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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2019, 11:21 PM CDT for Limestone County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 26, 2019, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2019, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
County Limestone County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 1806 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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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 Jun 26, 9:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 9:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Huntsville AL 1018 PM CDT Wed Jun 26 2019 ALZ004-007-270345- Lawrence AL-Morgan AL- 1018 PM CDT Wed Jun 26 2019 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT... At 1017 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles west of Hartselle. This storm was nearly stationary. Pea size hail and wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Decatur, Hartselle, Priceville, Speake, Neel, Massey, Basham and eastern Bankhead National Forest. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Strong gusty winds will be capable of knocking down small tree limbs along with other small unsecured items. Seek safe shelter until this storm has passed. && LAT...LON 3436 8721 3454 8715 3453 8690 3435 8697 TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 286DEG 0KT 3443 8707 70/DD
Local storm report, Jun 26, 10:52 PM CDT, 29 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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| Jun 26, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 10:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Morgan | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 11:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lauderdale, Limestone | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 11:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 11:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lawrence | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 11:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 12:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Morgan | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Limestone, Madison | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 27, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 53 min |
| Jun 27, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Jun 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 35 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.