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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Huntsville, AL

May 4, 2021Jackson County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 9:04 AM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2021, 9:04 AM CDT (14:04 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2021, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Jackson County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:07 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 9:08 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 S Skyline, ALCORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 3 S SKYLINE. CORRECTION: TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 79 AT CR21 SOUTH OF SKYLINE.
May 4, 9:10 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Ene Skyline, ALTREES AND POWER LINES WERE KNOCKED DOWN AT CR 107 AT CR 241. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
May 4, 9:40 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 S Skyline, ALCORRECTION: TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 79 AT CR21 SOUTH OF SKYLINE. TREES ALSO DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF CR107 AND CR241 NEAR HYTOP.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2158 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2021-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
7.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

055 
WUUS54 KHUN 041404
SVRHUN
ALC071-041430-
/O.NEW.KHUN.SV.W.0044.210504T1404Z-210504T1430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
904 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Huntsville Alabama has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Jackson County in northeastern Alabama...

* Until 930 AM CDT.

* At 904 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Skyline, or
  11 miles northwest of Scottsboro, moving northeast at 65 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...
  Scottsboro, Bridgeport, Stevenson, Hollywood, Skyline, Woodville,
  Pleasant Groves, Hytop, Bass and Lim Rock.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3493 8560 3460 8625 3473 8636 3476 8634
      3480 8634 3499 8620 3499 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 1404Z 233DEG 57KT 3475 8621 

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

05/MA
1 follow-up statement
111 
WWUS54 KHUN 041417
SVSHUN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
917 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021

ALC071-041430-
/O.CON.KHUN.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-210504T1430Z/
Jackson AL-
917 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT
FOR NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY...

At 916 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Skyline, or 11
miles north of Scottsboro, moving northeast at 55 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...
Scottsboro, Bridgeport, Stevenson, Skyline, Pleasant Groves, Hytop,
Bass, Princeton, Jericho and Long Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3493 8560 3467 8612 3477 8631 3480 8634
      3499 8620 3499 8564
TIME...MOT...LOC 1416Z 232DEG 49KT 3484 8606 

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

05/MA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert42 min
May 4, 7:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman60 min
May 4, 8:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone, Madison, Morgan44 min
May 4, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson44 min
May 4, 9:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb52 min
May 4, 9:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman, Morgan50 min
May 4, 9:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman, Morgan39 min
May 4, 9:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson36 min
May 4, 9:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb24 min
May 4, 10:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb58 min
May 4, 10:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNDeKalb, Marshall3 hr
May 4, 10:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall39 min
May 4, 11:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman45 min
May 4, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman42 min
May 4, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin23 min
May 4, 4:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale27 min
May 4, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman35 min
May 4, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison49 min
May 4, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall44 min
May 4, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison44 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.