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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 12:12 PM CST for Franklin County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 18 min. 3 reports 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 28, 2011, 12:12 PM CST (18:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
Counties Franklin County, TN, Moore County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 12:18 PM CST | TORNADO 2 | 2 Ese Lynchburg, TN | *** 1 FATAL, 4 INJ *** AN EF-2 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 125 MPH...PATH LENGTH OF 13 MILES...AND PEAK WIDTH OF 600 YDS INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN LYNCHBURG. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED FROM EASTERN MOORE COUNTY INTO FAR NW FRANKLIN |
| Feb 28, 12:35 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 S Tullahoma, TN | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO PART OF CAR LOT AND HOUSE NEAR HWY 130. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Feb 28, 12:35 PM CST | TORNADO | Estill Springs, TN | EXTENSIVE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES AND MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS AREAS NEAR PLEASANT GROVE RD...TURKEY CREED RD...AWALT RD...AND HWY 41A. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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 28, 5:59 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 948 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 404 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
647
WFUS54 KHUN 281812
TORHUN
TNC051-127-281830-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0013.110228T1812Z-110228T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1212 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
MOORE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CST
* AT 1210 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST
OF LYNCHBURG...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS OVER 80 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
OAK GROVE.
WOODS RESERVOIR.
LYNCHBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3538 8624 3538 8627 3535 8620 3537 8616
3536 8605 3523 8603 3520 8637 3524 8638
3525 8642 3527 8641 3531 8647 3536 8652
3537 8649 3534 8642 3540 8631 3540 8625
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 262DEG 51KT 3528 8646
$$1 follow-up statement
426
WWUS54 KHUN 281825
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1225 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011
TNC051-127-281830-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110228T1830Z/
MOORE TN-FRANKLIN TN-
1225 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011
...A TORNADO EMERGENCY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND MOORE COUNTIES...
AT 1220 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED JUST EAST OF LYNCHBURG...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAK
GROVE...ESTILL SPRINGS AND WOODS RESERVOIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3538 8624 3538 8627 3535 8620 3537 8616
3536 8605 3523 8603 3520 8637 3524 8638
3525 8642 3527 8641 3531 8647 3536 8652
3537 8649 3534 8642 3540 8631 3540 8625
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 259DEG 43KT 3531 8623
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 11:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 42 min |
| Feb 28, 11:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Feb 28, 12:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 23 min |
| Feb 28, 12:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 12:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Moore | 18 min |
| Feb 28, 12:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 24 min |
| Feb 28, 12:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 15 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.