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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 4:52 AM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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 9, 2012, 4:52 AM CDT (09:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
County Jackson County, AL
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 9, 4:32 AM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 4:32 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:21 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 421 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2012 ALZ008-091000- MARSHALL AL- 421 AM CDT THU AUG 9 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM CDT... AT 415 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GUNTERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GUNTERSVILLE...GRANT AND UNION GROVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3426 8632 3439 8648 3458 8626 3445 8609 TIME...MOT...LOC 0915Z 225DEG 20KT 3436 8636 70/DD
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:52 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 4:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 9:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 11:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 12:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 9:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 9:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 10:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 11:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Moore | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 11:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Moore | 27 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.