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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Huntsville, AL

May 2, 2010Lauderdale County, Lawrence County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 2, 2010, 7:51 PM CDT for Lauderdale County, Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 4 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 2, 2010, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2010, 11:33 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL

The radar

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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 2, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 7:10 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 2:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 2:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 2, 3:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
312 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010

ALZ009-TNZ097-022100-
FRANKLIN-JACKSON-
312 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FRANKLIN AND JACKSON COUNTIES
UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 311 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRENTON...OR 13 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSBORO...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  ESTILLFORK...LARKIN.
  HYTOP...JERICHO.
  BASS...STEVENSON.
  ANDERSON.
  SHERWOOD...RUSSELL CAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT.
  LONG ISLAND.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS
THUNDERSTORM. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND PONDING
OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3461 8619 3461 8622 3472 8635 3476 8633
      3485 8634 3521 8587 3500 8587 3500 8561
      3497 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 225DEG 50KT 3477 8621

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Special weather statement, May 2, 4:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 6:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
602 PM CDT SUN MAY 02 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0555 PM     FLOOD            TUSCUMBIA               34.73N 87.71W
05/02/2010                   COLBERT            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            URBAN AND STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN THE TOWN OF
            TUSCUMBIA. DITCHES ALONG THE SIDE OF ROADS ARE FULL WITH
            DEBRIS FLOWING INTO SOME STREETS.

&&

Special weather statement, May 2, 7:10 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
710 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010

ALZ003-004-030100-
FRANKLIN-LAWRENCE-
710 PM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FRANKLIN AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES
UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTH OF HACKLEBURG...OR 10
MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMILTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  PHIL CAMPBELL.
  MT HOPE.
  LANDERSVILLE...WREN.
  MOULTON.
  CADDO...CHALYBEATE SPRINGS.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3432 8780 3471 8712 3469 8710 3445 8711
      3430 8740
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 237DEG 66KT 3425 8773

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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 2, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lawrence	50 min
May 2, 8:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HUN	Lawrence	17 hr
May 2, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lawrence	48 min
May 2, 9:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Limestone, Morgan	3 hr
May 2, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	91 min
May 2, 9:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Madison, Morgan	5 hr
May 2, 9:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman	5 hr
May 2, 10:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall	5 hr
May 2, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	45 min
May 2, 10:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	12 hr
May 2, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman	21 min
May 2, 11:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb, Marshall	38 min
May 3, 12:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Limestone, Morgan	114 min
May 3, 2:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb	12 hr
May 3, 2:57 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 2 more	6 hr
May 2, 9:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	4 hr
May 2, 10:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln	9 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.