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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Huntsville, AL

June 23, 2006Cullman County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2006, 1:09 PM CDT for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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
Jun 23, 2006, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2006, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cullman County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 106 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2006-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 740 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2006-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
740 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-202 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 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 Jun 23, 10:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 10:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 1:00 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
100 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-241000-
COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE-
LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN-
100 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT...

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING OVER THE AREA EAST OF I-65. THE MAIN THREATS WITH SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

OTHERWISE...HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BE A FACTOR ONCE AGAIN TODAY.
WHERE RAIN DOES NOT OCCUR...HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S COMBINED
WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CAUSE HEAT INDICES TO APPROACH 100 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. A MORE SEASONABLE
PATTERN WILL TAKE SHAPE FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN TYPICAL
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

WRS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 11:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 11:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1156 AM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006

ALZ005-231745-
LIMESTONE-
1156 AM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR WESTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY UNTIL 1245
PM CDT...

AT 1153 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF ROGERSVILLE...OR 12 MILES WEST
OF ATHENS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  CAIRO.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

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, Jun 23, 12:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1202 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006

ALZ004-007-231745-
LAWRENCE-MORGAN-
1202 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEAST LAWRENCE AND WESTERN
MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

AT 1158 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF TRINITY...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
DECATUR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  TRINITY.
  DECATUR.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

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, Jun 23, 12:46 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1246 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006

ALZ005-006-231830-
LIMESTONE-MADISON-
1246 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEAST LIMESTONE AND NORTHERN
MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

AT 1242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF
ARDMORE TO 10 MILES WEST OF HARVEST...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  HOLLAND GIN.
  BETHEL.
  TONEY.
  ELKWOOD.
  HAZEL GREEN.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

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, Jun 23, 1:05 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
105 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006

ALZ016-231845-
CULLMAN-
105 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHWEST CULLMAN COUNTY UNTIL 145
PM CDT...

AT 101 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ADDISON...OR 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HARTSELLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  BATTLEGROUND.
  WEST POINT.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb30 min
Jun 23, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison38 min
Jun 23, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison44 min
Jun 23, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMarshall49 min
Jun 23, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson62 min
Jun 23, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb65 min
Jun 23, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLincoln43 min
Jun 23, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.