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Areal Flood Warning 38, NWS Huntsville, AL

August 18, 2021Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this areal flood warning at Aug 18, 2021, 6:09 PM CDT for Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 96 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: Aug 18, 2021, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 18, 12:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 12:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 2:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 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
Aug 18, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert	39 min
Aug 18, 5:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	89 min
Aug 18, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone	24 min
Aug 18, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	HUN	Limestone	28 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.