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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Huntsville, AL

July 12, 2004Marshall County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2004, 1:48 PM CDT for Marshall County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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 12, 2004, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2004, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marshall County, AL

The radar

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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 Jul 12, 10:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 10:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 1:30 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 11:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:40 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
140 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2004

ALZ005-006-008-121930-
LIMESTONE-MADISON-MARSHALL-
140 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS MADISON AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...

AT 135 PM...RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM HAMPTON COVE SOUTH TO NEAR LAKE GUNTERSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE GRANT...
GUNTERSVILLE...COLUMBUS CITY AND LAKE GUNTERSVILLE. WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. BOATERS ALONG LAKE GUNTERSVILLE SHOULD SEEK
SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.

15/CBD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lawrence	44 min
Jul 12, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Madison	40 min
Jul 12, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman	37 min
Jul 12, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Morgan	34 min
Jul 12, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin	48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.