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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 9:55 AM CST for Franklin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 9 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, 9:55 AM CST (15:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 10:04 AM CST
- In force
- 9 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Franklin County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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, 9:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.
800
WFUS54 KHUN 021555
TORHUN
TNC051-021630-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0007.120302T1555Z-120302T1630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
955 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CST
* AT 950 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ESTILL
SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF WINCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 65
MPH.
* LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...
ALTO.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
&&
LAT...LON 3535 8605 3535 8603 3532 8600 3531 8596
3530 8592 3526 8589 3520 8614 3535 8620
3537 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1555Z 251DEG 56KT 3531 8606
$$1 follow-up statement
119
WWUS54 KHUN 021604
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1004 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
TNC051-021614-
/O.CAN.KHUN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120302T1630Z/
FRANKLIN TN-
1004 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IS
CANCELED...
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3535 8605 3535 8603 3532 8600 3531 8596
3530 8592 3526 8589 3520 8614 3535 8620
3537 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1604Z 251DEG 56KT 3464 8564
$$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, 9:59 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, 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 |
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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.