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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 11, 2020, 8:07 AM CST for Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Lawrence County, Alabama. It was in force for 68 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
- Jan 11, 2020, 8:07 AM CST (14:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2020, 9:15 AM CST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 6:57 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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 Jan 10, 3:21 PM CST, 16 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 3:21 PM CST, 16 hours 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 7:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 61 min |
| Jan 11, 7:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 59 min |
| Jan 11, 8:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 62 min |
| Jan 11, 9:38 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 10:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 63 min |
| Jan 11, 11:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 61 min |
| Jan 11, 12:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Morgan | 53 min |
| Jan 11, 12:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman | 65 min |
| Jan 11, 12:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 25 min |
| Jan 11, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 18 min |
| Jan 11, 1:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Madison | 35 min |
| Jan 11, 1:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 23 min |
| Jan 11, 1:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 36 min |
| Jan 11, 1:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 62 min |
| Jan 11, 1:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jan 11, 2:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 20 min |
| Jan 11, 2:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HUN | Jackson | 15 min |
| Jan 11, 1:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 21 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.