Alert archive / Alabama / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2021, 7:37 AM CDT for Colbert County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 25, 2021, 7:37 AM CDT (12:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
County Colbert County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 7:44 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Leighton, AL | TREE DOWNED NEAR 2ND ST AND BAINBRIDGE RD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
790
WWUS84 KHUN 251237
SPSHUN
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
737 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
ALZ001>003-251315-
Lauderdale AL-Franklin AL-Colbert AL-
737 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAUDERDALE...
COLBERT AND NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 815 AM CDT...
At 736 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Red Bay, moving northeast at 70 mph.
Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Muscle Shoals, Russellville, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Cherokee,
Littleville, Leighton, Belgreen, Posey Loop and Northwest Alabama
Regional Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Very heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike several miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a
safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3485 8794 3480 8792 3474 8784 3473 8781
3474 8774 3477 8771 3480 8762 3483 8757
3483 8752 3480 8743 3471 8742 3470 8745
3467 8745 3446 8789 3457 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 237DEG 61KT 3444 8820
$$
05/MAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 3:01 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 8:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Marshall | 52 min |
| Mar 25, 8:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Jackson | 62 min |
| Mar 25, 9:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall, Morgan | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 2:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, Lawrence, Marshall, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 38 min |
| Mar 25, 2:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 21 min |
| Mar 25, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 34 min |
| Mar 25, 3:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 37 min |
| Mar 25, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 46 min |
| Mar 25, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 29 min |
| Mar 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 5:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 5:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, Lawrence, Marshall, Morgan | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 51 min |
| Mar 25, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Moore | 48 min |
| Mar 25, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lincoln | 41 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.