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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2008, 7:04 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Alabama. It was in force for 116 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 9, 2008, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County DeKalb County, AL
The radar
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 9, 5:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 5:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1235 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-100100- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1235 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL INTERACT WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON TO CREATE THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BECOMING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IMPACTS OF FLOODING COULD INCREASE OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVE ANY PROLONGED PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN. FLOOD IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED THROUGH FRIDAY... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS AND LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA LATE THIS WEEKEND WITH AN ONGOING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUESTED FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 21 min |
| Jul 10, 5:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman | 3 hr |
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Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
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.