Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this wind advisory at Apr 23, 2012, 4:07 AM CDT for Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee; 11 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Apr 23, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2012, 4:07 AM CDT (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 09:04 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
347 WWUS74 KHUN 230907 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 407 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-232300- /O.NEW.KHUN.WI.Y.0007.120423T1700Z-120423T2300Z/ 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 407 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO BLOW AROUND ANY UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BLOW DOWN LOOSE TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH... OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ TT
2 follow-up statements
004 WWUS74 KHUN 231352 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 852 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-232300- /O.CON.KHUN.WI.Y.0007.120423T1700Z-120423T2300Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR... GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG... FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 852 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO BLOW AROUND ANY UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS AND BLOW DOWN LOOSE TREE LIMBS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH...OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE...INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. && $$ 70/DD
472 WWUS74 KHUN 232258 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 558 PM CDT MON APR 23 2012 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-240000- /O.EXP.KHUN.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120423T2300Z/ 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 558 PM CDT MON APR 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY EARLY THIS EVENING. THROUGH 7 OR 8 PM...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH A FEW MORE GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO UNDER 15 MPH BY 9 OR 10 PM. $$ KULA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 9:43 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 8 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.