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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Huntsville, AL

July 12, 2011Limestone County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2011, 4:42 PM CDT for Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 12, 2011, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Limestone County, AL

The radar

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NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 12, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 2:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 10:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1057 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-131015-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
1057 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

HEAT INDEX VALUES IN EXCESS OF 110 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.  ELSEWHERE IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA
AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE
105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.
SUDDEN LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH THESE FAST DEVELOPING
STORMS.  IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE 105 TO 110
DEGREE RANGE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.  A FEW
OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

DAILY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

FORMAL ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...TIMELY REPORTS
OF WIND DAMAGE AND FLOODING WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

KULA

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
327 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0205 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NW FORT PAYNE         34.51N 85.76W
07/12/2011                   DEKALB             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A POWER POLE WAS KNOCKED DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR OF
            GUST FRONT.

&&

KULA

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:50 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
350 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

ALZ008-010-122115-
DE KALB-MARSHALL-
350 PM CDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DEKALB AND MARSHALL COUNTIES
UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RODENTOWN...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOAZ...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  ARONA...ALBERTVILLE.
  BOAZ...HIGH POINT.
  HORTON...DOUGLAS.

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 3414 8635 3436 8620 3427 8590 3419 8594
      3420 8609 3418 8611 3418 8619 3410 8629
      3410 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 028DEG 11KT 3423 8605

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:05 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:35 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 4:39 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 4:48 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 2 more	38 hr
Jul 12, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	32 min
Jul 12, 1:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	37 min
Jul 12, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb	27 min
Jul 12, 2:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson	90 min
Jul 12, 2:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb	64 min
Jul 12, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	67 min
Jul 12, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Madison	28 min
Jul 12, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	31 min
Jul 12, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	25 min
Jul 12, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	40 min
Jul 12, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Limestone	40 min
Jul 12, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman, Morgan	36 min
Jul 12, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone, Morgan	21 min
Jul 12, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	47 min
Jul 12, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	30 min
Jul 12, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	47 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.