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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 18, 2015, 11:49 AM CST for DeKalb County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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
- Nov 18, 2015, 11:49 AM CST (17:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2015, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County DeKalb County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Nov 18, 11:23 AM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 11:23 AM CST, 26 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 328 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-182000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 328 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... NORTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF. THE STRONG WINDS AND A WET GROUND MAY RESULT IN A FEW TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL RAINFALL FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL BE AROUND TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 18, 10:28 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 5:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 34 min |
| Nov 18, 5:41 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 34 min |
| Nov 18, 8:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 43 min |
| Nov 18, 9:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 44 min |
| Nov 18, 9:40 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 50 min |
| Nov 18, 10:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 3 hr |
| Nov 18, 10:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 47 min |
| Nov 18, 11:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson, Marshall | 38 min |
| Nov 18, 11:36 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 54 min |
| Nov 18, 9:20 AM CST | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.