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Tornado Warning 98, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2011, 5:39 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Marshall County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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
- Apr 27, 2011, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
Counties DeKalb County, AL, Marshall County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 5:47 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Hyatt, AL | TORNADO ON GROUND AT NIXON CHAPEL |
| Apr 27, 6:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | Albertville, AL | TORNADO ON THE GROUND. DAMAGE OCCURRING AT TIME OF REPORT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
220
WFUS54 KHUN 272239
TORHUN
ALC049-095-272315-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0098.110427T2239Z-110427T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
539 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF DOUGLAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. A
TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR BLOUNTSVILLE.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
HIGH POINT.
ALBERTVILLE.
HUSTLEVILLE.
WHITON.
CHIGGER HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3423 8643 3426 8645 3428 8645 3448 8607
3448 8606 3424 8588 3420 8600 3420 8609
3419 8612 3418 8619 3410 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 240DEG 57KT 3413 8651
$$
CCC1 follow-up statement
809
WWUS54 KHUN 272249
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
549 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
ALC049-095-272315-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0098.000000T0000Z-110427T2315Z/
MARSHALL AL-DEKALB AL-
549 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN DEKALB AND SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...
...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
ALBERTVILLE...
AT 547 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NIXON CHAPEL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ARAB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DOUGLAS...HORTON...HIGH POINT...MOUNTAIN VIEW...RABBIT TOWN...
ALBERTVILLE...BOAZ...HUSTLEVILLE...ARONA...MCVILLE...KILPATRICK...
RODENTOWN...PAINTER...LATHAMVILLE...WHITON...CROSSVILLE...HOPEWELL...
GERALDINE...SKIRUM AND CHIGGER HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! DO NOT RUN
OUTSIDE TO FIND THE TORNADO...THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY
LIFE THREATENING SITUATION!
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3423 8643 3448 8607 3448 8606 3424 8588
3420 8600 3420 8609 3419 8612 3418 8619
3410 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 237DEG 53KT 3420 8638
$$
BCCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 3:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 3:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 4:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 4:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 4:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 9 min |
| Apr 27, 4:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 4:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 4:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 5:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 5:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 5:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 5:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 5:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 6:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 6:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 6:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Marshall | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 6:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 6:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 6:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 7:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 7:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 21 min |
| Apr 27, 7:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 20 min |
| Apr 27, 7:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 10 min |
| Apr 27, 8:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 8:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 8:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 9:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 9:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 9:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 9:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 46 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 10:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 38 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 3 days |
| Apr 27, 10:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 9 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 3 days |
| Apr 27, 10:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 10:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 10:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 11:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 11:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 11:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 11:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Limestone, Madison | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 12:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 20 min |
| Apr 27, 12:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 65 min |
| Apr 27, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 1:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 17 min |
| Apr 27, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison, Morgan | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 36 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.