Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2006, 4:38 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 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
- May 9, 2006, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 May 9, 3:46 PM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 3:46 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 1:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 157 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-100400- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 157 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH ALAMABA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSE TODAY. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO ENTER NORTHWEST ALABAMA AROUND 300 PM AND MOVE QUICKLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THIS LINE WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH THE ENTIRE LINE MAY NOT HOLD TOGETHER AS IT MOVES FURTHER EAST...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A BOUNDARY...WHICH IS MOVING AHEAD OF THE LINE. A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND MAY PRODUCE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL...BUT SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOMORROW AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING TOWARD THE REGION. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE AND MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR ISOLATED FLOODING....ESPECIALLY ACROSS LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO DURING THE EVENING...MAINLY WEST OF I-65. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS A BROAD AND NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE REMAINS OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 9, 3:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 319 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ALZ001-092100- LAUDERDALE- 319 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 319 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAVANNAH TO THRASHERS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAVANNAH TO BOONEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. ISOLATED HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS LINE...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... WATERLOO. WRIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. SCHAUB
Local storm report, May 9, 4:14 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
414 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0411 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E WATERLOO 34.92N 88.01W
05/09/2006 LAUDERDALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
THREE TREES DOWN.
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TROUTMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 57 min |
| May 9, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 39 min |
| May 9, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 47 min |
| May 9, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 34 min |
| May 9, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 28 min |
| May 9, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Morgan | 53 min |
| May 9, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 32 min |
| May 9, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 22 min |
| May 9, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 55 min |
| May 9, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 34 min |
| May 9, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 16 min |
| May 9, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.