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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 1:40 PM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2018, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2018, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
County Jackson County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 474 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 7, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Huntsville AL 1228 PM CDT Tue Aug 7 2018 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-081200- Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan- Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN- 1228 PM CDT Tue Aug 7 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north Alabama and portions of southern middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be capable of producing strong wind gusts and locally heavy downpours. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday... A cold front will move into the region and stall initially, bringing scattered to numerous shower and thunderstorm activity for Wednesday through Friday. Some strong thunderstorms capable of producing gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall are possible each day. While thunderstorms will remain in the forecast, the coverage of activity may be a little lower from Saturday through Monday. Some thunderstorms capable of strong wind gusts could still occur during this period. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management personnel is not anticipated at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 7, 11:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1155 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW ATHENS 34.80N 86.97W
08/06/2018 LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON HOUSTON STREET.
0432 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNW ATHENS 34.84N 86.98W
08/06/2018 LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON AIRFIELD STREET.
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 ENE ROGERSVILLE 34.85N 87.16W
08/06/2018 LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON BARKER ROAD.
0405 PM TSTM WND DMG 7 WSW VINA 34.34N 88.16W
08/06/2018 FRANKLIN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
EMA GOT REPORTS OF TREES DOWN ALONG CO ROAD
11 SOUTHWEST OF VINA.
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE DECATUR 34.60N 86.97W
08/06/2018 MORGAN AL BROADCAST MEDIA
LARGE TREE DOWN AT THE CORNER OF GRANT AND
CHURCH STREET.
0340 PM HAIL 2 NNE DECATUR 34.60N 86.97W
08/06/2018 E0.88 INCH MORGAN AL BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORT OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
0332 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE DECATUR 34.60N 86.97W
08/06/2018 MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 2
NNE DECATUR. A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON A
HOUSE AT THIS LOCATION.
0332 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNW DECATUR 34.60N 87.00W
08/06/2018 MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 2
NNW DECATUR. TREE REPORTED DOWN ON ROAD AT
THE INTERSECTION OF 7TH AVENUE W AND 1ST
STREET SW.
0332 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N DECATUR 34.61N 86.98W
08/06/2018 MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 3
N DECATUR. TREE REPORTED DOWN ON A HOUSE AT
THIS LOCATION ON VINE STREET.
0332 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE DECATUR 34.60N 86.98W
08/06/2018 MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 2
NNE DECATUR. TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON THE
ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF JACKSON STREET
SE AND 8TH AVENUE SE.
0203 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NNE SCOTTSBORO 34.67N 86.03W
08/06/2018 E40 MPH JACKSON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY KNOCKED DOWN A FEW LIMBS ON
A COUPLE OF OAK TREES IN SCOTTSBORO. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&Special weather statement, Aug 7, 1:40 PM CDT, 0 minutes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 21 min |
| Aug 7, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 43 min |
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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.