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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Huntsville, AL

June 11, 2011DeKalb County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 1:08 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 11, 2011, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2011, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County DeKalb County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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 Jun 11, 1:00 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 1:00 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 1:07 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 12:54 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1254 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

ALZ010-111845-
DE KALB-
1254 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DEKALB COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM CDT...

AT 1252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SYLVANIA...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
RAINSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  HAMMONDVILLE.
  VALLEY HEAD...FORT PAYNE.

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

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 3449 8554 3449 8556 3446 8558 3444 8558
      3438 8562 3437 8563 3437 8565 3433 8569
      3457 8588 3463 8578 3470 8572 3453 8550
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 320DEG 4KT 3457 8574

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 7:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	36 min
Jun 11, 12:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	51 min
Jun 11, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	38 min
Jun 11, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	25 min
Jun 11, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	33 min
Jun 11, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	30 min
Jun 11, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb	33 min
Jun 11, 3:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb	66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.