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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

August 5, 2015Marshall County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2015, 9:33 PM CDT for Marshall County, Alabama. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 2015, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL

County Marshall County, AL

The radar

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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 Aug 5, 9:09 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 9:09 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 9:27 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 8:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
813 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2015

ALZ004-007-016-060145-
CULLMAN AL-MORGAN AL-LAWRENCE AL-
813 PM CDT WED AUG 5 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CULLMAN...
SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM
CDT...

AT 813 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ADVISORY AREA. THE STRONGEST CELL WAS LOCATED
NEAR SARDIS...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARTSELLE. ALL STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CULLMAN...HARTSELLE...FALKVILLE...SARDIS...VINEMONT...WEST POINT...
EVA...LACON...SPEAKE AND BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST.

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 THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 3421 8711 3430 8711 3430 8743 3444 8742
      3442 8677 3420 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 269DEG 18KT 3428 8703

70/DD
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 8:38 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 8:49 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 8:59 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 9:14 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 9:33 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence51 min
Aug 5, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan32 min
Aug 5, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMorgan31 min
Aug 5, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb26 min
Aug 5, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison31 min
Aug 5, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNBlount31 min
Aug 6, 1:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale52 min
Aug 6, 2:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale43 min
Aug 6, 3:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert, Lauderdale, Limestone45 min
Aug 6, 3:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison38 min
Aug 6, 4:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison43 min
Aug 6, 5:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone23 min
Aug 6, 5:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson51 min
Aug 6, 5:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan32 min
Aug 6, 6:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb27 min
Aug 6, 7:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert41 min
Aug 6, 10:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence, Limestone, Morgan60 min
Aug 6, 10:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert, Lauderdale42 min
Aug 6, 10:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan63 min
Aug 6, 11:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale63 min
Aug 6, 11:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert53 min
Aug 6, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb36 min
Aug 5, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMoore37 min
Aug 5, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin36 min
Aug 6, 10:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin, Lincoln, Moore47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2015Every special weather statement 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.