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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Huntsville, AL

April 28, 2014Lincoln County, Tennessee; Madison County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Tennessee; Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 min. 11 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: Apr 28, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Madison County, AL, Lincoln County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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
Apr 28, 5:50 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	4 Wnw Hazel Green, AL	EF-1 WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 105 MPH. PATH LENGTH OF 8.9 MILES. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS.
Apr 28, 5:50 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	4 Wnw Hazel Green, AL	EF-1 WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 105 MPH. PATH LENGTH OF 9.4 MILES. MAXIMUM PATH WID OF 100 YARDS.
Apr 28, 6:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nne Harvest, AL	TWO LARGE TREES DOWN AND DEBRIS REPORTED.
Apr 28, 6:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Wnw Hazel Green, AL	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
Apr 28, 6:09 PM CDT	TORNADO 2	1 Ene Lincoln, TN	EF-2 WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 115 MPH. PATH LENGTH 9.3 MILES. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 250 YARDS.
Apr 28, 6:09 PM CDT	TORNADO 2	1 Ene Littleville, TN	EF-2 WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 115 MPH. PATH LENGTH 9.53 MILES. MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH OF 250 YARDS.
Apr 28, 6:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ese Elkwood, AL	LARGE TREE DOWN ON BOBO SECTION ROAD.
Apr 28, 6:17 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Wnw Hazel Green, AL	MOBLE HOME DAMAGE WAS REPORTED.
Apr 28, 6:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Wsw Lincoln, TN	POWERLINES DOWN...AND TREES DOWN. OLD LINCOLN ROAD AND LINCOLN ROAD INTERSECTION IMPASSIBLE.
Apr 28, 6:22 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hazel Green, AL	2 BRADFORD PEARS WERE REPORTED DOWN ON RETRIEVER RUN.
Apr 28, 6:24 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	W Lincoln, TN	WIND DAMAGE REPORTED FROM LINCOLN ROAD TO FLINTVILLE. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 5 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 28, 12:39 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 267 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 573 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 616 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 14.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

168 
WFUS54 KHUN 282245
TORHUN
ALC089-TNC103-282315-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0012.140428T2245Z-140428T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
545 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
    
* AT 544 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  NEAR HARVEST...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MERIDIANVILLE...AND MOVING
  EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A LARGE TORNADO WITH 
  SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF LIMESTONE COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MERIDIANVILLE...MOORES MILL...HAZEL GREEN...NEW MARKET...HARVEST...
  LINCOLN...PLEVNA...TONEY...FISK AND CRYSTAL SPRINGS.

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 3491 8636 3487 8677 3494 8677 3510 8647
      3501 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 250DEG 28KT 3492 8671 

$$

DJN.83

1 follow-up statement

140 
WWUS54 KHUN 282303
SVSHUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
603 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

ALC089-TNC103-282315-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140428T2315Z/
MADISON AL-LINCOLN TN-
603 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MADISON AND SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTIES...
    
AT 602 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS 
TORNADO IS LOCATED NEAR HAZEL GREEN...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF 
MERIDIANVILLE...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MERIDIANVILLE...MOORES MILL...HAZEL GREEN...NEW MARKET...LINCOLN...
PLEVNA...FISK AND CRYSTAL SPRINGS.

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 3488 8663 3496 8669 3510 8647 3501 8640
      3491 8636
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 250DEG 28KT 3497 8654 

$$

DJN.83

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 28, 4:55 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 4:55 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
455 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

.UPDATE...
MESOSCALE UPDATE.

&&

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...
SUPERCELLS CONTINUE TO MARCH EASTWARD ACROSS THE HUN CWFA THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH A CONFIRMED TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT THE MOMENT
CROSSING THE TENNESSEE RIVER FROM THE LAWRENCE/LAUDERDALE COUNTY BORDER
INTO LIMESTONE COUNTY. THIS CELL DEVELOPED WEST OF RUSSELLVILLE JUST
A SHORT WHILE AGO AND HAS STRENGTHENED AS IT MOVED EAST/NORTHEAST.
LOW LEVEL HELICITIES OF 200 TO 300 M2/S2 AND LCL LEVELS OF 500-700M ARE
POOLING JUST HEAD OF/ALONG THE SUPERCELLS, AIDING IN TORNADO
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON.

