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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

May 4, 2021Cullman County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2021, 7:45 AM CDT for Cullman County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 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: May 4, 2021, 7:45 AM CDT (12:45 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2021, 8:45 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL

County Cullman County, AL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 3, 2:13 PM CDT, 17 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 2:13 PM CDT, 17 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 5:55 PM CDT, 13 hours 50 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
May 4, 7:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert	42 min
May 4, 8:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Morgan	44 min
May 4, 9:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	44 min
May 4, 9:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	26 min
May 4, 9:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	52 min
May 4, 9:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman, Morgan	50 min
May 4, 9:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman, Morgan	39 min
May 4, 9:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	36 min
May 4, 9:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb	24 min
May 4, 10:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	58 min
May 4, 10:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Marshall	3 hr
May 4, 10:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	39 min
May 4, 11:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	45 min
May 4, 11:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman	42 min
May 4, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	23 min
May 4, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lauderdale	27 min
May 4, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	35 min
May 4, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	49 min
May 4, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	44 min
May 4, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	44 min
May 4, 7:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lincoln, Moore	59 min
May 4, 7:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lincoln, Moore	40 min
May 4, 8:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	42 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.