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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 4:21 PM CDT for Madison County, Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2010, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2010, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Madison County, AL, Morgan County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 9:27 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 695 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
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 26, 2:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 2:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
225 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
.SHORT TERM...SVR WX OUTBREAK CONTINUES TO UNFOLD ACROSS THE CNTRL
TN VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CONTINUING TO
DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE OF CONVECTION PUSHING EWD
INTO NE MS/NW AL. THE MAIN CONVECTIVE LINE IS OCCURRING JUST AHEAD
OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH IS NOW BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO WRN TN/NW MS.
AHEAD OF THE EXPLOSIVE CONVECTION...STRONG INFLOW ALSO CONTINUES TO
IMPACT THE AREA WITH S WINDS AROUND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY IS XPCTED TO CONTINUE WORKING EWD THROUGH
THE REMAINING AFTERNOON HRS AND INTO THE EVENING PERIOD.
SHOWERS/TSTMS ARE XPCTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HRS ALTHOUGH
THE INTENSITY/COVERAGE WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM W TO E
HEADING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...WITH THE SLY INFLOW WEAKENING AS
WELL. LIKEWISE...THE THREAT FOR SVR WX WILL BE ENDING AS WELL DURING
THE EVENING HRS...AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT WHICH SHOULD
BEGIN TO PUSH INTO THE AREA DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
PERIOD. CLOUD COVER WILL BE SLOW TO EXIT AS WELL ALTHOUGH SOME
BREAKS SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FROM W TO E WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT.
SOME LINGERING SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON WED WITH THE
UPPER TROUGH/SHEAR AXIS LAGGING TO THE W. COOLER/DRIER AIR THOUGH
WILL BEGIN TO FILTER INTO THE AREA AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
EWD INTO MUCH OF THE ERN CONUS. OVERALL CONDITIONS/TEMPS LOOK TO
RETURN CLOSE TO SEASONAL TRENDS WITH THE BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE.
&&
.LONG TERM...STRONG/SEASONAL HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD PREVAIL ACROSS THE
SE REGION HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND PERIOD...WITH OVERALL CONDITIONS
AND TEMPS HOVERING NEAR NORMAL TRENDS. A GRADUAL WARMING TREND
SHOULD THEN BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA GOING INTO THE NEW WEEK AS
THE SFC HIGH SHIFTS TOWARD THE E. SCT SHOWERS/TSTMS MAY ALSO WORK
THEIR WAY BACK INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY TUE AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE W.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
HUNTSVILLE 60 80 48 70 38 / 90 30 10 0 0
SHOALS 55 82 45 70 37 / 60 20 0 0 0
VINEMONT 60 80 48 70 38 / 90 40 10 0 0
FAYETTEVILLE 56 79 46 69 37 / 90 30 10 0 0
ALBERTVILLE 62 80 50 69 38 / 90 40 10 0 0
FORT PAYNE 61 79 47 69 37 / 90 40 10 0 0
&&
.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COLBERT...CULLMAN...DEKALB...FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON...
LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL...
MORGAN.
TN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN...MOORE.
&&
09Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 26, 10:07 AM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1007 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-262100- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1007 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BRINGING TWO ROUNDS OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER TO THE AREA. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. THIS PRE FRONTAL ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA BY LATE MORNING...AND TRACK ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN 1 TO 3 PM...BEFORE REACHING NORTHEAST ALABAMA BY 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE SECOND ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE INTO THE AREA ALONG THE COLD FRONT. THIS LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA BETWEEN 1 AND 3 PM...NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM...AND REACH NORTHEAST ALABAMA BY 6 PM. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS CURRENTLY ONGOING AND REQUESTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SS/JLL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 26, 2:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
201 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
ALZ002-003-261930-
COLBERT-FRANKLIN-
201 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COLBERT AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES
UNTIL 230 PM CDT...
AT 200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HALLTOWN...OR 7 MILES EAST OF RED BAY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
BELGREEN.
SRYGLEY CHURCH.
CROOKED OAK...POSEY LOOP.
COLBERT HEIGHTS...NEW BETHEL.
SPRING VALLEY...TUSCUMBIA.
