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Excessive Heat Warning 1, NWS Huntsville, AL

June 29, 20128 counties in Alabama; Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this excessive heat warning at Jun 29, 2012, 5:02 AM CDT for 8 counties in Alabama; Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It took effect at Jun 29, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. 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 29, 2012, 5:02 AM CDT (10:02 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 29, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 29, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL

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

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jun 28, 6:38 PM CDT, 10 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 6:38 PM CDT, 10 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 10:45 AM CDT, 18 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1045 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2012

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-290100-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
1045 AM CDT THU JUN 28 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

VERY HOT CONDITIONS CAN EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG
AND WEST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
BETWEEN 99 AND 104 DEGREES TODAY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
ALABAMA...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS THROUGH 7PM THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

RECORD OR NEAR RECORD HEAT WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY ARE EXPECTED TO REACH OR
EXCEED 100 DEGREES AT MOST LOCATIONS. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM FRIDAY.

VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AND PERHAPS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGHER HUMIDITY WILL
RETURN AND COMBINE WITH THE HOT TEMPERATURES TO CREATE POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES DURING THE WEEKEND. HEAT ADVISORIES AND
PERHAPS EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED THROUGH THIS
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

KDW/DJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 5:02 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryHUNColbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more31 hr
Jun 29, 5:01 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningHUNColbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more26 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Alabama, 2012Excessive Heat Warnings in Tennessee, 2012Every excessive heat warning in 2012

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.