Tornado Warning 49, NWS Huntsville, AL

Issued

Apr 27, 2011, 7:41 AM CDT (12:41 UTC)

Expired

Apr 27, 2011, 7:51 AM CDT

In force

10 min

Issued by

NWS Huntsville, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Jackson County, AL

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS54 KHUN 271241
TORHUN
ALC071-271300-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0049.110427T1241Z-110427T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
741 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 736 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LONG       
  ISLAND...OR ABOUT NEAR BRIDGEPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.    
  THERE ARE MULTIPLE CIRCULATIONS WITH THIS STORM AND IT HAS A       
  HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS SOUTHERN             
  JACKSON...MARSHALL...AND DEKALB COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADO IS ON 
THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN 
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING AND 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 800 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL
TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3485 8561 3493 8573 3500 8567 3500 8561
      3499 8560 3489 8558 3487 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 1240Z 219DEG 44KT 3495 8559

$$

CCC

338 
WWUS54 KHUN 271251
SVSHUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
751 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

ALC071-271300-
/O.CAN.KHUN.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110427T1300Z/
JACKSON AL-
751 AM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IS CANCELED...

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS 
THUNDERSTORM. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL
TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3485 8561 3493 8573 3500 8567 3500 8561
      3499 8560 3489 8558 3487 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 219DEG 44KT 3504 8549

$$

CCC

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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.