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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Huntsville, AL

February 28, 200911 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this winter storm warning at Feb 28, 2009, 5:29 PM CST for 11 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 28, 2009, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 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: Feb 28, 2009, 5:29 PM CST (23:29 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 28, 2009, 10:00 PM CST
Expired: Mar 1, 2009, 9:49 AM CST
In force: 12 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 23:32 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 28, 4:54 PM CST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 4:54 PM CST, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 1:03 PM CST, 4 hours 26 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
Feb 28, 2:17 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman, Lawrence, Marshall, Morgan	3 hr
Feb 28, 2:16 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	3 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Alabama, 2009 Winter Storm Warnings in Tennessee, 2009 Every winter storm warning in 2009

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.