Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 9:24 PM CDT for Madison 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
- Mar 31, 2016, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2016, 9:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 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), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 693 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted.
189
WFUS54 KHUN 010224
TORHUN
ALC089-010300-
/O.NEW.KHUN.TO.W.0007.160401T0224Z-160401T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
924 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 923 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER TRIANA...OR NEAR MADISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT ABOUT 905 PM...DAMAGE WAS
REPORTED IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MORGAN
COUNTY IN THE HARTSELLE AND PRICEVILLE AREAS.
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...
HUNTSVILLE...MADISON...REDSTONE ARSENAL...MOORES MILL...TRIANA...
MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER...ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY...
HUNTSVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN
HUNTSVILLE AND HAMPTON COVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3484 8654 3466 8641 3457 8667 3459 8669
3459 8671 3455 8675 3455 8678 3457 8679
3465 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 234DEG 30KT 3461 8673
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
KDW1 follow-up statement
984
WWUS54 KHUN 010247 RRA
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
947 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
ALC089-010257-
/O.CAN.KHUN.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160401T0300Z/
MADISON AL-
947 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
ALABAMA...AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.
LAT...LON 3484 8654 3466 8641 3457 8667 3459 8669
3459 8671 3455 8675 3455 8678 3457 8679
3465 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 234DEG 30KT 3473 8653
$$
KDWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 52 min |
| Mar 31, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 13 min |
| Mar 31, 8:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 12 min |
| Mar 31, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 35 min |
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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.