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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Huntsville, AL

April 27, 2011Colbert County, Franklin County, Lawrence County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 3:56 PM CDT for Colbert County, Franklin County, Lawrence County, Alabama. 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, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2011, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lawrence County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 27, 1:42 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2011-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2011-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -359 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-359 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

470 
WFUS54 KHUN 272056
TORHUN
ALC033-059-079-272130-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0073.110427T2056Z-110427T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN COLBERT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
  EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 356 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PHIL CAMPBELL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  HAMILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  PHIL CAMPBELL.
  NEWBURG.
  MT HOPE.
  HATTON.

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 NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3432 8786 3466 8757 3447 8727 3430 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 220DEG 48KT 3427 8776

$$

KDW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 3:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert, Franklin32 min
Apr 27, 3:49 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Franklin26 min
Apr 27, 3:53 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale37 min
Apr 27, 4:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lawrence28 min
Apr 27, 4:09 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale36 min
Apr 27, 4:19 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence26 min
Apr 27, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin, Lawrence27 min
Apr 27, 4:36 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNLauderdale9 min
Apr 27, 4:40 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone35 min
Apr 27, 4:47 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lawrence28 min
Apr 27, 4:59 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNLauderdale, Limestone31 min
Apr 27, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan43 min
Apr 27, 5:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Madison, Marshall, Morgan46 min
Apr 27, 5:24 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Morgan36 min
Apr 27, 5:27 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNCullman48 min
Apr 27, 5:31 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNLawrence, Morgan29 min
Apr 27, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison35 min
Apr 27, 5:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison47 min
Apr 27, 6:02 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone, Madison, Morgan28 min
Apr 27, 6:09 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNCullman, Marshall, Morgan36 min
Apr 27, 6:19 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNMarshall41 min
Apr 27, 6:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison40 min
Apr 27, 6:37 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall23 min
Apr 27, 6:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb46 min
Apr 27, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson45 min
Apr 27, 6:52 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson, Marshall38 min
Apr 27, 7:08 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNDeKalb37 min
Apr 27, 7:24 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson21 min
Apr 27, 7:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson20 min
Apr 27, 7:41 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNJackson10 min
Apr 27, 8:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin, Lawrence38 min
Apr 27, 8:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence34 min
Apr 27, 8:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Morgan42 min
Apr 27, 9:05 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Morgan25 min
Apr 27, 9:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone31 min
Apr 27, 9:20 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone, Madison, Morgan25 min
Apr 27, 9:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLimestone, Madison27 min
Apr 27, 9:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale50 min
Apr 27, 9:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNMadison46 hr
Apr 27, 10:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin45 min
Apr 27, 10:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNMadison38 hr
Apr 27, 10:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall3 days
Apr 27, 10:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale9 hr
Apr 27, 10:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNLawrence3 days
Apr 27, 10:12 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Franklin33 min
Apr 27, 10:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale38 min
Apr 27, 10:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lawrence47 min
Apr 27, 10:53 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin, Lawrence, Morgan37 min
Apr 27, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan47 min
Apr 27, 11:18 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone, Madison27 min
Apr 27, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan49 min
Apr 27, 11:27 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone, Madison33 min
Apr 27, 11:30 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone, Madison, Morgan30 min
Apr 27, 11:41 AM CDTTornado WarningHUNJackson, Limestone, Madison34 min
Apr 27, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall45 min
Apr 27, 12:04 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNJackson, Madison26 min
Apr 27, 12:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone8 hr
Apr 27, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan43 min
Apr 27, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNJackson20 min
Apr 27, 12:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNLimestone, Madison, Morgan8 hr
Apr 27, 12:31 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMadison, Marshall, Morgan29 min
Apr 27, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall65 min
Apr 27, 1:11 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson34 min
Apr 27, 1:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall3 hr
Apr 27, 1:41 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLawrence, Morgan34 min
Apr 27, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Morgan17 min
Apr 27, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNCullman36 min
Apr 27, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale44 min
Apr 27, 2:43 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyHUNCullman, Morgan32 min
Apr 27, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale24 min
Apr 27, 3:03 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyHUNCullman, Madison, Marshall, Morgan42 min
Apr 27, 3:08 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale37 min
Apr 27, 3:17 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyHUNColbert, Franklin, Lawrence43 min
Apr 27, 3:25 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall50 min
Apr 27, 3:51 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNJackson24 min
Apr 27, 3:51 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Morgan24 min
Apr 27, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNCullman, Marshall, Morgan31 min
Apr 27, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMadison, Morgan38 min
Apr 27, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin36 min
Apr 27, 4:11 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyHUNLawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan34 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.