Alert archive / Alabama / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this high wind warning at Dec 25, 2012, 8:52 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 112 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2012, 8:52 PM CST (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 10:44 PM CST
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
Counties DeKalb County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 10:04 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 5 N Albertville, AL | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE ALDER SPRINGS COMMUNITY NORTH OF ALBERTVILLE...NEAR THE STAGE COACH RD AND HUNTER GAP RD INTERSECTION. WINDS ESTIMATED 55 MPH BASED ON AREAL WIND REPORTS. |
| Dec 25, 10:04 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 N Albertville, AL | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE ALDER SPRINGS COMMUNITY NORTH OF ALBERTVILLE...NEAR THE STAGE COACH RD AND HUNTER GAP RD INTERSECTION. WINDS ESTIMATED 55 MPH BASED ON AREAL WIND REPORTS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 424 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
682 WWUS74 KHUN 260252 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 852 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ALZ006-008>010-261100- /O.UPG.KHUN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KHUN.HW.W.0001.121226T0252Z-121226T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KHUN.WI.Y.0013.121226T0400Z-121227T0000Z/ MADISON-MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTSVILLE...GUNTERSVILLE... SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE 852 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...MADISON...MARSHALL...JACKSON AND DEKALB COUNTIES THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WINDS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY ALONG THE BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH. PRYOR FIELD IN DECATUR REPORTED A GUST TO 43 MPH SHORTLY AFTER 800 PM CDT. SEVERAL MESONET SITES IN MADISON COUNTY ARE REPORTING GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR HOLIDAY DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING DURING THIS TIME...AS WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ALZ001>005-007-016-TNZ076-096-097-261100- /O.CON.KHUN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121227T0000Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MORGAN-CULLMAN- MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...DECATUR...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG... FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 852 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF NORTHERN ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY OVERNIGHT...AND TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR HOLIDAY DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING DURING THIS TIME...AS WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE... INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
917 WWUS74 KHUN 260326 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 926 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 TNZ076-096-097-261130- /O.UPG.KHUN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KHUN.WI.Y.0014.121226T0500Z-121227T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KHUN.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T0500Z/ MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 926 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND ALSO EXTENDED THROUGH 11 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WINDS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY ALONG THE BACK EDGE OF THE INITIAL PRECIPITATION SHIELD MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH. HUNTSVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH AT 914 MPH. SEVERAL MESONET SITES IN MADISON COUNTY ARE REPORTING GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH...AND AN ELEVATED TOWER SITE REPORTED A GUST TO 69 MPH. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR HOLIDAY DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING DURING THIS TIME...AS WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ALZ006-008>010-261130- /O.EXT.KHUN.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T0500Z/ /O.EXT.KHUN.WI.Y.0013.121226T0500Z-121227T0000Z/ MADISON-MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTSVILLE...GUNTERSVILLE... SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE 926 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...MADISON...MARSHALL...JACKSON AND DEKALB COUNTIES THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WINDS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY ALONG THE BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH. PRYOR FIELD IN DECATUR REPORTED A GUST TO 43 MPH SHORTLY AFTER 800 PM CDT. SEVERAL MESONET SITES IN MADISON COUNTY ARE REPORTING GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR HOLIDAY DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING DURING THIS TIME...AS WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ ALZ001>005-007-016-261130- /O.CON.KHUN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121227T0000Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MORGAN-CULLMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...DECATUR...CULLMAN 926 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF NORTHERN ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY OVERNIGHT...AND TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR HOLIDAY DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING DURING THIS TIME...AS WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE... INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. && $$
981 WWUS74 KHUN 260444 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1044 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ALZ006-008>010-261245- /O.CAN.KHUN.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T0500Z/ /O.EXT.KHUN.WI.Y.0013.121226T0444Z-121227T0000Z/ MADISON-MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTSVILLE...GUNTERSVILLE... SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE 1044 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. HOWEVER...THE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF NORTHERN ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY OVERNIGHT...AND TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR HOLIDAY DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING DURING THIS TIME...AS WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE... INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. && $$ TNZ076-096-097-261245- /O.CAN.KHUN.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T0500Z/ /O.EXT.KHUN.WI.Y.0014.121226T0444Z-121227T0000Z/ MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 1044 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. HOWEVER...THE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF NORTHERN ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY OVERNIGHT...AND TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR HOLIDAY DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING DURING THIS TIME...AS WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE... INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. && $$ ALZ001>005-007-016-261245- /O.CON.KHUN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121227T0000Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MORGAN-CULLMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...DECATUR...CULLMAN 1044 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF NORTHERN ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 35MPH ...BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY OVERNIGHT...AND TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR HOLIDAY DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING DURING THIS TIME...AS WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE... INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 8:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 54 min |
| Dec 25, 8:52 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 21 hr |
| Dec 25, 9:17 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman, Limestone, Morgan | 73 min |
| Dec 25, 9:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 26 min |
| Dec 25, 10:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 30 min |
| Dec 25, 10:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 28 min |
| Dec 26, 1:00 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 30 min |
| Dec 26, 1:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 27 min |
| Dec 25, 9:26 PM CST | Wind Advisory | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 21 hr |
| Dec 25, 9:51 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 24 min |
| Dec 25, 11:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Moore | 12 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Alabama, 2012High Wind Warnings in Tennessee, 2012Every high wind 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.