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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Huntsville, AL

May 6, 2009DeKalb County, Jackson County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2009, 9:02 AM CDT for DeKalb County, Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 5 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 6, 2009, 9:02 AM CDT (14:02 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2009, 1:39 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

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 14:02 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.

NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 5, 6:48 PM CDT, 14 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 6:48 PM CDT, 14 hours 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 4:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman	3 hr
May 6, 4:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Morgan	3 hr
May 6, 5:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Marshall	5 hr
May 6, 5:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	3 hr
May 6, 5:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	42 min
May 6, 5:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	5 hr
May 6, 6:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall	3 hr
May 6, 6:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	46 min
May 6, 6:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	43 min
May 6, 7:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lawrence	47 min
May 6, 7:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman, Lawrence, Morgan	4 hr
May 6, 8:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Morgan	51 min
May 6, 8:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Marshall	4 hr
May 6, 8:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Morgan	21 min
May 6, 8:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Morgan	37 min
May 6, 8:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman	38 min
May 6, 8:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	20 min
May 6, 9:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman	27 min
May 6, 9:05 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison	25 min
May 6, 9:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	49 min
May 6, 9:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman	40 min
May 6, 9:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison	22 min
May 6, 9:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison, Marshall	45 min
May 6, 9:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	11 hr
May 6, 9:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HUN	Lawrence	11 hr
May 6, 9:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Cullman	23 min
May 6, 10:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Marshall	47 min
May 6, 10:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson	29 min
May 6, 10:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	6 hr
May 6, 10:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Marshall	23 min
May 6, 11:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	13 min
May 6, 2:13 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	HUN	Madison, Marshall, Morgan	21 hr
May 6, 4:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Lauderdale	3 hr
May 6, 8:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	3 hr
May 6, 9:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lincoln, Moore	28 min
May 6, 9:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln	11 hr

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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.