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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Huntsville, AL

October 18, 2007Franklin County, Lawrence County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 18, 2007, 11:59 PM CDT for Franklin County, Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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
Oct 18, 2007, 11:59 PM CDT (04:59 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2007, 12:36 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, AL, Lawrence County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 18, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

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 Oct 18, 3:25 PM CDT, 8 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 3:25 PM CDT, 8 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 18, 1:01 PM CDT, 10 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
101 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-190615-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
101 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST
ALABAMA...AND TONIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA.

THE COMBINATION OF SURFACE HEATING AND AN INFLUX OF GULF MOISTURE
WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP
WILL BE STEERED QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. THESE
STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL
HAIL...AND EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES.

A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...PRODUCING A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS POSING A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE FRONT AND STORM THREAT SHOULD PUSH INTO
NORTHWEST ALABAMA BY MID TO LATE EVENING...CROSSING THE I-65
CORRIDOR AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND THEN PUSHING OUT OF NORTHEAST
ALABAMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL TENNESSEE BEFORE SUNRISE.

RESIDENTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SHOULD MONITOR FUTURE UPDATED ON
THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
EARLY NEXT WEEK...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. GREAT UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS WITH THE
TIMING OF THIS FRONT. AT THIS TIME...THE FRONTAL PASSAGE LOOKS
MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR LATE MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

CBD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale57 min
Oct 18, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale43 min
Oct 18, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone46 min
Oct 19, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Morgan49 min
Oct 19, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison30 min
Oct 19, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson22 min
Oct 19, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLincoln40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.