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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3448 8816 3474 8777 3480 8764 3463 8749
3432 8804 3446 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 233DEG 41KT 3446 8800Special weather statement, Oct 26, 2:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
202 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
ALZ007-016-261930-
CULLMAN-MORGAN-
202 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CULLMAN AND MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL
230 PM CDT...
AT 200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MASSEY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HARTSELLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
LEESDALE...FALKVILLE.
HARTSELLE...COLE SPRINGS.
SOMERVILLE...PRICEVILLE.
VALHERMOSO SPRINGS.
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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3426 8712 3443 8711 3458 8688 3456 8683
3455 8675 3459 8671 3458 8670 3448 8661
3421 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 233DEG 32KT 3434 8706Special weather statement, Oct 26, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
245 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
ALZ004-262015-
LAWRENCE-
245 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM
CDT...
AT 240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HATTON...OR 9 MILES WEST OF MOULTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
COURTLAND...NORTH COURTLAND.
WHEELER...HILLSBORO.
THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.
&&
LAT...LON 3445 8744 3454 8753 3456 8753 3458 8751
3460 8751 3461 8749 3475 8728 3475 8726
3476 8725 3469 8710 3460 8711 3459 8712
3443 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 234DEG 41KT 3456 8739Special weather statement, Oct 26, 3:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
304 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
ALZ010-262045-
DE KALB-
304 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DEKALB COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT...
AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PEEKS CORNER...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF
RAINSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS
STORM IS ALSO SHOWING SOME ROTATION.
PEOPLE IN DEKALB COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GUEST...PEEKS
CORNER...FYFFE...LEBANON...SHILOH...RAINSVILLE...PINE RIDGE...FORT
PAYNE...HAMMONDVILLE AND VALLEY HEAD...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3449 8554 3449 8556 3448 8556 3446 8558
3428 8590 3443 8603 3474 8556 3473 8555
3452 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 234DEG 43KT 3442 8586Special weather statement, Oct 26, 3:21 PM CDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
321 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
TNZ076-096-262045-
LINCOLN-MOORE-
321 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES UNTIL
345 PM CDT...
AT 321 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ARDMORE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
TAFT...BLANCHE...DELLROSE...COLDWATER...CARMARGO...HARMS...SKINEM...
FAYETTEVILLE...MOLINO AND KELSO...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3531 8625 3527 8628 3525 8627 3522 8631
3518 8628 3515 8632 3513 8630 3499 8666
3500 8682 3503 8684 3514 8683 3537 8653
3537 8648 3534 8644 3534 8642 3539 8630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 238DEG 46KT 3508 8673Special weather statement, Oct 26, 3:43 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 29 min |
| Oct 26, 11:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 31 min |
| Oct 26, 12:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 29 min |
| Oct 26, 12:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 31 min |
| Oct 26, 12:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 35 min |
| Oct 26, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 26 min |
| Oct 26, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 21 min |
| Oct 26, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 32 min |
| Oct 26, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 29 min |
| Oct 26, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 28 min |
| Oct 26, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 37 min |
| Oct 26, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 34 min |
| Oct 26, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 29 min |
| Oct 26, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Morgan | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 41 min |
| Oct 26, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 30 min |
| Oct 26, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 41 min |
| Oct 26, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 32 min |
| Oct 26, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 21 min |
| Oct 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 48 min |
| Oct 26, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 31 min |
| Oct 26, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 32 min |
| Oct 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Marshall | 28 min |
| Oct 26, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Morgan | 37 min |
| Oct 26, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 35 min |
| Oct 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 47 min |
| Oct 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 32 min |
| Oct 26, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 36 min |
| Oct 26, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 18 min |
| Oct 26, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 24 min |
| Oct 26, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 23 min |
| Oct 26, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 35 min |
| Oct 26, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 51 min |
| Oct 26, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 32 min |
| Oct 26, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Marshall | 27 min |
| Oct 26, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 31 min |
| Oct 26, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 23 min |
| Oct 26, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 32 min |
| Oct 26, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 24 min |
| Oct 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 33 min |
| Oct 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 30 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.