Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this wind advisory at Oct 14, 2012, 9:51 AM CDT for 11 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It took effect at Oct 14, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 14, 2012, 9:51 AM CDT (14:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 14, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2012, 2:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 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 14:51 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 12:00Z, 2.9 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
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 506 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
845 WWUS74 KHUN 141451 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 951 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-150200- /O.NEW.KHUN.WI.Y.0008.121014T1500Z-121015T0200Z/ 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 951 AM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF NORTHERN ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...FRANKLIN...LIMESTONE...LAWRENCE...MADISON... MORGAN...CULLMAN...MARSHALL...JACKSON...AND DEKALB COUNTIES IN ALABAMA. IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE: LINCOLN...MOORE...AND FRANKLIN. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...GUSTY CONDITIONS TODAY WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. CAUTION IS ADVISED ON AREA WATERWAYS GIVEN THE WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY. 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. && $$ 12
1 follow-up statement
989 WWUS74 KHUN 141951 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 251 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-142100- /O.CAN.KHUN.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-121015T0200Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR... GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG... FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 251 PM CDT SUN OCT 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE LESSENED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS AND ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. $$ TT
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.