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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2015, 5:03 PM CDT for Jackson County, Madison County, Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Tennessee. 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
- Jun 26, 2015, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 347 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1342 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Jun 26, 2:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 211 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S AND HEAT INDICES ARND 100. RADARS WERE SHOWING SCT SHRA/TSRA JUST SOUTH OF THE TN VALLEY ASSOCIATED WITH OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE OVER SRN AL. THESE SHRA/TSRA WILL SLOWLY MOVE NE THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVENING. MEANWHILE A CDFNT EXTENDING FROM NRN TX THRU CENTRAL MO AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SE TONIGHT. MODELS ALL SHOW THAT THIS CDFNT WILL PRODUCE A LINE OF STORMS/SQUALL LINE THAT WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT NW AL ARND MIDNIGHT. THIS SQUALL LINE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS/HAIL THE MAIN THREATS TONIGHT. ON SATURDAY THE CDFNT WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CWA BY THE AFTN TAKING THE CHC OF SHRA/TSRA WITH IT. THE BEST CHC OF SVR WX SHOULD BE EAST OF THE TN VALLEY BY SATURDAY AFTN...THOUGH THIS WILL DEPEND ON THE SPEED OF THE CDFNT. FOR NOW WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PCPN AFTER 00Z SATURDAY NIGHT AS A DRIER/COOLER AIRMASS SPREADS ACROSS THE TN VALLEY. SUNDAY WILL BE A BREAK FROM THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WITH AFTN HIGHS IN THE MID 80S AND DEWPOINTS SOMEWHERE IN THE 50S AND NO PCPN. MONDAY MRNG/AFTN COULD BE DRY ACCORDING TO THE ECMWF. GFS DOES BRING A CHC OF MORE SHRA/TSRA ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTN/NIGHT...THANKS TO AN UPPER TROF MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. TUESDAY THRU FRIDAY...AN UNSETTLED WX PATTERN BEGINS TO TAKE SHAPE AS THE TN VALLEY REMAINS IN NW FLOW. MODEL BLENDS ARE KEEPING A CHC OF SHRA/TSRA THRU THIS PERIOD...ALTHOUGH TIMING OF ANY PCPN IF VERY IFFY ATTM. ONE GOOD THING IS THAT TEMPS LOOKS TO BE A LITTLE BELOW SEASONAL VALUES DURING THIS PERIOD. 07 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1207 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015/ FOR 18Z TAFS... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH 08Z-09Z EXCEPT NEAR TSRA THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. HAVE RETAINED VCTS BTWN 21-02Z TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TSRA DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. AMENDMENTS TO THE TAFS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY TSRA ACTIVITY THAT DOES DEVELOP OR MEANDER TOWARDS TERMINALS. MORE WIDESPREAD TSRA ACTIVITY IS ANTICIPATED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD ARRIVE AND IMPACT TERMINALS WITH MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS BETWEEN 08Z-15Z. AFTER 14Z-15Z, EXPECTING MVFR CIGS TO PREVAIL. SL.77 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 72 84 61 85 / 80 80 20 10 SHOALS 73 85 62 85 / 80 60 20 10 VINEMONT 72 84 61 85 / 80 80 20 10 FAYETTEVILLE 70 81 59 84 / 80 70 20 10 ALBERTVILLE 72 84 61 83 / 80 80 20 10 FORT PAYNE 70 82 60 83 / 80 80 20 10 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 1:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 106 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-271000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 106 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...AS WEAK OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES DRIFTS SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A SOUTHEASTWARD MOVING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE MOST WIDESPREAD BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE ON SATURDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. OTHERWISE...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE INTO THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE ONCE AGAIN WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THIS WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR STORMS WILL DIMINISH FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES STEADILY SOUTHEASTWARD. AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS WILL RETURN TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL TRACK SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...BRINGING ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF STORMS NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS POSSIBLE FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 2:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 3:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Morgan | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 5:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Morgan | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 114 min |
| Jun 26, 6:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Moore | 26 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Tennessee, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015
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.