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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Huntsville, AL

May 1, 2009Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 1, 2009, 7:16 PM CDT for Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2009, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2009, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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 flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 7:12 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman29 min
May 1, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence13 min
May 1, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Morgan38 min
May 1, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMorgan31 min
May 1, 9:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNColbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan3 hr
May 1, 10:50 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan3 hr
May 1, 11:38 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan3 hr
May 2, 12:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchHUNColbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more10 hr
May 2, 8:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNLauderdale3 hr
May 2, 9:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNMadison70 hr
May 2, 9:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall5 days
May 2, 10:12 AM CDTFlood WatchHUNColbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more39 hr
May 2, 10:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson2 hr
May 2, 10:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNLawrence47 hr
May 2, 11:22 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningHUNLauderdale4 hr
May 2, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNFranklin37 min
May 2, 3:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan3 hr
May 2, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNMadison, Morgan27 min
May 2, 5:32 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningHUNMadison52 min
May 2, 6:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningHUNLauderdale6 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.