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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 6:11 AM CDT for Franklin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 34 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
- Apr 27, 2011, 6:11 AM CDT (11:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Franklin County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2:26 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1852 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
323
WFUS54 KHUN 271111
TORHUN
TNC051-271145-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0043.110427T1111Z-110427T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
611 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 645 AM CDT
* AT 609 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
NEAR LOIS...OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF LYNCHBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
55 MPH. WIDESPREAD AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH
THIS STORM. THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
OAK GROVE.
WOODS RESERVOIR.
ALTO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! DO NOT RUN
OUTSIDE TO FIND THE TORNADO...THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY
LIFE THREATENING SITUATION!
&&
LAT...LON 3536 8602 3529 8591 3518 8607 3514 8631
3517 8631 3518 8628 3522 8630 3525 8627
3527 8628 3533 8624 3535 8625 3536 8623
3535 8619 3537 8616 3537 8612
TIME...MOT...LOC 1109Z 236DEG 48KT 3530 8627
$$
CBD1 follow-up statement
680
WWUS54 KHUN 271134
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
634 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
TNC051-271145-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-110427T1145Z/
FRANKLIN TN-
634 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY...
AT 630 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODS RESERVOIR...
OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE OAK GROVE AND ALTO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
&&
LAT...LON 3518 8610 3523 8613 3526 8614 3529 8616
3532 8619 3535 8618 3535 8617 3537 8615
3537 8611 3536 8602 3529 8591 3518 8607
TIME...MOT...LOC 1134Z 248DEG 38KT 3531 8598
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 5:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 5:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 7:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 10:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 49 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 12:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 20 min |
| Apr 27, 12:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 21 min |
| Apr 27, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 20 min |
| Apr 27, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 21 min |
| Apr 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 35 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.