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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2012, 6:02 PM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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
- Sep 2, 2012, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jackson County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
939
WFUS54 KHUN 022302
TORHUN
ALC071-022330-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0034.120902T2302Z-120902T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
602 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 600 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR WOODVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTTSBORO...HOLLYWOOD...SKYLINE...WOODVILLE...PISGAH AND DUTTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3460 8582 3460 8631 3480 8633 3488 8584
3461 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 264DEG 29KT 3470 8625
$$
SL2 follow-up statements
615
WWUS54 KHUN 022318
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
618 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012
ALC071-022330-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120902T2330Z/
JACKSON AL-
618 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY...
AT 614 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR SCOTTSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTTSBORO...HOLLYWOOD...SKYLINE...PISGAH AND DUTTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3460 8582 3460 8617 3482 8618 3488 8584
3461 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 264DEG 29KT 3471 8611
$$
SL306
WWUS54 KHUN 022327
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
627 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012
ALC071-022336-
/O.EXP.KHUN.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120902T2330Z/
JACKSON AL-
627 PM CDT SUN SEP 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
630 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE...
AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3460 8582 3460 8617 3482 8618 3488 8584
3461 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 264DEG 29KT 3471 8611
$$
SLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 12:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 26 min |
| Sep 2, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 36 min |
| Sep 2, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lawrence | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 36 min |
| Sep 2, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 31 min |
| Sep 2, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 26 min |
| Sep 2, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 31 min |
| Sep 2, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 27 min |
| Sep 2, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 36 min |
| Sep 2, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 28 min |
| Sep 2, 5:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 5:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 30 min |
| Sep 2, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 20 min |
| Sep 2, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 47 min |
| Sep 2, 6:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 36 min |
| Sep 2, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 53 min |
| Sep 2, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 15 min |
| Sep 2, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 53 min |
| Sep 2, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 34 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.