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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

June 26, 2016Marshall County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2016, 7:13 PM CDT for Marshall County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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 26, 2016, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL

County Marshall County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2016-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 393 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2016-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 26, 7:03 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 7:03 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 12:49 PM CDT, 6 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1249 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-271000-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
1249 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE BRIEF
GUSTY WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, SMALL HAIL, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. AN
ISOLATED STRONG STORM IS POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH
POSSIBLE.

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REACH INTO THE MIDDLE 90S FOR THE ENTIRE
TENNESSEE VALLEY WITH HEAT INDEX READINGS BETWEEN 100 TO 105
DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ON MONDAY AS A COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION. A FEW STRONG
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY. THE THREAT FOR STORMS WILL END
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT CLEARS THE
REGION.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AND AN INCREASING
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

TT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
432 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

ALZ004-262200-
LAWRENCE AL-
432 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY
UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 432 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES WEST OF MOULTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MT HOPE...LANDERSVILLE AND WESTERN 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 THIS STORM HAS PASSED.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3435 8753 3438 8753 3455 8748 3455 8735
      3434 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 029DEG 7KT 3444 8745

09
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
516 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

ALZ010-262300-
DE KALB AL-
516 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DEKALB COUNTY UNTIL
600 PM CDT...

AT 516 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
IDER...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HENAGAR...IDER AND SULPHER SPRINGS.

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.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3461 8576 3467 8575 3474 8569 3475 8567
      3479 8564 3482 8563 3484 8561 3484 8558
      3463 8554
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 254DEG 14KT 3476 8563

09
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
520 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

ALZ007-262245-
MORGAN AL-
520 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM CDT...

AT 520 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
DECATUR. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DECATUR...HARTSELLE...PRICEVILLE...NEEL AND BASHAM.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3459 8704 3458 8690 3441 8687 3444 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 007DEG 3KT 3454 8699

09
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
529 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

ALZ007-262300-
MORGAN AL-
529 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY UNTIL 600
PM CDT...

AT 529 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
TRIANA...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VALHERMOSO SPRINGS.

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.

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3449 8687 3456 8684 3455 8676 3459 8671
      3459 8669 3449 8664
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 356DEG 12KT 3458 8677

09
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:28 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:13 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 27, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert, Lauderdale47 min
Jun 27, 2:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone42 min
Jun 27, 2:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson34 min
Jun 27, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson, Madison, Morgan53 min
Jun 27, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall36 min
Jun 27, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMarshall52 min
Jun 27, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman50 min
Jun 27, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson24 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.