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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Huntsville, AL

August 6, 2003Madison County, Marshall County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2003, 9:53 AM CDT for Madison County, Marshall County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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: Aug 6, 2003, 9:53 AM CDT (14:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2003, 10:30 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 5, 1:02 PM CDT, 20 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 1:02 PM CDT, 20 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 1:00 PM CDT, 20 hours 53 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
Aug 6, 9:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Limestone	3 hr
Aug 6, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lauderdale	49 min
Aug 6, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert	43 min
Aug 6, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Madison	23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2003 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.