Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2008, 5:37 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2008, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2008, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County DeKalb County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 5:44 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Geraldine, AL | PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC AND RELAYED BY EMA. |
| Mar 14, 5:58 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | S Geraldine, AL | PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 176 |
| Mar 14, 5:58 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Dog Town, AL | PUBLIC REPORT OF PENNY SIZED HAIL. RELAYED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 343 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KHUN 142238
SVRHUN
ALC049-142315-
/O.NEW.KHUN.SV.W.0021.080314T2237Z-080314T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
537 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DEKALB COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GERALDINE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RAINSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GERALDINE...
FYFFE...
LEBANON...
DAWSON...
PORTERSVILLE...
COLLINSVILLE...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3438 8561 3425 8578 3425 8582 3431 8610
3440 8610 3441 8612 3445 8611 3448 8606
3444 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 281DEG 24KT 3439 8600
$$
CBD2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KHUN 142251
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
550 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008
ALC049-142315-
/O.CON.KHUN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080314T2315Z/
DEKALB AL-
550 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN DEKALB COUNTY...
AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PEEKS CORNER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF
RAINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COLLINSVILLE...LEBANON...PINE RIDGE...COLLBRAN...FORT PAYNE...DOG
TOWN AND ADAMSBURG.
AT 544 PM...STORM SPOTTERS NEAR GERALDINE REPORTED SMALL HAIL WITH
THIS STORM.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY
LAT...LON 3438 8561 3425 8578 3425 8582 3431 8610
3440 8610 3441 8612 3445 8611 3448 8606
3444 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 281DEG 24KT 3436 8586
$$
CBD000
WWUS54 KHUN 142311
SVSHUN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
610 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008
ALC049-142315-
/O.CON.KHUN.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080314T2315Z/
DEKALB AL-
610 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY...
AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOG TOWN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF
FORT PAYNE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. AT 558 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED
PENNY SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ADAMSBURG.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3436 8565 3434 8566 3425 8579 3427 8585
3434 8584 3440 8575 3441 8564 3438 8561
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 288DEG 22KT 3430 8575
$$
MP/CBDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 36 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.