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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2005, 2:18 PM CDT for Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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 4, 2005, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2005, 2:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Limestone County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1015 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 4, 2:07 PM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:07 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 100 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-051000- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 100 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. RAINFALL WILL BE A BIT MORE WIDESPREAD...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS. FOR THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND...A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME WEATHER PATTERN SHOULD PROVIDE DAILY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 24
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 104 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ALZ001-041830- LAUDERDALE- 104 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY... AT 1259 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROGERSVILLE...OR 18 MILES WEST OF ATHENS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... WHITEHEAD. ANDERSON. SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 24
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 112 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ALZ004-041845- LAWRENCE- 112 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY... AT 109 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF NORTH COURTLAND...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF MOULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... WHEELER. SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 24
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 117 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ALZ007-041900- MORGAN- 117 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MORGAN COUNTY... AT 114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF HARTSELLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... DANVILLE. NEEL. FALKVILLE. LEESDALE. HARTSELLE. BASHAM. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 24
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:20 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Morgan | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 52 min |
| Jul 4, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.