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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 2014, 8:33 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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 12, 2014, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties DeKalb County, AL, Jackson County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 12, 8:33 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 8:33 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 833 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014 .UPDATE... CLUSTERS OF CONVECTION, SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN SUPERCELLULAR, CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP ALONG AND N OF A SFC WARM FRONT SITUATED NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR IN MS AND AL. A WEDGE FRONT WAS PUSHING SWWD (NOTED ON FFC RADAR) INTO NWRN GA. THIS MAY EVEN GET CLOSE TO DEKALB COUNTY. AS ONE CLUSTER CROSSES NERN AL AT THIS HOUR, NEW DEVELOPMENT WAS ORIENTED IN A SSW-NNE DIRECTION IN WRN AL FROM WNW OF TUSCALOOSA THRU HAYLEYVILLE AND MOULTON IN LAWRENCE COUNTY. THESE WILL LIKELY TRACK NE INTO NC/NERN AL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. OTHER CLUSTERS OF STORMS ARE GATHERING IN THE ARKLAMISS REGION WITH AN EXPECTED MOVEMENT TO THE NE AND WILL AFFECT NW AL AND SRN TN LATE TONIGHT. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE FEEDING OFF AN INCREASING LLJ ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY. OUR LLJ SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 25-30KT, CERTAINLY ENOUGH TO KEEP PERSISTENT MOISTURE TRANSPORT. EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR VALUES OF 30-40KT SHOULD SUSTAIN ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT AS WELL DESPITE LOSS OF HEATING, BUT THE OVERALL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT REMAINS QUITE LOW. WE HAVE HAD WEAK-MODERATE MESOCYCLONES THAT WERE PROBABLY AIDED BY AFTERNOON HEATING. OUR BIGGER CONCERN OVERNIGHT WILL BE LOCALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DUE TO TRAINING. THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN IS ACROSS OUR SRN/SERN COUNTIES WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN TODAY. WILL BE RAISING THE POP IN THESE AREA INTO THE CATEGORICAL RANGE. AK && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 605 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014/ FOR 00Z TAFS... CLUSTERS OF SHRA AND TSRA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THRU PORTIONS OF MAINLY NORTHERN AL TONIGHT. HAVE INCLUDED VCTS AT KHSV THRU 02Z AND VCSH AT KMSL THRU 04Z. IT IS MORE UNCERTAIN BEYOND THAT PERIOD, SO HAVE LEFT OUT OF THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT'S FORECAST. HOWEVER, IFR CIGS (POSSIBLY LIFR) ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE VERY MOIST CONDITIONS AND SELY FLOW THESE CLOUDS WILL LIFT INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CONDS RETURN TO VFR. GUSTY SELY FLOW IS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY MONDAY. ISOLD TO SCT SHRA AND TSRA ARE AGAIN PSBL MONDAY AFTN, BUT THE PROB IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE PREVAILING FORECAST. AK && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 12, 2:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
617 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014
ALZ010-122345-
DE KALB AL-
617 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL DE KALB COUNTY UNTIL
645 PM CDT...
AT 617 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
FORT PAYNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT PAYNE...RAINSVILLE...HENAGAR...SYLVANIA...VALLEY HEAD...
HAMMONDVILLE...MENTONE...PINE RIDGE...SHILOH AND DESOTO STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE
LIMBS...ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL UNSECURED ITEMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
LOCALLY 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 3451 8554 3450 8555 3450 8556 3449 8556
3448 8558 3447 8558 3439 8580 3447 8588
3466 8564 3453 8552 3452 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 239DEG 15KT 3446 8579
JMSSpecial weather statement, Oct 12, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
649 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014
ALZ010-130015-
DE KALB AL-
649 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL DE KALB COUNTY UNTIL
715 PM CDT...
AT 648 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HENAGAR...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT PAYNE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT PAYNE...VALLEY HEAD...HAMMONDVILLE...MENTONE...SULPHER SPRINGS
AND DESOTO STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE
LIMBS...ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL UNSECURED ITEMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
LOCALLY 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 3452 8556 3450 8563 3457 8571 3473 8556
3454 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 233DEG 17KT 3457 8561
JMSSpecial weather statement, Oct 12, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
715 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014
ALZ008-010-130045-
MARSHALL AL-DE KALB AL-
715 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL MARSHALL AND
SOUTHWESTERN DE KALB COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 715 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GERALDINE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBERTVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FYFFE...GERALDINE...LAKEVIEW...PAINTER...CHIGGER HILL...LAKE
GUNTERSVILLE ST PARK...HOPEWELL...WHITON...PEEKS CORNER AND
HUSTLEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE
LIMBS...ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL UNSECURED ITEMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
LOCALLY 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 3437 8583 3428 8615 3440 8625 3449 8610
3446 8608 3447 8606 3447 8603 3448 8602
3449 8599 3451 8595
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 239DEG 20KT 3437 8612
JMSLocal storm report, Oct 12, 7:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
721 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0407 PM HAIL 3 NNW ALBERTVILLE 34.30N 86.23W
10/12/2014 E1.00 INCH MARSHALL AL TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND A LARGE TREE DOWN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF ROSE ROAD AND GOODWIN ROAD IN
ALBERTVILLE.
&&
KULASpecial weather statement, Oct 12, 7:50 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 750 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014 ALZ009-010-130130- DE KALB AL-JACKSON AL- 750 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL DE KALB AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 750 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SECTION...OR 7 MILES WEST OF RAINSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RAINSVILLE...HENAGAR...SYLVANIA...FYFFE...POWELL...SECTION... PISGAH...DUTTON AND SHILOH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS...ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL UNSECURED ITEMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. LOCALLY 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 3442 8593 3447 8609 3474 8590 3462 8566 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 219DEG 18KT 3451 8598 JMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 30 min |
| Oct 12, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 40 min |
| Oct 12, 9:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman | 4 hr |
| Oct 12, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Oct 12, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Oct 13, 12:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert | 41 min |
| Oct 13, 12:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman | 6 hr |
| Oct 13, 1:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 40 min |
| Oct 13, 2:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 36 min |
| Oct 13, 4:27 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Oct 13, 5:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Oct 13, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 36 min |
| Oct 13, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 36 min |
| Oct 13, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 34 min |
| Oct 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 24 min |
| Oct 13, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 30 min |
| Oct 13, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 39 min |
| Oct 13, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 21 min |
| Oct 13, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Oct 13, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 15 min |
| Oct 13, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 31 min |
| Oct 13, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 22 min |
| Oct 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 15 min |
| Oct 13, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Oct 13, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Oct 13, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 41 min |
| Oct 13, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Moore | 44 min |
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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.