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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2018, 4:48 PM CDT for Colbert County, Franklin County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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
- Mar 19, 2018, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2018, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 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 Mar 18, 6:48 PM CDT, 22 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 6:48 PM CDT, 22 hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Mar 19, 8:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 31 min |
| Mar 19, 11:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert | 37 min |
| Mar 19, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert | 23 min |
| Mar 19, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert | 15 min |
| Mar 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 26 min |
| Mar 19, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Lawrence, Morgan | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Madison | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.