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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood watch at Dec 19, 2017, 1:25 PM CST for 11 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 19, 2017, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2017, 1:25 PM CST (19:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2017, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2017, 9:57 AM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Dec 19, 10:59 AM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 10:59 AM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 8:57 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Alabama, 2017Flash Flood Watches in Tennessee, 2017Every flash flood watch in 2017
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.