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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Huntsville, AL

March 15, 2008Jackson County, Alabama; Franklin County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2008, 2:48 PM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama; Franklin County, Tennessee. It was in force for 27 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
Mar 15, 2008, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Mar 15, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jackson County, AL, Franklin County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2008-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2008-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Mar 15, 2:19 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 2:19 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 11:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1104 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-160000-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
1104 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE
LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO A
CHANCE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES MAINLY OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA THIS
AFTERNOON. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END AROUND 6 PM AS DRIER
AND MORE STABLE AIR MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS POISED TO AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATE
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE
UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH REGARDS TO TIMING AND PLACEMENT...THIS
SYSTEM IS BEING MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

SS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 1:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
133 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

ALZ005-TNZ096-151900-
LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-
133 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LIMESTONE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL
200 PM CDT...

AT 131 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF ARDMORE...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF
ATHENS...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  ELKMONT.
  ARDMORE.
  CASH POINT.
  COLDWATER.
  SKINEM.
  MOLINO.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

KDW
Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:54 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
154 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0123 PM     HAIL             FAYETTEVILLE            35.15N 86.56W
03/15/2008  E0.25 INCH       LINCOLN            TN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            PEA SIZED HAIL IN DOWNTOWN FAYETTEVILLE

0150 PM     HAIL             FAYETTEVILLE            35.15N 86.56W
03/15/2008  E0.50 INCH       LINCOLN            TN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN FAYETTEVILLE

&&

DL
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 1:55 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
155 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

TNZ097-151930-
FRANKLIN-
155 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUNTLAND...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WINCHESTER...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  BELVIDERE.
  COWAN.
  SEWANEE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

KDW
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 2:08 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
208 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

ALZ003-151945-
FRANKLIN-
208 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

AT 206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RED BAY...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  HALLTOWN.
  ATWOOD.
  HODGES.
  DUKETON.
  ROCKWOOD.
  SPRUCE PINE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

KDW
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 2:19 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 15, 2:48 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman48 min
Mar 15, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMarshall37 min
Mar 15, 6:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale35 min
Mar 15, 7:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin43 min
Mar 15, 7:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence25 min
Mar 15, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison42 min
Mar 15, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall50 min
Mar 15, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson35 min
Mar 15, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb17 min
Mar 15, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Marshall30 min
Mar 15, 9:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin, Lincoln44 min
Mar 15, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2008Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.