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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Huntsville, AL

March 2, 2012Lincoln County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 2:38 PM CST for Lincoln County, Tennessee. It was in force for 18 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: Mar 2, 2012, 2:38 PM CST (20:38 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 2:56 PM CST
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 2, 2:45 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	3 S Fayetteville, TN	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT PARK CITY.
Mar 2, 2:51 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 W Lincoln, TN	WALL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR HWY 275 IN TENNESSEE

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
Mar 2, 1:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.1

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The text

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

934 
WFUS54 KHUN 022038
TORHUN
TNC103-022115-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0013.120302T2038Z-120302T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
238 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 315 PM CST

* AT 234 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CASH
  POINT...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
  CARMARGO.
  SKINEM.
  MOLINO.
  KELSO.
  SMITHLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

&&

LAT...LON 3523 8642 3524 8640 3521 8638 3513 8637
      3513 8635 3515 8635 3513 8635 3512 8632
      3507 8632 3500 8652 3500 8684 3509 8684
      3526 8643
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 250DEG 46KT 3504 8674

$$

BCC

1 follow-up statement

692 
WWUS54 KHUN 022056
SVSHUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
256 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

TNC103-022106-
/O.CAN.KHUN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120302T2115Z/
LINCOLN TN-
256 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY IS CANCELED...

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE. 
THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. NO TORNADO WARNINGS 
REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY.

HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE 
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS AND OTHER THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INDOORS UNTIL 
THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

LAT...LON 3523 8642 3524 8640 3521 8638 3513 8637
      3513 8635 3515 8635 3513 8635 3512 8632
      3507 8632 3500 8652 3500 8684 3509 8684
      3526 8643
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 250DEG 46KT 3510 8649

$$

BCC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 4:44 AM CST	Wind Advisory	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	11 hr
Mar 2, 9:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lincoln	33 min
Mar 2, 9:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln	34 min
Mar 2, 9:55 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin	9 min
Mar 2, 9:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln	31 min
Mar 2, 10:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin	35 min
Mar 2, 10:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin	36 min
Mar 2, 1:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lincoln	50 min
Mar 2, 2:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lincoln	30 min
Mar 2, 2:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	32 min
Mar 2, 2:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	47 min
Mar 2, 3:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin	19 min
Mar 2, 3:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln	14 min
Mar 2, 4:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln	50 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.