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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

August 2, 2012Lawrence County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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
Aug 2, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2012, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL

County Lawrence County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 1, 6:46 PM CDT, 18 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 6:46 PM CDT, 18 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 6:42 PM CDT, 18 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman49 min
Aug 2, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence48 min
Aug 2, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone47 min
Aug 2, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone50 min
Aug 1, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin24 min
Aug 1, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin44 min
Aug 2, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln46 min
Aug 2, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLincoln29 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2012Every special weather statement 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.