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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 12:27 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, 12:27 PM CST (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 12:45 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), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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, 12:35 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. |
| Feb 28, 12:46 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 E Lynchburg, TN | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOME NEAR PLEASANT GROVE RD. |
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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
962
WFUS54 KHUN 281827
TORHUN
TNC051-127-281845-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0015.110228T1827Z-110228T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1227 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
EASTERN MOORE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1245 PM CST
* AT 1225 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR OAK
GROVE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF LYNCHBURG...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH. THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY!!
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
WOODS RESERVOIR.
ALTO.
ESTILL SPRINGS.
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 8604 3530 8592 3526 8589 3524 8589
3521 8632 3523 8632 3526 8635 3535 8635
3534 8637 3540 8630 3540 8625
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 259DEG 43KT 3532 8618
$$1 follow-up statement
581
WWUS54 KHUN 281832
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1232 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011
TNC127-281842-
/O.CAN.KHUN.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110228T1845Z/
MOORE TN-
1232 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MOORE COUNTY IS CANCELED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST MONDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3524 8589 3524 8618 3532 8618 3533 8619
3535 8617 3536 8616 3536 8604 3530 8592
3526 8589
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 265DEG 39KT 3531 8612
$$
TNC051-281845-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110228T1845Z/
FRANKLIN TN-
1232 PM CST MON FEB 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...
AT 1230 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR ESTILL SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF
WINCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODS
RESERVOIR AND ALTO.
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!
&&
LAT...LON 3524 8589 3524 8618 3532 8618 3533 8619
3535 8617 3536 8616 3536 8604 3530 8592
3526 8589
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 265DEG 39KT 3531 8612
$$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, 12:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Moore | 18 min |
| Feb 28, 12:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 28 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.