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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 132, NWS Huntsville, AL

August 31, 2017Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 2017, 10:24 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2017, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2017, 10:39 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 00:00Z on 2017-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 292 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 00:00Z on 2017-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 31, 6:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 6:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 11:25 AM CDT, 10 hours 59 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
1125 AM CDT Thu Aug 31 2017

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Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan-
Marshall-Jackson-De Kalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN-
1125 AM CDT Thu Aug 31 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north Alabama and portions of
southern middle Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

Brief tornadoes will be possible this afternoon and evening as the
remnants of Tropical Depression Harvey move across the region. A
Tornado Watch is in effect for portions of Northwestern Alabama
through 8 PM CDT this evening for the following counties: Lauderdale,
Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence, Limestone, and Cullman Counties.
Additional strong to severe storms will develop across the entire
area, with damaging wind gusts and torrential rainfall likely.

Rainfall totals upwards of two to three inches are likely across the
area, with the highest rainfall totals occurring over Northwestern
Alabama, closer to the track of Harvey. Isolated higher amounts up to
four inches are possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday...

Isolated thunderstorms are possible during Friday, as the remnants
of Harvey move into the Ohio Valley. While heavy downpours and gusty
winds could accompany the stronger storms, widespread severe weather
is not anticipated.

Scattered thunderstorms return to the forecast next Tuesday and
Wednesday, as a cold front moves across the area.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management personnel is
requested from early this afternoon through late tonight.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 31, 6:24 PM CDT, 4 hours before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone23 min
Aug 31, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale28 min
Aug 31, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman, Morgan47 min
Aug 31, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman32 min
Aug 31, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman, Marshall, Morgan31 min
Aug 31, 9:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison26 min
Aug 31, 9:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson33 min
Aug 31, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall27 min
Aug 31, 10:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson29 min
Aug 31, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb, Jackson34 min
Aug 31, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb33 min
Aug 31, 10:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln, Moore38 min

Nearby

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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.