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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Huntsville, AL

June 22, 2019Franklin County, Lawrence County, Morgan County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2019, 1:46 PM CDT for Franklin County, Lawrence County, Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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: Jun 22, 2019, 1:46 PM CDT (18:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2019, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Morgan County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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
Jun 22, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2578 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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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 Jun 22, 11:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 11:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 11:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:52 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:08 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:11 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:25 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:25 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:27 PM CDT, 19 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
Jun 21, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale, Limestone	67 min
Jun 21, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	47 min
Jun 21, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan	41 min
Jun 21, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	39 min
Jun 21, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	40 min
Jun 21, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	52 min
Jun 21, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	34 min
Jun 21, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall	41 min
Jun 21, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman, Marshall, Morgan	44 min
Jun 21, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall	29 min
Jun 22, 11:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	25 min
Jun 22, 12:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert	48 min
Jun 22, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	47 min
Jun 22, 12:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	42 min
Jun 22, 12:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	51 min
Jun 22, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	42 min
Jun 22, 12:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Limestone	38 min
Jun 22, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	43 min
Jun 22, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lawrence	52 min
Jun 22, 1:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	50 min
Jun 22, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan	50 min
Jun 22, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Morgan	52 min
Jun 22, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	46 min
Jun 22, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman, Marshall, Morgan	37 min
Jun 22, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman	29 min
Jun 22, 3:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	26 min
Jun 22, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	34 min
Jun 22, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lauderdale, Limestone	38 min
Jun 22, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	50 min
Jun 22, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone	53 min
Jun 22, 6:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Lauderdale, Limestone	3 hr
Jun 22, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson, Madison	44 min
Jun 22, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	49 min
Jun 21, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	52 min
Jun 22, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin, Moore	25 min
Jun 22, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lincoln	23 min
Jun 22, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	50 min
Jun 22, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marion	31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.