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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Huntsville, AL

August 2, 2008Madison County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2008, 4:12 PM CDT for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 90 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
Aug 2, 2008, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2008, 5:42 PM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Madison County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 1, 6:50 PM CDT, 21 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 6:50 PM CDT, 21 hours 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison24 min
Aug 2, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence34 min
Aug 2, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison38 min
Aug 2, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale, Limestone31 min
Aug 2, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence32 min
Aug 2, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall48 min
Aug 2, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison36 min
Aug 2, 3:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNLawrence88 min
Aug 2, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence24 min
Aug 2, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison47 min
Aug 2, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale25 min
Aug 2, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Lawrence27 min
Aug 2, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison33 min
Aug 2, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman24 min
Aug 2, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale36 min
Aug 2, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison, Marshall, Morgan34 min
Aug 2, 4:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence4 hr
Aug 2, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman37 min
Aug 2, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale34 min
Aug 2, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale33 min
Aug 2, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin31 min
Aug 2, 6:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNLauderdale3 hr
Aug 2, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin29 min

Nearby

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.