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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Huntsville, AL

June 4, 2010Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2010, 3:22 PM CDT for Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 2 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
Jun 4, 2010, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2010, 5:36 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2010-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1275 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2010-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall39 min
Jun 4, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall34 min
Jun 4, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison, Morgan45 min
Jun 4, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale41 min
Jun 4, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone38 min
Jun 4, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison23 min
Jun 4, 4:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone116 min
Jun 4, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone27 min
Jun 4, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence47 min
Jun 4, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin35 min
Jun 4, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin31 min
Jun 4, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin36 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.