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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Huntsville, AL

November 30, 2016Jackson County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2016, 1:44 AM CST for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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, 1:44 AM CST (07:44 UTC)
Expired
Nov 30, 2016, 2:15 AM CST
In force
31 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), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:46 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 29, 6:47 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Nov 29, 10:28 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 321 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
321 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

494 
WFUS54 KHUN 300744
TORHUN
ALC071-300815-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0029.161130T0744Z-161130T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
144 AM CST WED NOV 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 215 AM CST
    
* AT 144 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF NEW MARKET...OR 13 MILES EAST
  OF MOORES MILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  JERICHO...HYTOP...BASS...PRINCETON AND LARKIN.

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 3481 8632 3488 8635 3491 8631 3494 8632
      3495 8629 3492 8627 3493 8626 3495 8626
      3497 8630 3499 8627 3499 8593 3492 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0744Z 239DEG 26KT 3489 8629 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement
833 
WWUS54 KHUN 300756
SVSHUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
156 AM CST WED NOV 30 2016

ALC071-300815-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-161130T0815Z/
JACKSON AL-
156 AM CST WED NOV 30 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY...
    
AT 156 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUNTLAND...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF
WINCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
HYTOP...JERICHO...ESTILLFORK AND BASS. 

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 3484 8621 3499 8620 3499 8593 3492 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0756Z 239DEG 26KT 3494 8619 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 6:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin47 min
Nov 29, 7:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin25 min
Nov 29, 7:14 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNColbert, Franklin31 min
Nov 29, 7:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence29 min
Nov 29, 7:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone31 min
Nov 29, 8:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Morgan38 min
Nov 29, 8:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone4 hr
Nov 29, 8:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLimestone, Madison28 min
Nov 29, 8:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLimestone, Madison, Morgan46 min
Nov 29, 8:48 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNFranklin27 min
Nov 29, 8:58 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNLimestone, Madison, Morgan22 min
Nov 29, 8:59 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNCullman31 min
Nov 29, 9:07 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNLimestone, Madison23 min
Nov 29, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman, Morgan37 min
Nov 29, 9:24 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNMadison23 min
Nov 29, 9:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone43 min
Nov 29, 9:41 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone19 min
Nov 29, 9:41 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNJackson, Madison37 min
Nov 29, 10:17 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNCullman28 min
Nov 29, 10:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson40 min
Nov 29, 10:31 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNMorgan29 min
Nov 29, 10:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison41 min
Nov 29, 10:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson41 min
Nov 29, 10:54 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNJackson36 min
Nov 29, 10:56 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNMarshall, Morgan22 min
Nov 29, 11:12 PM CSTTornado WarningHUNMadison, Marshall14 min
Nov 29, 11:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Marshall43 min
Nov 30, 12:02 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson24 min
Nov 30, 12:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin, Lawrence, Morgan40 min
Nov 30, 12:23 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNJackson23 min
Nov 30, 12:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan38 min
Nov 30, 12:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Morgan40 min
Nov 30, 12:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLimestone, Madison, Morgan50 min
Nov 30, 1:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison, Marshall, Morgan39 min
Nov 30, 1:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson65 min
Nov 30, 1:41 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan6 hr
Nov 30, 1:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan40 min
Nov 30, 2:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson33 min
Nov 30, 2:15 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNJackson30 min
Nov 30, 2:37 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNCullman38 min
Nov 30, 2:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson36 min
Nov 30, 3:08 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNCullman, Marshall, Morgan37 min
Nov 30, 3:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNJackson6 hr
Nov 30, 3:34 AM CSTTornado WarningHUNMadison, Marshall, Morgan26 min
Nov 30, 3:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall37 min
Nov 30, 4:29 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson46 min
Nov 30, 5:11 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman49 min
Nov 30, 5:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNCullman, Madison, Marshall, Morgan6 hr
Nov 30, 6:44 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson, Marshall4 hr
Nov 30, 10:49 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson, Marshall4 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.