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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Huntsville, AL

February 21, 201111 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this wind advisory at Feb 21, 2011, 1:28 PM CST for 11 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2011, 1:28 PM CST (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL

Counties Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 250 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

893 
WWUS74 KHUN 211928
NPWHUN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
128 PM CST MON FEB 21 2011


ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-220000-
/O.NEW.KHUN.WI.Y.0002.110221T1928Z-110222T0000Z/
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...
RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...
GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...
FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER
128 PM CST MON FEB 21 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.
  THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES.

* IMPACTS: USE CAUTION WHEN OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA
  ROADWAYS. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS OUTSIDE WHICH MAY BE BLOWN AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH...
OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

&&

$$

KULA

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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.