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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Huntsville, AL

April 21, 2006Limestone County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 2006, 7:01 AM CDT for Limestone 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: Apr 21, 2006, 7:01 AM CDT (12:01 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2006, 7:30 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Limestone County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -311 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1339 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 140 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 Apr 21, 2:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 2:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
250 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006

.DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER FAIRLY BUSY NIGHT HERE AT THE HUN WITH MORE SVR STORMS
DEVELOPING EVERYWHERE AROUND US. ATMOSPHERE OVER THE CWFA ITSELF WAS
SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE THANKS TO EARLIER CONVECTION...BUT DEVELOPING
STORMS CLOSER TO I-20 INDICATES THAT WE ARE DESTABILIZING WITH TIME.
MAIN AREA OF STORMS IS FIRING ALONG A PREFRONTAL TROUGH FEATURE
EXTENDING BACK TO NEAR VICKSBURG MS...WHILE THE REAL COLD FRONT IS
STILL WELL TO THE NW...JUST NOW MAKING ITS WAY INTO CENTRAL ARKANSAS.

FOCUS CONTINUES TO BE ON SHORT-TERM CONVECTION. NASA WRF HAS AGAIN
DONE A FAIRLY GOOD JOB AND REMAINS THE PREFERRED MODEL...WITH 12KM
NAM LOOKING REASONABLE AS WELL.

PREFRONTAL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS CONVECTION NEAR THE CWFA
TODAY...AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO SHIFT SIGNIFICANTLY TODAY. WHILE MUCH
OF THE AIR MASS HAS STABILIZED THIS A.M....EXPECT IT TO DESTABILIZE
AGAIN TODAY IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIN SHORTWAVE. MOST FAVORABLE AREA
FOR PCPN TODAY WILL BE IN NWRN AL AND SRN MID TN NEAR THE TROUGH...
AND WILL DEPICT THIS IN THE POP GRIDS...TAPERING FROM CATEGORICAL TO
LIKELY. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS NO REST FOR THE WEARY WITH NEW MODEL
RUNS SHOWING A SLOWER PROGRESSION WITH THE SYSTEM...AND WILL GO WITH
WIDESPREAD CATEGORICAL POPS TONIGHT.

AS MENTIONED...DONT EXPECT STABILITY TO BE MUCH OF AN ISSUE...BUT
STORM TYPE/HAZARDS WILL BE. WIND FIELDS LOOK MORE IMPRESSIVE THIS
TIME AROUND WITH IMPROVING DEEP LAYER SHEAR INDICATING BETTER
SUPERCELL POTENTIAL...BUT LOW-LEVEL SHEAR DOES NOT INCREASE TO
MATCH. THING TO WATCH WILL BE DEVELOPMENT OF WAVES ALONG THE FRONT
WHICH WOULD BACK THE WINDS LOCALLY AND ENHANCE LLVL SHEAR...AS BEST
INDICATED BY LATE AFTN/EARLY EVE 12KM NAM SOUNDINGS. IN ADDITION TO
THE SVR TSRA THREAT...FLOODING IS A CONCERN...WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE
REFLECTED BY PWS OF 1.4 TO 1.6 INCHES IN ALL THE MODELS...AND THE
EXPECTED SLOWER MOTION OF THE SYSTEM. BELIEVE MOST OF THE AREA WILL
BE ABLE TO HANDLE A HVY RAIN EVENT GIVEN VERY DRY CONDITIONS IN
RECENT WEEKS...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SRN AND ERN ZONES WHERE
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN TRAINING AND REDEVELOPING EACH AFTN. WILL ISSUE A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THOSE AREAS FROM 21-09Z...AND MENTION HVY RAIN
POTENTIAL IN THE ZFP ELSEWHERE. DEPENDING ON RADAR TRENDS/TRAINING
POTENTIAL...THIS WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE EXPANDED BY THE DAY SHIFT.

FRONT SHOULD FINALLY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...
AGAIN A BIT SLOWER THAN DEPICTED BY PAST MODEL RUNS. WILL HANG ONTO
20/30 POPS EAST OF I-65 SAT MORNING TO ALLOW FOR LINGERING SHRA.
SUBSTANTIAL DRYING BEHIND THE SYSTEM SHOULD MEAN A MOSTLY SUNNY AFTN
FOR MOST EVERYONE WITH MORE PLEASANT AND MORE SEASONABLE TEMPS. WENT
WITH A COMPROMISE FOR MAX TEMPS SAT...TRENDING TOWARDS WARMER
NUMBERS WEST WHERE SUN SHOULD LAST THE LONGEST.

QUIET WX WILL BE SOMEWHAT SHORT-LIVED AS A CLIPPER SYSTEM RIDES SEWD
THROUGH THE NW FLOW. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE W THEN SW SAT NIGHT AND
SUN AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...NEVER REALLY ALLOWING FOR GOOD RADIATIONAL
COOLING IN THE PROCESS...AND RESTARTING WAA FOR SUNDAY. COMPROMISE
VALUES LOOK GOOD FOR BOTH PDS...DISCARDING THE OUTLIER NAM NUMBERS.
WHILE THE 12KM NAM TRIES TO GENERATE LT QPF JUST TO OUR NW SUNDAY...
MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW THE LOWEST 10KFT TO BE FAR TOO DRY FOR ANYTHING
TO REACH THE SFC...AND WILL NOT INCLUDE A MENTION OF PCPN ATTM.

LEFT THE EXTENDED ALONE WITH MORE PRESSING ISSUES IN THE SHORT TERM.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
HUNTSVILLE    78  56  77  54 /  80 100  20  10
SHOALS        77  56  76  54 /  90  80  10  10
CULLMAN       79  57  75  53 /  70 100  10  10
FAYETTEVILLE  77  55  77  53 /  90 100  20  10
FORT PAYNE    80  58  74  50 /  70 100  30  10
&&

.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 4 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM SATURDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: CULLMAN...DE KALB...AND MARSHALL.
TN...NONE.
&&

BCC

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	39 min
Apr 20, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Madison	31 min
Apr 21, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone	41 min
Apr 21, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman	62 min
Apr 21, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Marshall	53 min
Apr 21, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	33 min
Apr 21, 4:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	HUN	Cullman, DeKalb, Marshall	21 hr
Apr 21, 4:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Marshall	27 min
Apr 21, 5:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	43 min
Apr 21, 5:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Madison	21 min
Apr 21, 5:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Morgan	38 min
Apr 21, 6:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Morgan	45 min
Apr 21, 6:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Morgan	39 min
Apr 21, 6:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Madison	41 min
Apr 21, 3:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	18 min
Apr 21, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	40 min
Apr 21, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb	49 min
Apr 21, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	35 min
Apr 21, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb	15 min
Apr 21, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	15 min
Apr 21, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Marshall	24 min
Apr 21, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb	35 min
Apr 20, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin	35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2006 Every 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.