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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2016, 10:17 PM CST for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 min. 2 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
- Nov 29, 2016, 10:17 PM CST (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 29, 2016, 10:45 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Cullman County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 10:20 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ese Addison, AL | WINDOWS AND ROOF DAMAGED ON A HOME. DAMAGE ALSO TO A MOBILE HOME AND BARN. |
| Nov 29, 10:32 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ese Addison, AL | WINDOWS AND ROOF DAMAGED ON A HOME. DAMAGE ALSO TO A MOBILE HOME AND BARN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 6:47 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 410 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 477 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted.
557
WFUS54 KHUN 300417
TORHUN
ALC043-300445-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0021.161130T0417Z-161130T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1017 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CULLMAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CST
* AT 1017 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ADDISON...OR NEAR ARLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 50 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SARDIS AROUND 1025 PM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WEST
POINT...JONES CHAPEL...BATTLEGROUND AND VINEMONT.
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 3428 8711 3431 8708 3430 8675 3412 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 0417Z 230DEG 42KT 3418 8718
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
73The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 47 min |
| Nov 29, 7:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 25 min |
| Nov 29, 7:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 31 min |
| Nov 29, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 29 min |
| Nov 29, 7:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 31 min |
| Nov 29, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 38 min |
| Nov 29, 8:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 4 hr |
| Nov 29, 8:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 28 min |
| Nov 29, 8:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 46 min |
| Nov 29, 8:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 27 min |
| Nov 29, 8:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 22 min |
| Nov 29, 8:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 31 min |
| Nov 29, 9:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 23 min |
| Nov 29, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 37 min |
| Nov 29, 9:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 23 min |
| Nov 29, 9:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone | 43 min |
| Nov 29, 9:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone | 19 min |
| Nov 29, 9:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 37 min |
| Nov 29, 10:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 40 min |
| Nov 29, 10:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Morgan | 29 min |
| Nov 29, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 41 min |
| Nov 29, 10:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 41 min |
| Nov 29, 10:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 36 min |
| Nov 29, 10:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Marshall, Morgan | 22 min |
| Nov 29, 11:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall | 14 min |
| Nov 29, 11:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Marshall | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 12:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 24 min |
| Nov 30, 12:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 12:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 23 min |
| Nov 30, 12:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 38 min |
| Nov 30, 12:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 12:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 50 min |
| Nov 30, 1:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 39 min |
| Nov 30, 1:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 65 min |
| Nov 30, 1:41 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Nov 30, 1:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 1:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 2:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 33 min |
| Nov 30, 2:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 30 min |
| Nov 30, 2:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 38 min |
| Nov 30, 2:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 3:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 37 min |
| Nov 30, 3:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson | 6 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 3:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 37 min |
| Nov 30, 4:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 46 min |
| Nov 30, 5:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 49 min |
| Nov 30, 5:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Nov 30, 6:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 4 hr |
| Nov 30, 10:49 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 4 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.