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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 3:58 PM CST for Franklin County, Lincoln County, Tennessee; Jackson County, Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 14 min. 7 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, 3:58 PM CST (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:12 PM CST
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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, 3:59 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 4 N Meridianville, AL | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED. |
| Mar 2, 4:00 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Hazel Green, AL | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED. |
| Mar 2, 4:03 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Hazel Green, AL | PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED. |
| Mar 2, 4:03 PM CST | HAIL 1.25 | 3 E Hazel Green, AL | QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT JOE QUICK RD AND TANNER RD |
| Mar 2, 4:05 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 3 Wnw New Market, AL | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT BUTLER RD AND NEW MARKET RD |
| Mar 2, 4:06 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | New Market, AL | GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED. |
| Mar 2, 4:09 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 4 Nw Hazel Green, AL | MEASURED IN THE 1500 BLOCK OF ELKWOOD SECTION ROAD. |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
885 WFUS54 KHUN 022158 TORHUN ALC071-089-TNC051-103-022230- /O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0019.120302T2158Z-120302T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 358 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE... NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 430 PM CST * AT 357 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HAZEL GREEN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM HAS BEEN PRODUCING WALL CLOUDS ACROSS LIMESTONE AND MADISON COUNTY...AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. * LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... LINCOLN. PLEVNA. ELORA. FRANCISCO. MAXWELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE. && LAT...LON 3511 8623 3492 8616 3487 8665 3500 8669 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 257DEG 42KT 3495 8658 $$ BCC
1 follow-up statement
643 WWUS54 KHUN 022212 SVSHUN SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 412 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ALC071-089-TNC051-103-022220- /O.CAN.KHUN.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120302T2230Z/ JACKSON AL-MADISON AL-FRANKLIN TN-LINCOLN TN- 412 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN...NORTHEASTERN MADISON AND NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES IS CANCELED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHEASTERN MADISON...AND NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTIES. WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...IT IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS! A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE. LAT...LON 3511 8623 3492 8616 3487 8665 3500 8669 TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 257DEG 42KT 3498 8640 $$ 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 | 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, 2:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 18 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, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 7:21 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 8:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 8:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 9:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 9:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 9:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 1:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 1:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 1:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 1:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 3:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lawrence | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 3:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 3:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 4:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 4:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Morgan | 15 min |
| Mar 2, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 5:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 5:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 18 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.