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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2008, 3:10 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties DeKalb County, AL, Jackson County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 1121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 622 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
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, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 2:19 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 11:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 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
Local storm report, Mar 15, 1:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 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
&&
DLSpecial weather statement, Mar 15, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 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, 1 hour 2 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, 51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 6:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 7:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 7:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 42 min |
| Mar 15, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 17 min |
| Mar 15, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 30 min |
| Mar 15, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.