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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2008, 4:08 PM CDT for Colbert County, Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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 23, 2008, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2008, 4:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colbert County, AL, Lawrence County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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 23, 3:55 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:55 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 106 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-240400- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 106 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A WEAK COOL FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH INTO THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY...TRIGGERING ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE STORM THREAT WILL SHIFT SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER BY THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THE NEXT APPRECIABLE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER WEAK COOL FRONT APPROACHES FROM OUR NORTHWEST. SEVERAL WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL TRAVEL FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHEAST FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. EACH WILL CARRY A THREAT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. MP/BCC
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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:38 PM CDT, 30 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 22, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 10:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Morgan | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Lawrence, Morgan | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2008Every severe thunderstorm 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.