Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2007, 7:36 PM CDT for Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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
- Jul 10, 2007, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2007, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 1177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
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 Jul 10, 2:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 2:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 6:39 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 639 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-111000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 639 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... A THREAT OF DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL INCREASE BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI WILL REACH THE ALABAMA STATE LINE BETWEEN 8:30 PM AND 9:30 PM...AND MAY INTENSIFY TO PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. THE AIRMASS IS MORE STABLE FURTHER EAST...THUS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOWER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY AS ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ANTICIPATED. PRIMARY THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL...WHILE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A POSSIBILITY FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING... BRINGING DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION...AND ENDING THIS PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER. HOWEVER...MOISTURE WILL QUICKLY RETURN TO THE REGION BY FRIDAY...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE FORECAST. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS POSSIBLE ON TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS. KULA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 308 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ008-102100- MARSHALL- 308 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF GUNTERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... GUNTERSVILLE. COLUMBUS CITY. GRANT. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS ENTERING SOUTHWEST MARSHALL COUNTY...ALSO BRINGING A THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KULA
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 332 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ009-010-102115- DE KALB-JACKSON- 332 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DEKALB AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF GRANT...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... LANGSTON. LARKINSVILLE. SECTION. DUTTON. PISGAH. ROSALIE. SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. KULA
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 534 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 TNZ076-096-097-102315- FRANKLIN-LINCOLN-MOORE- 534 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FRANKLIN...LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTH AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW MARKET ALABAMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... ELORA. HUNTLAND. BEANS CREEK. LEXIE CROSSROADS. HARMONY. TIMS FORD LAKE. SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. KULA
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 614 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 TNZ097-102345- FRANKLIN- 614 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COWAN...OR 6 MILES EAST OF WINCHESTER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... ALTO. ST. ANDREWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KULA
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:31 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 731 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ001-002-110130- COLBERT-LAUDERDALE- 731 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SHILOH TO BURNSVILLE TO THRASHERS IN MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS UP TO OR EXCEEDING 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... RIVERTON. WRIGHT. CHEROKEE. THREET. CLOVERDALE. OAKLAND. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE LIMBS...AND POWERLINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KULA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert | 30 min |
| Jul 10, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 17 min |
Nearby
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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.