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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2006, 11:00 PM CST for Franklin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 16 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
- Mar 31, 2006, 11:00 PM CST (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2006, 11:16 PM CST
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Franklin County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
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 Mar 31, 9:46 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 9:46 PM CST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 7:01 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 701 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ALZ009-010-010200- DE KALB-JACKSON- 701 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DEKALB AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CST... AT 654 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SECTION...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCOTTSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... DUTTON. PISGAH. HENAGAR. BEATY CROSSROADS. SULPHER SPRINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. TROUTMAN
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 7:39 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 739 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ALZ008-009-010220- JACKSON-MARSHALL- 739 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN JACKSON AND NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTIES UNTIL 820 PM CST... AT 737 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODVILLE...OR 15 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... WOODVILLE. LIM ROCK. LARKINSVILLE. LANGSTON. SCOTTSBORO. SECTION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 10
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 8:17 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 817 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ALZ010-010300- DE KALB- 817 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DEKALB COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CST... AT 815 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR 3 MILES WEST OF POWELL...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RAINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... POWELL. SYLVANIA. RAINSVILLE. VALLEY HEAD. MENTONE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 10
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 8:25 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 825 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 TNZ076-097-010310- FRANKLIN-MOORE- 825 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FRANKLIN AND MOORE COUNTIES UNTIL 910 PM CST... AT 824 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LYNCHBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... TIMS FORD LAKE. ESTILL SPRINGS. WOODS RESERVOIR. ALTO. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 10
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 10:39 PM CST, 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 6:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 16 min |
| Mar 31, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 17 min |
| Mar 31, 9:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 9:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 38 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.