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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Huntsville, AL

April 2, 2024Madison County, Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2024, 6:28 PM CDT for Madison County, Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2024, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Madison County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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
Apr 2, 3:08 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 2, 5:57 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 5:57 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 2, 5:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
513 PM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024

ALZ001-002-004>006-022300-
Lawrence AL-Madison AL-Lauderdale AL-Limestone AL-Colbert AL-
513 PM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL MADISON...
LIMESTONE...SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE...EAST CENTRAL COLBERT AND
NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...

At 512 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Town Creek, or 12 miles southeast of Muscle Shoals, moving northeast
at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Decatur, Madison, Athens, Rogersville, Ardmore, Killen, Town Creek,
Lexington, Leighton, and Courtland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for north central
and northwestern Alabama.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 8685 3473 8669 3464 8702 3465 8706
      3468 8710 3462 8711 3452 8749 3487 8755
      3500 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 239DEG 49KT 3465 8746

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

GH

Local storm report, Apr 2, 5:46 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
546 PM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0459 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 N Leighton            34.71N 87.53W
04/02/2024                   Colbert            AL   Emergency Mngr

            Multiple trees reported down with one tree
            on a structure with possible entrapment.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 2, 5:56 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:09 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 11:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lauderdale	45 min
Apr 2, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Limestone	47 min
Apr 2, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	46 min
Apr 2, 5:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	37 min
Apr 2, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	31 min

Nearby

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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.