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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

August 13, 2021DeKalb County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2021, 12:52 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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: Aug 13, 2021, 12:52 PM CDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2021, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 30

County DeKalb County, AL

The radar

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 12:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	40 min
Aug 13, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	37 min
Aug 13, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lauderdale	25 min
Aug 13, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Limestone	36 min
Aug 13, 5:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	119 min
Aug 13, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Morgan	48 min
Aug 13, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	42 min
Aug 13, 5:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	2 hr
Aug 13, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	46 min
Aug 13, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Limestone	63 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Alabama, 2021 Every special weather statement in 2021

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.