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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 123, NWS Huntsville, AL

October 11, 2014Cullman County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 11, 2014, 8:24 PM CDT for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 11, 2014, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired: Oct 11, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cullman County, AL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 11, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 11, 8:03 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 11, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	27 min
Oct 12, 11:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lawrence	38 min
Oct 12, 12:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Limestone	49 min
Oct 12, 12:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	41 min
Oct 12, 1:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	43 min
Oct 12, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	48 min
Oct 12, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	44 min
Oct 12, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	45 min
Oct 12, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Marshall	24 min
Oct 12, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	45 min
Oct 12, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb	47 min
Oct 12, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	33 min
Oct 12, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	34 min
Oct 12, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	27 min
Oct 12, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lawrence	37 min
Oct 12, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	28 min
Oct 12, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	26 min
Oct 12, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	49 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.