THE AREA REMAINS IN THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF A H5 JET ROUNDING THE
BASE OF THE UPPER TROF PARKED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS, ENHANCING LIFT
ALOFT FOR THE ONGOING CONVECTION.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THREAT, HP SUPERCELLS ARE ALSO KNOWN FOR
THEIR PROLIFIC RAIN-PRODUCING PROPERTIES. AS SUCH, RAIN RATES OF 3-4"
PER HOUR HAVE BEEN NOTED OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS
WILL FOLLOW THIS LINE OF CONVECTION AS IT MARCHES EASTWARD THIS
EVENING.

12

&&

.AVIATION...
/ISSUED 1222 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014/
FOR 18Z TAFS...
TS WILL INCREASE BETWEEN 21-23Z FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-65.
STORMS WILL IMPACT KMSL INITIALLY AND POSSIBLY KHSV BY 23Z.
CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING
TORNADOES...THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS N AL. AS STORMS APPROACH...
EXPECT WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS AND VSBY WITH HEAVY RAIN/INTENSITY OF
STORMS TEMPORARILY LOWERING CIGS/VSBY TO IFR (OR WORSE). WIND GUSTS
WILL BE ERRATIC. CONDITIONS APPEAR TO IMPROVE WEST TO EAST BETWEEN
03-07Z/TONIGHT.

DJN.83

&&

.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALZ001>010-016.

TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR TNZ076-096-097.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE
AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 2:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
228 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-291000-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-
LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-
MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
228 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING DAMAGING
WINDS...TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND FLASH FLOODING. A FEW STRONG
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL INCREASE
THIS EVENING AS MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

ONE FINAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ALONG A COLD FRONT AS
IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS AS THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
REQUESTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 4:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
423 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0417 PM     HAIL             4 NNW LEIGHTON          34.76N 87.56W
04/28/2014  E0.50 INCH       COLBERT            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED.

&&

KWEBER

Local storm report, Apr 28, 4:50 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
450 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0410 PM     TORNADO          8 W LEIGHTON            34.70N 87.67W
04/28/2014                   COLBERT            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER AT THIS
            LOCATION.

0400 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     5 N NORTH COURTLAND     34.74N 87.33W
04/28/2014                   LAWRENCE           AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A WALL CLOUD NORTH OF COURTLAND

&&

KWEBER

Local storm report, Apr 28, 4:58 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
458 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     TORNADO          2 NNW RUSSELLVILLE      34.53N 87.74W
04/28/2014                   FRANKLIN           AL   STORM CHASER

            STORM CHASER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NORTHWEST
            OF RUSSELLVILLE.

&&

KWEBER

Local storm report, Apr 28, 5:04 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
504 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0359 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNW RUSSELLVILLE      34.53N 87.74W
04/28/2014                   FRANKLIN           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN NORTHWEST OF
            RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.

&&

KWEBER

Local storm report, Apr 28, 5:22 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
522 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0521 PM     HAIL             ELKMONT                 34.93N 86.98W
04/28/2014  E2.75 INCH       LIMESTONE          AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BASEBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED.

&&

KWEBER

Local storm report, Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
545 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RED BAY                 34.44N 88.14W
04/28/2014                   FRANKLIN           AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN...SOME ON BUILDINGS...AND
            POWER POLES DOWN. ONE WOMAN WAS TRAPPED IN HER HOUSE...NO
            INJURIES REPORTED.

&&

KWEBER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lincoln	22 min
Apr 28, 5:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Lincoln	3 hr
Apr 28, 6:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln	36 min
Apr 28, 6:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin	23 min
Apr 28, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	34 min
Apr 28, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin	31 min
Apr 28, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	58 min
Apr 28, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	51 min
Apr 28, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	34 min
Apr 28, 3:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	6 hr
Apr 28, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	34 min
Apr 28, 4:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	6 hr
Apr 28, 4:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	25 min
Apr 28, 4:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	HUN	Limestone	34 min
Apr 28, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	HUN	Limestone, Madison	30 min
Apr 28, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin	39 min
Apr 28, 5:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone	34 min
Apr 28, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lawrence	25 min
Apr 28, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Madison	33 min
Apr 28, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison	35 min
Apr 28, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	25 min
Apr 28, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence	23 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.