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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2008, 5:51 PM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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 5, 2008, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2008, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jackson County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 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 5, 1:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:32 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 532 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 ALZ001-052300- LAUDERDALE- 532 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... CENTER STAR. KINGTOWN. WHITEHEAD. SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS 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. SL
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.