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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2010, 1:28 PM CDT for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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
- May 28, 2010, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Madison County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 909 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 28, 11:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 11:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 1:15 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 115 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2010 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-290300- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 115 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKS INTO THE AREA. ANY OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SOME OF THESE HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS HEAT AND HUMIDITY COMBINE WITH A STALLED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS PERIOD COULD BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREAT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDWEEK AS A SUMMER LIKE PATTERN CONTROLS THE FORECAST. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... FORMAL ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. 20
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 28, 1:01 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 101 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2010 ALZ009-010-281845- DE KALB-JACKSON- 101 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DEKALB AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT... AT 1256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN SYLVANIA AND NORTH OF HOPEWELL. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... RAINSVILLE...SHILOH...FYFFE. THESE STORMS COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN 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 3438 8578 3442 8607 3463 8597 3464 8570 TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 013DEG 1KT 3452 8589 RSB
Special weather statement, May 28, 1:13 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
113 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2010
TNZ097-281900-
FRANKLIN-
113 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM
CDT...
AT 111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COWAN...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WINCHESTER...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...DECHERD.
SEWANEE...ALTO.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN 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 3530 8591 3519 8586 3514 8586 3499 8608
3515 8621 3531 8593
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 078DEG 2KT 3515 8601
RSBSpecial weather statement, May 28, 1:19 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
119 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2010
ALZ006-281900-
MADISON-
119 PM CDT FRI MAY 28 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM
CDT...
AT 116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DEPOSIT...OR 7 MILES EAST OF MOORES MILL...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
DEPOSIT...
MAYSVILLE...
MOORES MILL...BROWNSBORO.
SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN 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 3490 8632 3488 8634 3485 8634 3484 8633
3476 8633 3467 8653 3486 8662 3496 8635
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 064DEG 5KT 3484 8641
RSBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 44 min |
| May 28, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 41 min |
| May 28, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 31 min |
| May 28, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 26 min |
| May 28, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 29 min |
| May 28, 2:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 37 min |
| May 28, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 31 min |
| May 28, 2:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 99 min |
| May 28, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 43 min |
| May 28, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 38 min |
| May 28, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison, Morgan | 36 min |
| May 28, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 46 min |
| May 28, 3:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 2 hr |
| May 28, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 58 min |
| May 28, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 25 min |
| May 28, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 53 min |
| May 28, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall | 18 min |
| May 28, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 33 min |
| May 28, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 54 min |
| May 28, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 35 min |
| May 28, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 42 min |
| May 28, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 29 min |
| May 28, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 38 min |
| May 28, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 36 min |
| May 28, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 43 min |
| May 28, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 23 min |
| May 28, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 47 min |
| May 28, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 36 min |
| May 28, 1:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Franklin | 106 min |
| May 28, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 26 min |
| May 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Moore | 30 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.