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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Huntsville, AL

January 13, 2005Jackson County, Madison County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 13, 2005, 11:39 AM CST for Jackson County, Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2005, 11:39 AM CST (17:39 UTC)
Expired: Feb 21, 2005, 2:30 PM CST
In force: 39 days
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 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
Jan 13, 7:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 482 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 632 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jan 13, 9:50 AM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 9:50 AM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
950 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...
WELL...SVR LINE OF STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD...WITH A LOW ECHO
EVENT WITH HIGH SHEAR AND LOW INSTABILITY EVENT ONGOING.  SEVERAL
REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE MAIN LINE JUST
WEST OF THE OFFICE. LOTS OF LOW HANGING STRATA-FRACTUS AND SCUD
UNDERNEATH LINE AS WE SPEAK JUST TO THE WEST OF THE OFFICE AT UAH
CAMPUS. WE HAVE SOME MAMMATUS CLOUDS TOO.

WE HAVE NOW CANCELED THE SVR WATCH FOR
LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...FRANKLIN AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES AS THE LINE
HAS PUSHED THRU. RAIN WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE LINE...WITH
TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MID 50S AT MSL AND INTO WRN TN.

CLASSIC BOOKEND VORTICE IN NERN LINCOLN COUNTY TN...AND A TORNADO
WARNING CONTINUES FOR LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTY TIL 1030. THE REST OF
THE LINE HAS A MDT THREAT OF GUSTNADOES ALONG THE LEADING EDGE.
IN FACT THE CLOUDS TOPS ARE LESS THAN 25K. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN...AND A DRASTIC DROP IN
TEMPERATURES.

UPDATE OUT SOON...TO DROP TEMPS IN THE WEST AND RECONFIGURING THE
SPC WATCH.
&&

.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.AL...SVR TSTM WATCH TIL 1 PM FOR
LIMESTONE...MORGAN....MARSHAL...CULLMAN...MADISON...JACKSON...DEKALB
AND LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN AL UNTIL 4 PM CST TODAY.
.TN...SVR TSTM WATCH TIL 1 PM AND LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR
LINCOLN...MOORE...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM CST TODAY.

&&

JDG/SS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 9:43 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
943 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-131900-
COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE-
LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN-
943 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

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

.DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA BY NOON. AHEAD
OF THE FRONT WILL BE A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND
SMALL HAIL. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1
TO 2 INCHES...WHICH MAY PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BEGIN TO END BETWEEN 4 PM AND 5 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...

THE PROBABILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

THE MUCH WARMER WARMER WEATHER RECENTLY EXPERIENCED WILL END...AS
COLD HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS BUILDS EASTWARD.
TEMPERATURES INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WILL REMAIN CLOSER TO
MID JANUARY LEVELS...WITH NO RAIN EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY
BE REQUESTED FROM THE LATE MORNING HOURS THROUGH TONIGHT.

SS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 13, 9:37 AM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
937 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

ALZ001>004-131630-
COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-
937 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...LAWRENCE
AND FRANKLIN TENNESSEE HAS BEEN CANCELED...

AT 930 AM...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
FAYETTEVILLE TO PRICEVILLE AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. NORTHWEST
ALABAMA CAN EXPECT MORE RAIN FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING BUT NO
SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. AS A RESULT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA HAS BEEN CANCELED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL MEDIA...FOR FURTHER
UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE.

SS

Local storm report, Jan 13, 10:26 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 13, 10:39 AM CST, 1 hour before

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Special weather statement, Jan 13, 10:50 AM CST, 49 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
Jan 13, 7:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Jackson, Madison	39 days
Jan 13, 7:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lauderdale	39 days
Jan 13, 7:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	39 days
Jan 13, 8:33 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Madison	39 days
Jan 13, 8:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone	34 min
Jan 13, 9:15 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Madison	99 days
Jan 13, 9:17 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison, Marshall	229 days
Jan 13, 9:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Morgan	39 days
Jan 13, 9:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lauderdale	39 days
Jan 13, 9:43 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	255 days
Jan 13, 9:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Madison	255 days
Jan 13, 9:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman, Limestone, Marshall	39 days
Jan 13, 10:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	255 days
Jan 13, 9:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln	39 days

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2005 Every 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.