIGHT TO MOD RESIDUAL RAINFALL IS ALSO XPCTED THROUGH THE
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HRS HELPING TO SOLIDIFY MVFR CONDITIONS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
HUNTSVILLE    58  67  51  72  57 / 100  90  10  10  30
SHOALS        57  65  51  71  55 / 100  70  10  10  30
VINEMONT      57  68  52  70  57 / 100  90  10  10  30
FAYETTEVILLE  56  64  50  71  56 / 100  70  10  10  30
ALBERTVILLE   59  68  52  71  58 / 100  90  10  10  30
FORT PAYNE    60  69  53  72  57 / 100  90  10  10  30

&&

.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CULLMAN...DEKALB...JACKSON...MARSHALL.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COLBERT...FRANKLIN AL...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...
     MADISON...MORGAN.

TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN...MOORE.

&&

DISCUSSION...RSB
AVIATION...09

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 12:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1200 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-101000-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
1200 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009

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

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TRACK
EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ALONG OR AHEAD OF THIS LINE.

ALONG WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AROUND
1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING. AS SUCH...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL ALONG WITH AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS
EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING INTO SATURDAY. THE RAINFALL THOUGH IS
EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED
IF THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. FIRST
RESPONSE AGENCIES ARE ALSO REQUESTED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLASH
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 9, 2:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
227 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009

ALZ001-002-092015-
COLBERT-LAUDERDALE-
227 PM CDT FRI OCT 9 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES
UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALLSBORO...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IUKA...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  MT HESTER.
  CHEROKEE.
  BARTON...RED ROCK.
  PRIDE LANDING.
  OAKLAND...TUSCUMBIA.
  FLORENCE...SHEFFIELD.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

Local storm report, Oct 9, 4:27 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
427 PM CDT FRI OCT 09 2009

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

0157 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 W FLORENCE            34.80N 87.78W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 189.

0218 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GREEN HILL              34.97N 87.51W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRESS AND POWERLINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 8.

0219 PM     TSTM WND DMG     15 NW FLORENCE          34.95N 87.86W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AT STEWARTSVILLE CHURCH OF CHRIST ON HWY 20.

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FAYETTEVILLE            35.15N 86.56W
10/09/2009                   LINCOLN            TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROOF BLOWN OFF AMANA BUILDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY
            231 AND HWY 431.

&&

SLACORTE

Local storm report, Oct 9, 4:48 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
448 PM CDT FRI OCT 09 2009

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

0157 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 W FLORENCE            34.80N 87.78W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 189.

0218 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GREEN HILL              34.97N 87.51W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRESS AND POWERLINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 8.

0219 PM     TSTM WND DMG     15 NW FLORENCE          34.95N 87.86W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AT STEWARTSVILLE CHURCH OF CHRIST ON HWY 20.

0359 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW DECATUR            35.16N 86.15W
10/09/2009                   FRANKLIN           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON TRAILER ON GUYER BROWN RD. PEOPLE IN THE
            TRAILER WERE RESCUED.

0359 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW DECATUR            34.55N 87.05W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON KIRBY RIDGE RD AND LIBERTY ROAD.

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SW DECATUR            34.54N 87.06W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND TRAILER DAMAGED NEAR NEEL SCHOOL
            ROAD.

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FAYETTEVILLE            35.15N 86.56W
10/09/2009                   LINCOLN            TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROOF BLOWN OFF AMANA BUILDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY
            231 AND HWY 431.

0408 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE DECATUR            35.17N 86.04W
10/09/2009                   FRANKLIN           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON HOUSE CAUSING DAMAGE ON ASHWOOD DRIVE.

&&

SLACORTE

Local storm report, Oct 9, 4:49 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
449 PM CDT FRI OCT 09 2009

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

0157 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 W FLORENCE            34.80N 87.78W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 189.

0218 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GREEN HILL              34.97N 87.51W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRESS AND POWERLINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 8.

0219 PM     TSTM WND DMG     15 NW FLORENCE          34.95N 87.86W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AT STEWARTSVILLE CHURCH OF CHRIST ON HWY 20.

0359 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW DECATUR            34.55N 87.05W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON KIRBY RIDGE RD AND LIBERTY ROAD.

0359 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW DECATUR            35.16N 86.15W
10/09/2009                   FRANKLIN           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON TRAILER ON GUYER BROWN RD. PEOPLE IN THE
            TRAILER WERE RESCUED.

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SW DECATUR            34.54N 87.06W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND TRAILER DAMAGED NEAR NEEL SCHOOL
            ROAD.

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FAYETTEVILLE            35.15N 86.56W
10/09/2009                   LINCOLN            TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROOF BLOWN OFF AMANA BUILDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY
            231 AND HWY 431.

0408 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE DECATUR            34.56N 86.93W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON HOUSE CAUSING DAMAGE ON ASHWOOD DRIVE.

