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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2011, 3:55 PM CDT for Jackson County, Madison County, Marshall County, Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Tennessee. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 4, 2011, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado 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.
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 6:09 PM CDT, 21 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 12:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 21 min |
| Apr 4, 1:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone | 30 min |
| Apr 4, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 114 min |
| Apr 4, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Lawrence, Marshall, Morgan | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 4:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Lawrence, Morgan | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 40 min |
| Apr 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 22 min |
| Apr 4, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 6:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 31 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.