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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

June 26, 2019Limestone County, Alabama

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

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2019-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1806 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2019-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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What forecasters said that day

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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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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 10:52 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:02 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman28 min
Jun 26, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman32 min
Jun 26, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman30 min
Jun 26, 10:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale29 min
Jun 26, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan27 min
Jun 26, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale37 min
Jun 26, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMorgan33 min
Jun 26, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence28 min
Jun 26, 11:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone51 min
Jun 26, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale, Limestone29 min
Jun 26, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence27 min
Jun 26, 11:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence25 min
Jun 26, 11:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence30 min
Jun 26, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone31 min
Jun 27, 11:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin35 min
Jun 27, 11:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin, Lawrence26 min
Jun 27, 11:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin46 min
Jun 27, 12:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin25 min
Jun 27, 12:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence35 min
Jun 27, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin46 min
Jun 27, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence30 min
Jun 27, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert, Lauderdale50 min
Jun 27, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale25 min
Jun 27, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale48 min
Jun 27, 1:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman44 min
Jun 27, 2:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan47 min
Jun 27, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman49 min
Jun 27, 2:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone, Madison42 min
Jun 27, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman, Limestone, Madison, Morgan37 min
Jun 27, 4:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson36 min
Jun 27, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb25 min
Jun 27, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb42 min
Jun 27, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb35 min
Jun 27, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb29 min
Jun 27, 12:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln30 min
Jun 27, 2:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin53 min
Jun 27, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln48 min
Jun 27, 4:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln25 min
Jun 27, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin35 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2019Every special weather statement in 2019

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.