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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Huntsville, AL

May 9, 2006Lawrence County, Limestone County, Alabama

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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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.

&&

TROUTMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin57 min
May 9, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale39 min
May 9, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin47 min
May 9, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale34 min
May 9, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone28 min
May 9, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMorgan53 min
May 9, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMadison32 min
May 9, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMadison22 min
May 9, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman55 min
May 9, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson34 min
May 9, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman16 min
May 9, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLincoln45 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.