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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Huntsville, AL

November 18, 2017Lauderdale County, Limestone County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 18, 2017, 5:23 PM CST for Lauderdale County, Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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: Nov 18, 2017, 5:23 PM CST (23:23 UTC)
Expired: Nov 18, 2017, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lauderdale County, AL, Limestone County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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 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 Nov 17, 5:53 PM CST, 23 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 5:53 PM CST, 23 hours 30 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 18, 4:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert	24 min
Nov 18, 4:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	31 min
Nov 18, 4:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	51 min
Nov 18, 5:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence	23 min
Nov 18, 5:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	29 min
Nov 18, 5:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan	25 min
Nov 18, 5:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lincoln, Moore	23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2017 Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.