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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 20, 2014, 8:46 PM CST for Franklin County, Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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
- Feb 20, 2014, 8:46 PM CST (02:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, AL, Lawrence County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 Feb 20, 7:07 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 7:07 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 707 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUANCE OF TORNADO WATCH #16 UNTIL 3AM. && .DISCUSSION... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FINALLY ON THE DOORSTEP OF NW AL AS OF THIS WRITING, WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL/WIND DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WRN TN/NRN MS. EXPECT THE LINE OF STORMS TO STRENGTHEN AS THEY MARCH ACROSS THE AREA, WITH THE ASSC SFC LOW DEEPENING TO 984MB OVER THE SRN GREAT LAKES. THE COLD FRONT IS JUST NOW APPROACHING THE MS RIVER WITH A STARK CLEARING LINE NOTED BEHIND THE LINE OF CONVECTION. THANKS TO SURROUNDING OFFICES FOR SPECIAL RELEASE SOUNDINGS THIS AFTN, AS WELL AS TO MS STATE AND UAH FOR THEIR SOUNDING INFORMATION AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS. UPDATED PRODUCTS ALREADY SENT. 12 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 534 PM CST THU FEB 20 2014/ FOR 00Z TAFS... CONDS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY AT BOTH TERMINALS AS A LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS APPROACHES KMSL/KHSV. GRADIENT WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH WILL BE SUSTAINED 15-25KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35-40KTS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY RIGHT AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS. VSBYS WILL BE REDUCED TO 2SM OR LESS AS THE LINE PUSHES ACROSS THE TERMINALS. CONDS WILL QUICKLY IMPROVE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAYBREAK WITH CLEARING SKIES EXPECTED FROM WEST TO EAST. WINDS WILL RELAX DURING THIS TIME AS WELL, WITH 5-10KT WNW WINDS EXPECTED BY THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. 12 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR ALZ001>010-016. TN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR TNZ076-096-097. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 8:08 PM CST, 38 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 20, 7:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 7:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 34 min |
| Feb 20, 7:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 39 min |
| Feb 20, 8:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 46 min |
| Feb 20, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 48 min |
| Feb 20, 9:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 34 min |
| Feb 20, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 31 min |
| Feb 20, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Lawrence, Morgan | 39 min |
| Feb 20, 9:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison, Morgan | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 9:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 49 min |
| Feb 20, 9:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 9:52 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 46 min |
| Feb 20, 10:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 44 min |
| Feb 20, 10:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 43 min |
| Feb 20, 10:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 39 min |
| Feb 20, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 46 min |
| Feb 20, 11:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 32 min |
| Feb 21, 12:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 42 min |
| Feb 21, 12:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 43 min |
| Feb 21, 12:35 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:30 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 43 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 9 hr |
| Feb 20, 10:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.