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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Huntsville, AL

March 16, 2021Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2021, 1:45 AM CDT for Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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
Mar 16, 2021, 1:45 AM CDT (06:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2021, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lauderdale County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

263 
WUUS54 KHUN 160645
SVRHUN
ALC077-160730-
/O.NEW.KHUN.SV.W.0002.210316T0645Z-210316T0730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
145 AM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Huntsville Alabama has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Lauderdale County in northwestern Alabama...

* Until 230 AM CDT.

* At 145 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over J P Coleman
  State Park, moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Waterloo, Wright, Zip City and Threet. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3501 8816 3500 8758 3491 8756 3488 8797
      3491 8804 3489 8810 3492 8816 3496 8817
      3500 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0645Z 258DEG 37KT 3492 8814 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

05/MA
1 follow-up statement
176 
WWUS54 KHUN 160705
SVSHUN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
205 AM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

ALC077-160730-
/O.CON.KHUN.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210316T0730Z/
Lauderdale AL-
205 AM CDT Tue Mar 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY...

At 205 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast of
Walnut Grove, or 12 miles east of J P Coleman State Park, moving east
at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Zip City and Threet. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3500 8758 3491 8756 3488 8797 3501 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 257DEG 32KT 3495 8794 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

05/MA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan48 min
Mar 16, 1:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin50 min
Mar 16, 1:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale44 min
Mar 16, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison44 min
Mar 16, 2:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence41 min
Mar 16, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale49 min
Mar 16, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone48 min
Mar 16, 2:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence45 min
Mar 16, 3:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison, Morgan43 min
Mar 16, 3:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone43 min
Mar 16, 3:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson44 min
Mar 16, 5:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNCullman3 hr
Mar 16, 2:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNMadison62 hr
Mar 16, 3:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall43 hr

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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.