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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

June 3, 2016Limestone County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2016, 6:21 PM CDT for Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2016, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL

County Limestone County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2016-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 79 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 2016-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
79 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
900 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 Jun 3, 6:15 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 6:15 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 1:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
209 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

ALZ006-031945-
MADISON AL-
209 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY UNTIL
245 PM CDT...

AT 209 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MOORES MILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOORES MILL AND NEW MARKET.

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.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.
SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3488 8634 3486 8635 3485 8634 3483 8634
      3478 8648 3481 8653 3495 8644
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 226DEG 8KT 3483 8646

KTW
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
220 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

ALZ006-032000-
MADISON AL-
220 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY UNTIL
300 PM CDT...

AT 220 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MOORES MILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW MARKET.

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.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.
SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3490 8634 3488 8634 3487 8635 3486 8635
      3485 8634 3484 8634 3479 8643 3484 8650
      3497 8643
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 221DEG 9KT 3483 8644

KTW
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
252 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

ALZ006-TNZ096-032030-
MADISON AL-LINCOLN TN-
252 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL MADISON AND
SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 252 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
NEW MARKET...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...LINCOLN...FLINTVILLE...ELORA...SMITHLAND...PLEVNA...CR
YSTAL SPRINGS...KELSO AND MOLINO.

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.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.
SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3513 8637 3512 8636 3514 8636 3515 8635
      3514 8635 3494 8633 3492 8650 3514 8660
      3517 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 170DEG 12KT 3501 8645

KTW
Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
333 PM CDT FRI JUN 03 2016

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

1225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSE DECATUR           34.58N 86.98W
06/03/2016                   MORGAN             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE REPORTED DOWN ALONG 11TH STREET AND 11TH AVENUE IN
            DECATUR.

&&
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:21 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
Jun 3, 2:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison36 min
Jun 3, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison40 min
Jun 3, 12:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin43 min
Jun 3, 12:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin51 min
Jun 3, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln38 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.