Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this wind advisory at Sep 13, 2008, 3:46 PM CDT for 11 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It took effect at Sep 13, 2008, 11:45 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2008, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 13, 2008, 11:45 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2008, 3:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
Counties Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 363 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KHUN 132047 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 346 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...GUSTY WINDS OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA SUNDAY... ALZ001>005-140500- /O.NEW.KHUN.WI.Y.0013.080914T1400Z-080914T2200Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS 346 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT SUNDAY. AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM IKE LIFT TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SYSTEM WILL CREATE GUSTY WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON SUNDAY. STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE...AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KHUN 140445 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1145 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ALZ006>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-141300- /O.EXA.KHUN.WI.Y.0013.080914T1400Z-080914T2200Z/ MADISON-MORGAN-MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN- FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...GUNTERSVILLE... SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE... WINCHESTER 1145 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT SUNDAY. AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM IKE MOVE TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CREATE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY DURING SUNDAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$ ALZ001>005-141300- /O.CON.KHUN.WI.Y.0013.080914T1400Z-080914T2200Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS 1145 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM CDT SUNDAY. AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM IKE MOVE TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CREATE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY DURING SUNDAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$ RSB
000 WWUS74 KHUN 141144 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 644 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-142200- /O.CON.KHUN.WI.Y.0013.080914T1400Z-080914T2200Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR... GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG... FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 644 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... AS TROPICAL STORM IKE MOVES TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CREATE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND 5 PM. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$ SS
000 WWUS74 KHUN 141658 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1158 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-142200- /O.CON.KHUN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080914T2200Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR... GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG... FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 1158 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION IKE MOVES TOWARD THE LOWER GREAT LAKES...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AROUND 5 PM. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. $$ JLL
000 WWUS74 KHUN 142012 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 312 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...GUSTY WINDS HAVE SLACKENED CONSIDERABLY... ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-142115- /O.CAN.KHUN.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080914T2200Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR... GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG... FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 312 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WITH THE REMNANTS OF IKE WELL INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY HAS SLACKENED CONSIDERABLY. WHILE THE OCCASIONAL GUST TO 25 MPH CANNOT BE DISCOUNTED...GRADIENT WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. $$ JLL
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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.