Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 6:53 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Tennessee; Lauderdale County, Limestone County, Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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 31, 2016, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Lauderdale County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Lincoln County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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 31, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 673 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 836 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
942
WFUS54 KHUN 312353
TORHUN
ALC077-083-089-TNC103-010030-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0002.160331T2353Z-160401T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
653 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHERN LIMESTONE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 653 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF ARDMORE...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF
ATHENS... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WITH STRONG
LOCATION IS LOCATED NORTH OF ANDERSON ALABAMA...ALSO MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARDMORE...HARVEST...ELKMONT...ANDERSON...LESTER...BLANCHE...LEGGTOWN...
GOOD SPRINGS...TAFT AND HOLLAND GIN.
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 3511 8666 3485 8667 3494 8735 3500 8735
3499 8684 3510 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 271DEG 31KT 3499 8699
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
BCC1 follow-up statement
250
WWUS54 KHUN 010025
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
725 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
ALC077-010034-
/O.CAN.KHUN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160401T0030Z/
LAUDERDALE AL-
725 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
ALABAMA...AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3511 8666 3485 8667 3496 8713 3500 8713
3499 8684 3510 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 271DEG 10KT 3499 8704
$$
ALC083-089-TNC103-010030-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160401T0030Z/
MADISON AL-LIMESTONE AL-LINCOLN TN-
725 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MADISON...NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE AND SOUTHWESTERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES...
AT 724 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF ARDMORE...ALONG THE TENNESSEE ALABAMA
STATE LINE... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARDMORE...HARVEST...ELKMONT...HOLLAND GIN...CASH POINT...TONEY...BLANCHE...
LEGGTOWN...TAFT AND COLDWATER.
LAT...LON 3511 8666 3485 8667 3496 8713 3500 8713
3499 8684 3510 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 271DEG 10KT 3499 8704
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BCCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 65 min |
| Mar 31, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 26 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2016Tornado Warnings in Tennessee, 2016Every tornado warning in 2016Tornadoes in 2016
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.