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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Huntsville, AL

October 26, 2010Marshall County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2010, 6:18 PM CDT for Marshall 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 26, 2010, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2010, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Marshall County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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 PDS	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 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

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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, 6:15 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 6:15 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 26, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 26, 2:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 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 8800

Special weather statement, Oct 26, 2:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 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 8706

Special weather statement, Oct 26, 2:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 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 8739

Special weather statement, Oct 26, 3:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 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 8586

Special weather statement, Oct 26, 3:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes 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 8673

Special weather statement, Oct 26, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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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, 4:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison, Morgan	24 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, 6:29 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

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2010 Every tornado warning in 2010 Tornadoes in 2010

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.