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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2011, 7:28 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2011, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lincoln County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
467
WFUS54 KHUN 240028
TORHUN
TNC103-240115-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0020.110324T0028Z-110324T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
728 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 728 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MCBURG...OR
ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF PULASKI...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
COLDWATER.
HARMS.
FAYETTEVILLE.
MOLINO.
KELSO.
SMITHLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3520 8637 3515 8636 3500 8636 3507 8677
3509 8683 3525 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 277DEG 36KT 3516 8678
$$
KULA2 follow-up statements
007
WWUS54 KHUN 240037
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
737 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
TNC103-240115-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110324T0115Z/
LINCOLN TN-
737 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR LINCOLN
COUNTY...
AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLDWATER...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
HARMS...CARMARGO...SKINEM...BELLEVIEW...MOLINO...KELSO...CRYSTAL
SPRINGS...FLINTVILLE AND SMITHLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3520 8637 3515 8636 3500 8636 3507 8677
3509 8683 3525 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 288DEG 32KT 3512 8669
$$
KULA980
WWUS54 KHUN 240113
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
813 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
TNC103-240123-
/O.EXP.KHUN.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110324T0115Z/
LINCOLN TN-
813 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815 PM CDT...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE. THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3520 8637 3515 8636 3500 8636 3507 8677
3509 8683 3525 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 288DEG 32KT 3502 8633
$$
KULAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 81 min |
| Mar 23, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Moore | 37 min |
| Mar 23, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.