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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 9:55 PM CST for Colbert County, Franklin County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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
- Feb 24, 2011, 9:55 PM CST (03:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 10:17 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Tuscumbia, AL | ROOF DAMAGE TO JJS RESTAURAUNT AND PEOPLES DRUG STORE ON HWY 72 IN CHEROKEE. MULTIPLE POWER OUTAGES IN BARTON, CROOKED OAK, LOCUST SHORES, NEW BETHEL AND TUSCUMBIA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
357
WFUS54 KHUN 250355
TORHUN
ALC033-059-250430-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0001.110225T0355Z-110225T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
955 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CST
* AT 953 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR POGO...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF RED BAY...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
PLEASANT SITE.
MYNOT.
SRYGLEY CHURCH.
NEW BETHEL.
COLBERT HEIGHTS.
TUSCUMBIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3463 8813 3474 8779 3474 8776 3476 8772
3454 8761 3442 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 250DEG 53KT 3453 8815
$$
SL1 follow-up statement
827
WWUS54 KHUN 250411
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1011 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
ALC033-059-250430-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110225T0430Z/
FRANKLIN AL-COLBERT AL-
1011 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
COLBERT AND NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
AT 1007 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD
SOUTH OF CHEROKEE. THIS WALL CLOUD WAS LOCATED NEAR SRYGLEY
CHURCH...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RED
ROCK...POSEY LOOP...CROOKED OAK...NEW BETHEL...PRIDE LANDING...
LITTLEVILLE...COLBERT HEIGHTS AND TUSCUMBIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3447 8799 3467 8799 3474 8779 3474 8776
3476 8772 3454 8761
TIME...MOT...LOC 0410Z 250DEG 52KT 3460 8790
$$
SLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 9:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert | 51 min |
| Feb 24, 9:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 10:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 10:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 10:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 10:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 10:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 11:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 11:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 11:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 11:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Marshall, Morgan | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 11:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 11:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 22 min |
| Feb 25, 12:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 36 min |
| Feb 25, 12:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 36 min |
| Feb 25, 12:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 20 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.