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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this high wind warning at Dec 24, 2009, 9:54 AM CST for Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee; 11 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 11 hr. 17 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2009, 9:54 AM CST (15:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2009, 8:33 PM CST
- In force
- 11 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 15:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 3:05 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Douglas, AL | MODERATE SIZE TREE FELLED IN DOUGLAS AT 3.05PM |
| Dec 24, 3:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 6 Wnw Rogersville, AL | POWER LINES DOWNED NEAR ELGIN. |
| Dec 24, 3:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lexington, AL | TREES BLOWN DOWN. |
| Dec 24, 4:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Rainsville, AL | HIGH WINDS KNOCKED NUMEROUS TREES AND A FEW POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 4 PM AND MIDNIGHT. MOST OF THE DAMAGE OCCURRED ATOP SAND MOUNTAIN WITH POWER OUTAGES AFFECTING THE RAINSVILLE AND POWELL COMMUNITIES. |
| Dec 24, 5:45 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Wsw Tuscumbia, AL | HIGH WINDS BLEW A PORTION OF A ROOF OFF OF A HOUSE. |
| Dec 24, 5:55 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Guntersville, AL | LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN AND BLOCKING PART OF HIGHWAY 227 NEAR GUNTERSVILLE. |
| Dec 24, 6:54 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Tuscumbia, AL | RELAYED REPORT OF TREES DOWN AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Dec 24, 7:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Hanceville, AL | HIGH WINDS KNOCKED TREES DOWN IN JOHNSON CROSSING ALONG HIGHWAY 31. POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Dec 24, 7:05 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Huntsville, AL | HIGH WINDS KNOCKED A TREE ONTO AN APARTMENT BUILDING ON 13TH STREET IN HUNTSVILLE. |
| Dec 24, 7:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Dutton, AL | TREES BLOWN DOWN. REPORT RELAYED BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| Dec 24, 7:30 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Athens, AL | HIGH WINDS KNOCKED DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY BETWEEN 730 PM AND 1130 PM. A PORTION OF A FIRE STATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION WAS BLOWN DOWN. TREES BLOCKED SEVERAL ROADS INCLUDING SLATE ROAD, MD ROSE ROAD, LOVE BRANCH ROAD |
| Dec 24, 7:48 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 12 W Moulton, AL | HIGH WINDS KNOCKED TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. A TREE WAS DOWN ON CR-23 IN MOUNT HOPE AT 748 PM AND ALONG HIGHWAY 33 AT 855 PM. POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED IN COURTLAND AND NORTH COURTLAND AT 921 PM. |
| Dec 24, 8:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Guntersville, AL | HIGH WINDS KNOCKED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM, INCLUDING GUNTERSVILLE STATE PARK. A FLAG POLE WAS KNOCKED DOWN AT THE SHERIFF OFFICE. |
| Dec 24, 8:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Hazel Green, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. REPORT RELAYED BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| Dec 24, 8:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Huntsville, AL | TREE SNAPPED AND FELL ONTO A POWER LINE IN THE FIVE POINTS AREA. |
| Dec 24, 8:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lynchburg, TN | HIGH WINDS KNOCKED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE SINCE 8 PM. THE MOST RECENT REPORT WAS 1213 AM. |
| Dec 24, 8:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Pisgah, AL | HIGH WINDS KNOCKED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON SAND MOUNTAIN DURING THE EVENING HOURS. TIME ESTIMATED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 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 241554 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 954 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-242100- /O.UPG.KHUN.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-091225T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KHUN.HW.W.0002.091224T1554Z-091225T0800Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-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 954 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY. THIS IS AN UPGRADE FROM THE PREVIOUS WIND ADVISORY. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTS OVER 55 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND NEAR OPEN WATER. A PERIOD OF ENHANCED DAMAGING WINDS IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE THREAT OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BECOME HIGHER AS RAINFALL FURTHER SATURATES ALREADY WET SOILS. MOTORISTS HEADING OUT THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING FOR HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER AWARE...AND KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ KULA
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KHUN 242104 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 304 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-250500- /O.CON.KHUN.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091225T0800Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR... GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG... FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 304 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY... STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. JUST AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SQUALL LINE...WINDS WILL FURTHER INCREASE...WITH GUSTS OVER 55 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE THREAT OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BECOME HIGHER AS RAINFALL FURTHER SATURATES ALREADY WET SOILS. MOTORISTS HEADING OUT FOR HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER AWARE...AND KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
000 WWUS74 KHUN 250233 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 833 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-251045- /O.CAN.KHUN.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091225T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KHUN.WI.Y.0011.091225T0233Z-091225T1500Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-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 833 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY CHRISTMAS DAY. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. IN FACT...GUSTS MAY EXCEED 50 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN TENNESSEE. THERE HAVE BEEN SPORADIC REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THE THREAT OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES MAY INCREASE THIS EVENING AS RAINFALL BEGINS TO SATURATE THE SOILS. MOTORISTS HEADING OUT FOR HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER AWARE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH... OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CBD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Dec 24, 5:31 AM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 5:31 AM CST, 4 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
531 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
.UPDATE...
