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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2014, 1:48 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2014, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2014, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
County Lawrence County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 987 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
856
WWUS84 KHUN 201848
SPSHUN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
148 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
ALZ001-002-004-201930-
LAUDERDALE AL-LAWRENCE AL-COLBERT AL-
148 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE...
NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND EAST CENTRAL COLBERT COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM
CDT...
AT 147 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LEIGHTON...OR 8 MILES EAST OF MUSCLE SHOALS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROGERSVILLE...TOWN CREEK...LEIGHTON...COURTLAND...ANDERSON...
WHITEHEAD...FORD CITY...ELGIN...RED BANK AND NE SMITH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3492 8721 3455 8738 3464 8756 3474 8760
3495 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 259DEG 12KT 3473 8751
$$
TTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Moore | 25 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.