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Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Huntsville, AL

October 1, 200811 counties in Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this red flag warning at Oct 1, 2008, 9:46 AM CDT for 11 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Oct 1, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr. 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 1, 2008, 9:46 AM CDT (14:46 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 1, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 1, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL

Counties Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 5:24 AM CDTFire Weather WatchHUNColbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more4 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Alabama, 2008Every red flag 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.