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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Huntsville, AL

October 6, 2021Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 2021, 6:25 PM CDT for Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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
Oct 6, 2021, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Oct 6, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 12:00Z on 2021-10-06Temperature 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2021-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

312 
WUUS54 KHUN 062325
SVRHUN
ALC033-077-070000-
/O.NEW.KHUN.SV.W.0087.211006T2325Z-211007T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
625 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Huntsville Alabama has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Lauderdale County in northwestern Alabama...
  Western Colbert County in northwestern Alabama...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 625 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest
  of Tuscumbia, moving north at 20 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...
  Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Cherokee,
  Littleville, Posey Loop, Srygley Church, New Bethel and Oakland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3489 8794 3483 8760 3457 8770 3457 8779
      3460 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 189DEG 16KT 3466 8783 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement
585 
WWUS54 KHUN 062339
SVSHUN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
639 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

ALC033-077-070000-
/O.CON.KHUN.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-211007T0000Z/
Lauderdale AL-Colbert AL-
639 PM CDT Wed Oct 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAUDERDALE AND WESTERN COLBERT COUNTIES...

At 639 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tuscumbia,
moving north at 20 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...
Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Cherokee, Littleville,
Posey Loop, Srygley Church, New Bethel and Oakland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3489 8794 3483 8760 3457 8770 3457 8779
      3460 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 189DEG 16KT 3472 8782 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 9:56 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence6 hr
Oct 5, 10:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin55 min
Oct 6, 6:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNLawrence40 hr
Oct 6, 7:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall49 min
Oct 6, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman49 min
Oct 6, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman, Madison, Marshall, Morgan50 min
Oct 6, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson38 min
Oct 6, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman25 min
Oct 6, 4:37 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall71 hr
Oct 6, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison, Marshall45 min
Oct 6, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison36 min
Oct 6, 5:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNMadison, Marshall8 hr
Oct 6, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert33 min
Oct 6, 6:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNJackson6 hr
Oct 6, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.