Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2015, 7:54 PM CDT for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min. 6 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 3, 2015, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Madison County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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 3, 7:54 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Ssw Harvest, AL | FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED FROM MADISON LOOKING NORTH TOWARD HARVEST. |
| Apr 3, 7:54 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wnw Harvest, AL | POWER LINES DOWN ON TYLER WILL ROAD NEAR HARVEST ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Apr 3, 7:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Harvest, AL | MULTIPLE TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED...UNDERPINNINGS OF A MOBILE HOME WERE PUNCHED IN...ROOFING STRIPPED OFF A BARBER SHOP...AND A BILLBOARD WAS PUNCHED IN AS WELL. WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 80-90 MPH. THIS OCCURRED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 53 AND H |
| Apr 3, 7:57 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Harvest, AL | TREE DOWN ON PEBBLESTONE DRIVE. |
| Apr 3, 8:02 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Meridianville, AL | TREE DOWN AT PULASKI PIKE AND OPPORTUNITY BLVD JUST NORTH OF THE TOYOTA PLANT. |
| Apr 3, 8:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Sse Harvest, AL | ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 3, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
093
WFUS54 KHUN 040054
TORHUN
ALC089-040130-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0002.150404T0054Z-150404T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
754 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 754 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER HARVEST...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF MADISON...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HUNTSVILLE AROUND 805 PM CDT.
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE AROUND 810 PM CDT.
REDSTONE ARSENAL AND ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY AROUND 815 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RYLAND.
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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3482 8643 3464 8651 3478 8679 3485 8679
3489 8675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 292DEG 23KT 3481 8674
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
LN2 follow-up statements
277
WWUS54 KHUN 040112
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
812 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
ALC089-040130-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150404T0130Z/
MADISON AL-
812 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MADISON COUNTY...
AT 811 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN HUNTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HUNTSVILLE AND ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY AROUND 815 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
RYLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TWO REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
RADAR INDICATED ROTATION IS CONTINUING SO THE TORNADO WARNING WILL
CONTINUE AT THIS TIME.
&&
LAT...LON 3482 8643 3464 8651 3474 8672 3480 8668
3486 8663
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 292DEG 23KT 3477 8661
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
LN622
WWUS54 KHUN 040121 RRA
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
821 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
ALC089-040131-
/O.EXP.KHUN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150404T0130Z/
MADISON AL-
821 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830
PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3482 8643 3464 8651 3474 8672 3480 8668
3486 8663
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 292DEG 23KT 3477 8661
$$
LNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 53 min |
| Apr 3, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 11 min |
| Apr 3, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 12 min |
| Apr 4, 2:36 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 16 hr |
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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.