FOR 12Z AVIATION.
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS AND SPORADIC MAINLY -SHRA EXPECTED THROUGH THE
AFTN...ALTHOUGH SRLY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE WITH GUSTS OVER
30KTS LIKELY DURING THE AFTN. OTHERWISE...EXPECT MAIN BULK OF RA/SHRA
IN ASSOC W/CDFNT TO BEGIN AFFECTING TERMINALS BY 25/02Z. IFR
VIS/MVFR CIGS EXPECTED IN +SHRA...ALTHOUGH LOWER VIS POSSIBLE IN
ISOLD +TSRA. NON-CONVECTIVE WIND SHEAR WILL DEVELOP AS STRONG
SRLY LOW-LVL JET MOVES ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING ARND 22-23Z. WIND
SHEAR WILL DECREASE BEHIND THE CDNT PASSAGE AFTER ABOUT 25/07Z.
&&
.DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 424 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009/
WENT WITH THE GFS FOR THIS FCST PACKAGE. OTHERWISE UPPER LOW NOW
OVER WRN TX WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST TODAY. ATTM THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS
OVER LA/AR/MO/SRN IL.
TODAY...LOWERED POPS AND TOOK OUT THE HEAVY RAIN WORDING AS NAM/GFS
BOTH SHOW THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL NOT BEGIN ACROSS THE TN VALLEY
UNTIL ARND 00Z. NO SVR WX EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO STABLE CONDITIONS.
TONIGHT...LI/CAPE VALUES ARE STILL VERY WEAK BUT LOW LEVEL SHEAR
IS ARND 1000 M2/S2. 8H WINDS ARE PROGGED TO BE UP TO 80 KTS.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARND 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER IF WE
GET ANY TSRA COULD SEE HIGHER AMOUNTS. WILL GO WITH HEAVY RAIN
WORDING BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z WITH THE RAIN TAPERING OFF AFTER
MIDNIGHT. ALSO WITH ANY TSRA COULD SEE SOME WIND DAMAGE AS STRONG
WINDS ARE BROUGHT DOWN TO THE SFC. EVEN THE GRADIENT WINDS (WITH
GUSTS ARND 45 MPH) COULD DO DAMAGE...AS TREES COULD BE KNOCKED
DOWN DUE TO A WET GROUND. THE UPPER LOW WILL PICK UP SPEED AND
MOVE NE OF THE CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WITH RECENT HEAVY RAIN/WET GROUND/LOCAL RIVERS AT HIGH
LEVELS...WILL KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS IS FOR NOW. ALSO WILL KEEP
WIND ADVISORY.
FRIDAY MRNG...ATMOSPHERE DRYS OUT BUT STILL COULD BE ENOUGH LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE FOR LIGHT PCPN ACROSS THE CWA. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW
THAT IT COULD BE COLD ENOUGH FOR FLURRIES OVER NW AL WITH LIGHT
RAIN OR DRIZZLE ELSEWHERE. BY FRIDAY AFTN PCPN WILL BE OVER BUT
LOW CLOUDS HANG ON.
REST OF FCST...RIDGING WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA...WILL KEEP
HIGHS IN THE 40S AND LOWS IN THE 20S AND DRY. WEDNESDAY GFS SHOWS
GULF LOW MAY BRING SOME PCPN TO OUR CWA BUT WITH GOOD N/NW FLOW...
ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BE DRY ENOUGH TO KEEP OUT PCPN.
&&
.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COLBERT...CULLMAN...DEKALB...FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON...
LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL...
MORGAN.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: COLBERT...CULLMAN...DEKALB...FRANKLIN AL...
JACKSON...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...
MARSHALL...MORGAN.
TN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN...MOORE.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN...MOORE.
&&
AVIATION...KDW
DISCUSSION...07Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 5:21 AM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 521 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-241900- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 521 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY KNOCK DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. THERE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL. IN STRONGER STORMS LOCALLY HIGHER RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH FLASH FLOODING AND WIND DAMAGE. DEPENDING ON RAINFALL AMOUNTS...RIVER FLOODING MAY BE A CONCERN THIS WEEKEND. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN....THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING. SS
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.