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Excessive Heat Warning 3, NWS Huntsville, AL

June 30, 20128 counties in Alabama; Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this excessive heat warning at Jun 30, 2012, 5:00 AM CDT for 8 counties in Alabama; Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It took effect at Jul 1, 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 30, 2012, 5:00 AM CDT (10:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 1, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 1, 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 09:58 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 30, 4:45 AM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 4:45 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 4:45 AM CDT, 15 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
Jun 30, 5:00 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	HUN	Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall and 1 more	38 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Alabama, 2012 Excessive Heat Warnings in Tennessee, 2012 Every 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.