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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2018, 1:27 AM CST for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 33 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 6, 2018, 1:27 AM CST (07:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2018, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 10:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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 5, 11:21 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 11:21 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1232 AM CST TUE NOV 6 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1112 PM TSTM WND DMG 9 NW UNDERWOOD-PETERSVI 34.96N 87.81W
11/05/2018 LAUDERDALE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN AT CR 85 AND CR 261.
&&Local storm report, Nov 6, 1:11 AM CST, 16 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Nov 5, 10:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Nov 5, 10:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Nov 5, 11:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 22 min |
| Nov 5, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 45 min |
| Nov 5, 11:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 30 min |
| Nov 5, 11:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 29 min |
| Nov 5, 11:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 13 min |
| Nov 6, 12:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Nov 6, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 50 min |
| Nov 6, 12:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 26 min |
| Nov 6, 12:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 34 min |
| Nov 6, 12:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 34 min |
| Nov 6, 1:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 36 min |
| Nov 6, 2:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Marshall | 33 min |
| Nov 6, 2:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 28 min |
| Nov 6, 2:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 36 min |
| Nov 6, 3:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 9 min |
| Nov 6, 12:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 23 min |
| Nov 6, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 36 min |
| Nov 6, 12:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 33 min |
| Nov 6, 1:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 31 min |
| Nov 6, 1:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 18 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.