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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2013, 2:09 PM CDT for Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min. 5 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
- May 17, 2013, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2013, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Limestone County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2:17 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Ne Athens, AL | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT I-65 AND HWY 31 |
| May 17, 2:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Ardmore, AL | STRUCTURE AND TREE DAMAGE ON HARDIMAN ROAD NEAR ARDMORE. TORNADO POSSIBLE. |
| May 17, 2:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Ardmore, AL | THIS VERY SHORT-LIVED TORNADO WAS PART OF THE SAME STORM THAT PRODUCED THE SOUTH ATHENS TORNADO. DAMAGE WAS SEEN IN A LESS THAN 1/4 MILE SWATH BETWEEN RESIDENCES ALONG EITHER SIDE OF HARDIMAN LANE. SEVERAL RESIDENCES SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE WITH SHINGLES B |
| May 17, 2:46 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Sw Ardmore, AL | TORNADO REPORTED AT FORT HAMPTON RD AND CLEM RD. RELAYED BY 911/EMA. |
| May 17, 2:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Ardmore, AL | SIGHTING OF TORNADO ON BOYDS CHAPEL ROAD NEAR INTERSTATE 65. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
114
WFUS54 KHUN 171909
TORHUN
ALC083-171945-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0013.130517T1909Z-130517T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
209 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
* AT 204 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND JUST SOUTH OF ATHENS. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS TORNADO
MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATHENS...ARDMORE AND ELKMONT.
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 3499 8692 3499 8678 3489 8678 3475 8692
3479 8707 3500 8701 3500 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 201DEG 15KT 3480 8697
$$
SL.772 follow-up statements
102
WWUS54 KHUN 171920
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
220 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
ALC083-171945-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130517T1945Z/
LIMESTONE AL-
220 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY...
AT 215 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD CLOSE
TO THE INTERSTATE 65 AND HIGHWAY 31 INTERSECTION. THIS TORNADIC
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATHENS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARDMORE AND ELKMONT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3499 8679 3490 8683 3481 8692 3482 8700
3499 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 194DEG 18KT 3486 8694
$$
SL.77826
WWUS54 KHUN 171933
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
233 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
ALC083-171945-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130517T1945Z/
LIMESTONE AL-
233 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY...
AT 227 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR ARDMORE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF ATHENS...MOVING NORTH
AT 15 MPH.
AT 215 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR INTERSTATE 65 AND HIGHWAY 31.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARDMORE AND ELKMONT.
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 3496 8680 3490 8684 3486 8688 3487 8698
3499 8700 3499 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 201DEG 15KT 3492 8691
$$
SL.77The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 10:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 33 min |
| May 17, 10:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 32 min |
| May 17, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 24 min |
| May 17, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 18 min |
| May 17, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 28 min |
| May 17, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 37 min |
| May 17, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 27 min |
| May 17, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 27 min |
| May 17, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 45 min |
| May 17, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 46 min |
| May 17, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 39 min |
| May 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 44 min |
| May 17, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.