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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 28, 2005, 3:11 PM CST for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
- Nov 28, 2005, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2005, 3:45 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jackson County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 9:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 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 Nov 28, 2:55 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 2:55 PM CST, 16 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 120 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-291100- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 120 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(THROUGH TONIGHT)... LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH NORTH ALABAMA DURING THE MID AFTERNOON. THE FRONT HAS ALREADY CLEARED NORTHWEST ALABAMA...ENDING THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR THAT AREA. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND PUSH EASTWARD AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER... ENOUGH INSTABILITY IS IN PLACE FOR SOME STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. AFTER THE FRONT CLEARS THE AREA THIS EVENING...DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS REQUESTED FOR ONGOING TORNADO WATCHES. 20
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 28, 1:59 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 159 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 TNZ096-282030- LINCOLN- 159 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM CST... AT 156 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... HOWELL. BELLEVILLE. CHESTNUT RIDGE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 6 PM CST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 27
Special weather statement, Nov 28, 2:18 PM CST, 53 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 1:00 AM CST | Wind Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 15 hr |
| Nov 28, 12:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 23 min |
| Nov 28, 1:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 25 min |
| Nov 28, 1:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 19 min |
| Nov 28, 1:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 31 min |
| Nov 28, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 32 min |
| Nov 28, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 20 min |
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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.