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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Huntsville, AL

July 25, 2004DeKalb County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2004, 4:50 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 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: Jul 25, 2004, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2004, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County DeKalb County, AL

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 Jul 25, 3:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 3:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 11:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1145 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-261000-
COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE-
LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN-
1145 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...(THROUGH TONIGHT)...

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY...COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WILL
HELP TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS TO
60 MPH STARTING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. WITH LIGHT WINDS ALOFT...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL
BE QUITE SLOW WHICH COULD ALSO RESULT IN BRIEF BUT LOCALLY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD SAG THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY WITH ITS PASSAGE. DRIER WEATHER
WILL RETURN FOR MUCH OF THE MID WEEK PERIOD BEFORE LOW CHANCES FOR
MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN BY THE
END OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD.

09

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 2:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:24 PM CDT, 26 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
Jul 25, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence	35 min
Jul 25, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone	42 min
Jul 25, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone	29 min
Jul 25, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Madison	44 min
Jul 25, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Marshall	41 min
Jul 25, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2004 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

Sources

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