&&

SLACORTE

Local storm report, Oct 9, 5:05 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
505 PM CDT FRI OCT 09 2009

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

0157 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 W FLORENCE            34.80N 87.78W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 189.

0218 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GREEN HILL              34.97N 87.51W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRESS AND POWERLINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 8.

0219 PM     TSTM WND DMG     15 NW FLORENCE          34.95N 87.86W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AT STEWARTSVILLE CHURCH OF CHRIST ON HWY 20.

0359 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW DECATUR            35.16N 86.15W
10/09/2009                   FRANKLIN           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON TRAILER ON GUYER BROWN RD. PEOPLE IN THE
            TRAILER WERE RESCUED.

0359 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW DECATUR            34.55N 87.05W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON KIRBY RIDGE RD AND LIBERTY ROAD.

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SW DECATUR            34.54N 87.06W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND TRAILER DAMAGED NEAR NEEL SCHOOL
            ROAD.

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FAYETTEVILLE            35.15N 86.56W
10/09/2009                   LINCOLN            TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROOF BLOWN OFF AMANA BUILDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY
            231 AND HWY 431.

0408 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE DECATUR            34.56N 86.93W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON HOUSE CAUSING DAMAGE ON ASHWOOD DRIVE.

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NNW MADISON           34.77N 86.78W
10/09/2009                   MADISON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON COUNTY LINE ROAD BETWEEN HWY 72 AND CAPSHAW
            RD.

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NW HUNTSVILLE         34.77N 86.64W
10/09/2009                   MADISON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON VOGEL DR.

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 SW DECATUR            34.52N 87.08W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN SOUTH OF PUMPKIN CENTER.

0431 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HARTSELLE               34.44N 86.94W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN.

0434 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 NW HUNTSVILLE         34.80N 86.67W
10/09/2009                   MADISON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON NANCE RD AND MERCURY LN.

&&

SLACORTE

Local storm report, Oct 9, 5:09 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
509 PM CDT FRI OCT 09 2009

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

0157 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 W FLORENCE            34.80N 87.78W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 189.

0218 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GREEN HILL              34.97N 87.51W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRESS AND POWERLINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 8.

0219 PM     TSTM WND DMG     15 NW FLORENCE          34.95N 87.86W
10/09/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AT STEWARTSVILLE CHURCH OF CHRIST ON HWY 20.

0359 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW DECATUR            34.55N 87.05W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON KIRBY RIDGE RD AND LIBERTY ROAD.

0359 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SW DECATUR            35.16N 86.15W
10/09/2009                   FRANKLIN           TN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON TRAILER ON GUYER BROWN RD. PEOPLE IN THE
            TRAILER WERE RESCUED.

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SW DECATUR            34.54N 87.06W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND TRAILER DAMAGED NEAR NEEL SCHOOL
            ROAD.

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FAYETTEVILLE            35.15N 86.56W
10/09/2009                   LINCOLN            TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            ROOF BLOWN OFF AMANA BUILDING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HWY
            231 AND HWY 431.

0408 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SE DECATUR            34.56N 86.93W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON HOUSE CAUSING DAMAGE ON ASHWOOD DRIVE.

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 NW HUNTSVILLE         34.79N 86.66W
10/09/2009                   MADISON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWERLINES DOWN ON BLAKE BOTTOM RD NEAR HWY 53.

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NNW MADISON           34.77N 86.78W
10/09/2009                   MADISON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON COUNTY LINE ROAD BETWEEN HWY 72 AND CAPSHAW
            RD.

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 SW DECATUR            34.52N 87.08W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN SOUTH OF PUMPKIN CENTER.

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NW HUNTSVILLE         34.77N 86.64W
10/09/2009                   MADISON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE DOWN ON VOGEL DR.

0431 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HARTSELLE               34.44N 86.94W
10/09/2009                   MORGAN             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN.

0434 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 NW HUNTSVILLE         34.80N 86.67W
10/09/2009                   MADISON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON NANCE RD AND MERCURY LN.

&&

SLACORTE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 9, 3:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	16 hr
Oct 9, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert	22 min
Oct 9, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lauderdale	48 min
Oct 9, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	34 min
Oct 9, 2:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lauderdale	11 min
Oct 9, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lawrence	31 min
Oct 9, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Limestone	31 min
Oct 9, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Morgan	31 min
Oct 9, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Morgan	47 min
Oct 9, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Morgan	26 min
Oct 9, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	39 min
Oct 9, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman, Lawrence, Morgan	47 min
Oct 9, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman, Morgan	36 min
Oct 9, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	52 min
Oct 9, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison, Marshall, Morgan	36 min
Oct 9, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Marshall	26 min
Oct 9, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	24 min
Oct 9, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Marshall	26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.