Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this wind advisory at Jan 2, 2012, 2:29 AM CST for 11 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It took effect at Jan 2, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2012, 2:29 AM CST (08:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 2, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2012, 5:55 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
Counties Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
669 WWUS74 KHUN 020829 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 229 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY TODAY AS COLDER AIR INFILTRATES THE REGION. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-030000- /O.NEW.KHUN.WI.Y.0001.120102T1500Z-120103T0000Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR... GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG... FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 229 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH AT TIMES ON THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. * IMPACTS...UNSECURED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE BLOWN OVER. WEAKENED TREE BRANCHES MAY ALSO BE SNAPPED AND BLOWN DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ KULA
1 follow-up statement
915 WWUS74 KHUN 022355 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 555 PM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-030100- /O.CAN.KHUN.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR... GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG... FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 555 PM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND AS A RESULT THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 12:08 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 14 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.