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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Huntsville, AL

February 21, 2010Colbert County, Franklin County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 2010, 8:52 PM CST for Colbert County, Franklin County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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
Feb 21, 2010, 8:52 PM CST (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2010, 9:15 PM CST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 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 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 Feb 21, 5:20 PM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 5:20 PM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 8:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin35 min
Feb 21, 9:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan37 min
Feb 21, 10:04 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison41 min
Feb 21, 10:31 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson44 min
Feb 21, 10:38 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman37 min
Feb 21, 11:12 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall33 min

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.