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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this wind advisory at May 4, 2016, 1:32 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It took effect at May 5, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2016, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2016, 7:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
Counties DeKalb County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1192 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
423 WWUS74 KHUN 041832 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 132 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ALZ006-008>010-TNZ076-096-097-051000- /O.NEW.KHUN.WI.Y.0004.160505T1500Z-160506T0100Z/ MADISON-MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTSVILLE...ALBERTVILLE...BOAZ... GUNTERSVILLE...ARAB...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...RAINSVILLE... LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER...SEWANEE...DECHERD... ESTILL SPRINGS...COWAN 132 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...THESE HIGH WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS TO BE DISPLACED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE... INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
204 WWUS74 KHUN 050805 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 305 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ALZ006-008>010-TNZ076-096-097-060100- /O.CON.KHUN.WI.Y.0004.160505T1500Z-160506T0100Z/ MADISON-MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTSVILLE...ALBERTVILLE...BOAZ... GUNTERSVILLE...ARAB...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...RAINSVILLE... LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER...SEWANEE...DECHERD... ESTILL SPRINGS...COWAN 305 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...THESE HIGH WINDS MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS TO BE DISPLACED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 25 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE... INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. && $$
022 WWUS74 KHUN 060010 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 710 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ALZ006-008>010-TNZ076-096-097-060115- /O.CAN.KHUN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160506T0100Z/ MADISON-MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTSVILLE...ALBERTVILLE...BOAZ... GUNTERSVILLE...ARAB...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...RAINSVILLE... LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER...SEWANEE...DECHERD... ESTILL SPRINGS...COWAN 710 PM CDT THU MAY 5 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...THUS WILL CANCEL THE WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 38 min |
| May 4, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 57 min |
| May 4, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 58 min |
| May 4, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 46 min |
| May 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall, Morgan | 59 min |
| May 4, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 31 min |
| May 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Marshall | 34 min |
| May 4, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 34 min |
| May 4, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin, Moore | 41 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Alabama, 2016Wind Advisories in Tennessee, 2016Every wind advisory 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.