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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

December 23, 2014Jackson County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Dec 23, 2014, 2:21 PM CST for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
Dec 23, 2014, 2:21 PM CST (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2014, 2:45 PM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL

County Jackson County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2014-12-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2014-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Dec 23, 11:32 AM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 11:32 AM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 23, 1:32 PM CST, 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 23, 1:34 PM CST, 47 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 23, 1:51 PM CST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
151 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0147 PM     HAIL             4 S RAINSVILLE          34.44N 85.84W
12/23/2014  E1.00 INCH       DEKALB             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN PLEASANT HILL

&&

BCC
Local storm report, Dec 23, 1:56 PM CST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
156 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0107 PM     HAIL             5 S MOULTON             34.41N 87.30W
12/23/2014  E0.50 INCH       LAWRENCE           AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            DIME SIZE HAIL IN THE LINDSAY HILL COMMUNITY IN BANKHEAD
            FOREST...ALONG COUNTY ROAD 89 JUST EAST OF AL HWY 33.

0116 PM     HAIL             2 ESE MADISON           34.69N 86.72W
12/23/2014  E0.25 INCH       MADISON            AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEA SIZE HAIL AT THE PUBLIX SHOPPING CENTER AT THE CORNER
            OF MADISON BLVD AND SHELTON RD IN MADISON.

0147 PM     HAIL             4 S RAINSVILLE          34.44N 85.84W
12/23/2014  E1.00 INCH       DEKALB             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN PLEASANT HILL

&&

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Special weather statement, Dec 23, 2:00 PM CST, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
200 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

ALZ006-TNZ076-096-097-232045-
MADISON AL-MOORE TN-FRANKLIN TN-LINCOLN TN-
200 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MADISON...
SOUTHEASTERN MOORE...WESTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN
COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CST...

AT 159 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
NEW MARKET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS EMBEDDDED
WITHIN A LINE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS LINCOLN...MOORE AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...DECHERD...ESTILL SPRINGS...HUNTLAND...TIMS FORD LAKE...
NEW MARKET...MAXWELL...PLEVNA...FLINTVILLE AND ELORA.

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 3536 8626 3534 8624 3535 8622 3533 8620
      3536 8616 3536 8611 3529 8596 3499 8620
      3499 8631 3498 8631 3494 8626 3494 8628
      3493 8632 3491 8631 3487 8635 3490 8652
      3539 8626 3539 8625
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 209DEG 45KT 3497 8645

DJN.83
Special weather statement, Dec 23, 2:21 PM CST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
221 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

ALZ009-TNZ097-232045-
JACKSON AL-FRANKLIN TN-
221 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JACKSON AND EASTERN FRANKLIN
COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CST...

AT 220 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF HUNTLAND TO
NEAR SKYLINE TO NEAR WOODVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR WHICH WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTTSBORO...STEVENSON...COWAN...MONTEAGLE...HOLLYWOOD...SKYLINE...
WOODVILLE...SEWANEE...ANDERSON AND PLEASANT GROVES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN
LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3529 8592 3519 8586 3499 8586 3499 8574
      3483 8576 3457 8604 3458 8615 3460 8616
      3461 8633 3471 8631 3500 8620 3531 8595
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 255DEG 32KT 3507 8613 3480 8617 3458 8631

DJN.83

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 11:25 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb35 min
Dec 23, 12:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan22 min
Dec 23, 1:16 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison29 min
Dec 23, 1:34 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb26 min
Dec 23, 1:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb36 min
Dec 23, 4:53 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall37 min
Dec 23, 4:58 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman32 min
Dec 23, 5:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningHUNMadison6 hr
Dec 23, 1:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln, Moore43 min
Dec 23, 2:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin45 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.