Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Huntsville, AL

September 23, 2006Jackson County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 23, 2006, 2:15 PM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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
Sep 23, 2006, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2006, 2:44 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Sep 23, 10:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 10:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 23, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 23, 11:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1130 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

ALZ009-231700-
JACKSON-
1130 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL
NOON CDT...

AT 1130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW MARKET...OR 11
MILES EAST OF MOORES MILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  HOLLYTREE.
  PRINCETON.
  LARKIN.
  ESTILLFORK.
  HYTOP.
  JERICHO.

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

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

JE
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 12:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1220 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

TNZ097-231745-
FRANKLIN-
1220 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY TENNESSEE UNTIL
1245 PM CDT...

AT 1220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT A THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HUNTLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. PEA SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  HUNTLAND.
  MAXWELL.
  BELVIDERE.

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

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

JE
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 1:43 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
143 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

ALZ008-009-231930-
JACKSON-MARSHALL-
143 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR JACKSON AND MARSHALL COUNTIES UNTIL
230 PM CDT...

AT 142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRANT...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF GUNTERSVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  GRANT.
  LANGSTON.
  LARKINSVILLE.
  SCOTTSBORO.
  DUTTON.

SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

SCHAUB
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 1:48 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
148 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

ALZ007-016-231915-
CULLMAN-MORGAN-
148 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CULLMAN AND SOUTHERN MORGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MOULTON TO NEAR LEWIS SMITH DAM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
  WILBURN.
  DANVILLE.
  MASSEY.
  BATTLEGROUND.
  BLACK BOTTOM.
  LEESDALE.

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

JE
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 2:08 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
208 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

ALZ009-232000-
JACKSON-
208 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 208 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SCOTTSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

ISOLATED WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  SCOTTSBORO.
  HOLLYWOOD.
  MARTINTOWN.
  FACKLER.
  FABIUS.
  FLAT ROCK.

SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

SCHAUB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMarshall38 min
Sep 22, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Marshall19 min
Sep 23, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale12 min
Sep 23, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert23 min
Sep 23, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale51 min
Sep 22, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLincoln, Moore34 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.