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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2016, 12:23 AM CST for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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
- Nov 30, 2016, 12:23 AM CST (06:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2016, 12:46 AM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Jackson County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 6:47 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Nov 29, 10:28 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.
143
WFUS54 KHUN 300623
TORHUN
ALC071-300715-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0028.161130T0623Z-161130T0715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1223 AM CST WED NOV 30 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 115 AM CST
* AT 1223 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SECTION...OR NEAR SCOTTSBORO...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...
SCOTTSBORO AROUND 1235 AM CST.
HOLLYWOOD AROUND 1240 AM CST.
PISGAH AROUND 1245 AM CST.
HENAGAR AROUND 1255 AM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LANGSTON...DUTTON...FACKLER...ROSALIE AND MARTINTOWN.
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 3463 8578 3454 8596 3451 8604 3452 8608
3460 8615 3465 8610 3483 8588 3468 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0623Z 229DEG 33KT 3458 8607
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
732 follow-up statements
677
WWUS54 KHUN 300635
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1235 AM CST WED NOV 30 2016
ALC071-300715-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-161130T0715Z/
JACKSON AL-
1235 AM CST WED NOV 30 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
JACKSON COUNTY...
AT 1235 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLLYWOOD...OR NEAR SCOTTSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PISGAH AROUND 1245 AM CST.
HENAGAR AROUND 1250 AM CST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DUTTON...FACKLER...ROSALIE AND MARTINTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3463 8578 3456 8593 3468 8606 3483 8588
3468 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0635Z 231DEG 35KT 3466 8594
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
73591
WWUS54 KHUN 300646
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1246 AM CST WED NOV 30 2016
ALC071-300656-
/O.CAN.KHUN.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-161130T0715Z/
JACKSON AL-
1246 AM CST WED NOV 30 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3463 8578 3456 8593 3468 8606 3483 8588
3468 8574
TIME...MOT...LOC 0644Z 229DEG 33KT 3473 8584
$$
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, 10:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 28 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, 12:37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.