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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 4:55 PM CST for Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:55 PM CST (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 5:10 PM CST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Morgan County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 544 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
556
WFUS54 KHUN 022255
TORHUN
ALC103-022330-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0021.120302T2255Z-120302T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
455 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 530 PM CST
* AT 449 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COLE
SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARTSELLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
COLE SPRING.
HIGHWAY 67.
FLORETTE.
MORGAN CITY.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3431 8686 3431 8689 3437 8692 3455 8655
3453 8655 3452 8656 3443 8658 3436 8658
3430 8677 3430 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 243DEG 35KT 3434 8681
$$2 follow-up statements
010
WWUS54 KHUN 022306
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
506 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC103-022330-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120302T2330Z/
MORGAN AL-
506 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY...
AT 503 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FLORETTE...OR
ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF ARAB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MORGAN
CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3439 8677 3440 8678 3443 8679 3455 8655
3453 8655 3449 8657 3443 8658 3436 8658
3432 8671
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 243DEG 35KT 3439 8668
$$478
WWUS54 KHUN 022310
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
510 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ALC103-022320-
/O.CAN.KHUN.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120302T2330Z/
MORGAN AL-
510 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN 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.
HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS EASTERN
MORGAN COUNTY THROUGH 520 PM. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3439 8677 3440 8678 3443 8679 3455 8655
3453 8655 3449 8657 3443 8658 3436 8658
3432 8671
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 243DEG 35KT 3441 8664
$$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 | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 11 hr |
| 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, 9:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 33 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, 9:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 9:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 10:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 10:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 36 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, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 30 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, 3:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 14 min |
| Mar 2, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 50 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, 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 |
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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.