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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Huntsville, AL

August 27, 2003Madison County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2003, 2:39 PM CDT for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 21 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 27, 2003, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Madison County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale35 min
Aug 27, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLimestone30 min
Aug 27, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert31 min
Aug 27, 2:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNMadison3 hr
Aug 27, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin27 min
Aug 27, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb33 min
Aug 27, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2003Every 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.