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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2011, 1:21 AM CDT for Marshall County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2011, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
County Marshall County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2415 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
887
WWUS84 KHUN 170621
SPSHUN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
121 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
ALZ006>008-016-170645-
CULLMAN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MORGAN-
121 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CULLMAN...MADISON...MARSHALL AND
MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT...
AT 121 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MORGAN CITY TO RYAN
CROSSROADS TO JOPPA...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
UNION GROVE.
NEW HOPE...MOUNTAIN VIEW.
GUNTERSVILLE.
GRANT...COLUMBUS CITY.
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 3436 8663 3448 8669 3459 8631 3448 8620
3432 8622 3426 8647 3426 8651 3424 8652
3422 8662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 250DEG 36KT 3447 8655 3439 8651
3429 8651
$$
70/DDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale, Lawrence | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 1:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 2:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 8:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 8:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 9:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 9:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 10:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 11:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.