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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Huntsville, AL

April 27, 20114 counties in Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2011, 5:02 AM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 43 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: Apr 27, 2011, 5:02 AM CDT (10:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2011, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Morgan County, AL

The radar

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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
Apr 27, 2:26 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 27, 2:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 2:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 3:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 27, 3:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 4:51 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
451 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

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

0424 AM     TORNADO          4 W OAKLAND             34.83N 87.87W
04/27/2011                   LAUDERDALE         AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO CONFIRMED ON THE GROUND NEAR A CHURCH CLOSE TO
            THE INTERSECTION OF CR 189 AND CR 62.

&&

KWEBER

Local storm report, Apr 27, 5:02 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
502 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

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

0406 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CHEROKEE                34.76N 87.97W
04/27/2011                   COLBERT            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TWO TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AT CHEROKEE. POSSIBLE TORNADO
            DAMAGE.

&&

KWEBER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	32 min
Apr 27, 3:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	26 min
Apr 27, 3:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	37 min
Apr 27, 4:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	28 min
Apr 27, 4:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	36 min
Apr 27, 4:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence	26 min
Apr 27, 4:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lawrence	27 min
Apr 27, 4:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lauderdale	9 min
Apr 27, 4:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	35 min
Apr 27, 4:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	28 min
Apr 27, 4:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Limestone	31 min
Apr 27, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	46 min
Apr 27, 5:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	36 min
Apr 27, 5:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman	48 min
Apr 27, 5:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Morgan	29 min
Apr 27, 5:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	35 min
Apr 27, 5:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	47 min
Apr 27, 6:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Morgan	28 min
Apr 27, 6:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman, Marshall, Morgan	36 min
Apr 27, 6:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Marshall	41 min
Apr 27, 6:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	40 min
Apr 27, 6:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison, Marshall	23 min
Apr 27, 6:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb	46 min
Apr 27, 6:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	45 min
Apr 27, 6:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall	38 min
Apr 27, 7:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb	37 min
Apr 27, 7:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	21 min
Apr 27, 7:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	20 min
Apr 27, 7:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson	10 min
Apr 27, 8:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lawrence	38 min
Apr 27, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence	34 min
Apr 27, 8:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	42 min
Apr 27, 9:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	25 min
Apr 27, 9:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Limestone	31 min
Apr 27, 9:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Morgan	25 min
Apr 27, 9:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	27 min
Apr 27, 9:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	50 min
Apr 27, 9:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	46 hr
Apr 27, 10:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	45 min
Apr 27, 10:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	38 hr
Apr 27, 10:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison, Marshall	3 days
Apr 27, 10:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	9 hr
Apr 27, 10:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HUN	Lawrence	3 days
Apr 27, 10:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	33 min
Apr 27, 10:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	38 min
Apr 27, 10:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	47 min
Apr 27, 10:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan	37 min
Apr 27, 10:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	47 min
Apr 27, 11:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	27 min
Apr 27, 11:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	49 min
Apr 27, 11:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	33 min
Apr 27, 11:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Morgan	30 min
Apr 27, 11:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Limestone, Madison	34 min
Apr 27, 12:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison, Marshall	45 min
Apr 27, 12:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	26 min
Apr 27, 12:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	8 hr
Apr 27, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	43 min
Apr 27, 12:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson	20 min
Apr 27, 12:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Morgan	8 hr
Apr 27, 12:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison, Marshall, Morgan	29 min
Apr 27, 12:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall	65 min
Apr 27, 1:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	34 min
Apr 27, 1:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall	3 hr
Apr 27, 1:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Morgan	34 min
Apr 27, 2:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	17 min
Apr 27, 2:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman	36 min
Apr 27, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	44 min
Apr 27, 2:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	HUN	Cullman, Morgan	32 min
Apr 27, 2:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	24 min
Apr 27, 3:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	HUN	Cullman, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	42 min
Apr 27, 3:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	37 min
Apr 27, 3:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	43 min
Apr 27, 3:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	HUN	Jackson, Madison, Marshall	50 min
Apr 27, 3:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson	24 min
Apr 27, 3:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	24 min
Apr 27, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	34 min
Apr 27, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman, Marshall, Morgan	31 min
Apr 27, 4:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison, Morgan	38 min
Apr 27, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin	36 min
Apr 27, 4:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan	34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.