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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Huntsville, AL

July 13, 2010Morgan County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2010, 12:11 PM CDT for Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2010, 12:11 PM CDT (17:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2010, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Morgan County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 13, 11:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 13, 11:15 AM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 11:15 AM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 11:55 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1035 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010

ALZ001-002-004-131615-
COLBERT-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-
1035 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COLBERT...LAUDERDALE AND LAWRENCE
COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT...

AT 1031 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PRIDE LANDING...OR NEAR TUSCUMBIA...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  TUSCUMBIA.
  MUSCLE SHOALS...SHEFFIELD.
  SPRING VALLEY.
  LEIGHTON...FORD CITY.
  TOWN CREEK...RED BANK.

SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3487 8727 3460 8729 3466 8787 3486 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 1535Z 273DEG 22KT 3474 8776

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:20 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1120 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010

ALZ009-010-131700-
DE KALB-JACKSON-
1120 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DEKALB AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL
NOON CDT...

AT 1114 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DUTTON...OR 5 MILES EAST OF SCOTTSBORO...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  PISGAH...ROSALIE.
  HENAGAR...BEATY CROSSROADS...IDER.
  HAMMONDVILLE...SULPHER SPRINGS.

SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3455 8599 3473 8603 3481 8556 3459 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 1620Z 261DEG 23KT 3465 8590

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Special weather statement, Jul 13, 12:01 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 10:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert40 min
Jul 13, 10:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin67 min
Jul 13, 11:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson40 min
Jul 13, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb22 min
Jul 13, 11:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence28 min
Jul 13, 12:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison29 min
Jul 13, 12:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman50 min
Jul 13, 12:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone32 min
Jul 13, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan26 min
Jul 13, 12:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison37 min
Jul 13, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman, Marshall46 min
Jul 13, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb22 min
Jul 13, 1:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison38 min
Jul 13, 1:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb39 min
Jul 13, 5:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall35 min
Jul 12, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln55 min
Jul 12, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLincoln, Moore37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2010Every severe thunderstorm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.