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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2011, 2:44 PM CDT for Limestone County, Madison County, Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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 18, 2011, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2011, 3:09 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Morgan County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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 Jun 18, 12:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1232 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 .UPDATE...FOR 18Z TAFS. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD. A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SINCE CONFIDENCE IS LOW...WILL ONLY PUT IN VCTS BETWEEN 18Z AND 23Z. MAY NEED TO UPDATE LATER TO PUT IN A TEMPO OR PREDOMINANT GROUP FOR TSRA FOR A FEW HOURS IF THIS DEVELOPS. IF THIS HAPPENS...MVFR TO IFR CIGS OR VSBYS COULD MATERIALIZE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1032 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011/ UPDATE...INCREASES POPS AND ADDED THUNDERSTORM WATCH ACROSS THE CWA. DISCUSSION...TWO LARGE MCS NOW ALONG THE KY/TN BORDER WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH THIS AFTN. THE MOST ERN MCS WILL LIKELY MISS OUR CWA BUT THE WRN MCS SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT OUR NWRN/TN ZONES ARND NOON. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT HOWEVER CANT RULE OUT SOME HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...ALSO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SVR THREAT SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH ARND 7 PM. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && AVIATION...20 PREV DISCUSSION...07
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 10:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Madison | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Etowah | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 20 min |
| Jun 18, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 58 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.