Alert archive / Alabama / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this wind advisory at Oct 27, 2021, 3:23 AM CDT for 11 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It took effect at Oct 27, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 27, 2021, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 27, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2021, 8:01 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
Counties Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 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 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
633 WWUS74 KHUN 270823 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Huntsville AL 323 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-272100- /O.NEW.KHUN.WI.Y.0004.211028T0300Z-211028T1800Z/ Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan- Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN- Including the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Russellville, Red Bay, Moulton, Town Creek, Athens, Huntsville, Decatur, Albertville, Boaz, Guntersville, Arab, Scottsboro, Fort Payne, Rainsville, Cullman, Lynchburg, Fayetteville, Winchester, Sewanee, Decherd, Estill Springs, and Cowan 323 AM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...All of northern Alabama and portions of southern middle Tennessee. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 1 PM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
3 follow-up statements
021 WWUS74 KHUN 271846 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Huntsville AL 146 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-281000- /O.CON.KHUN.WI.Y.0004.211028T0300Z-211028T1800Z/ Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan- Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN- Including the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Russellville, Red Bay, Moulton, Town Creek, Athens, Huntsville, Decatur, Albertville, Boaz, Guntersville, Arab, Scottsboro, Fort Payne, Rainsville, Cullman, Lynchburg, Fayetteville, Winchester, Sewanee, Decherd, Estill Springs, and Cowan 146 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...All of northern Alabama and portions of southern middle Tennessee. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 1 PM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
575 WWUS74 KHUN 280806 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Huntsville AL 306 AM CDT Thu Oct 28 2021 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-281800- /O.CON.KHUN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-211028T1800Z/ Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan- Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN- Including the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Russellville, Red Bay, Moulton, Town Creek, Athens, Huntsville, Decatur, Albertville, Boaz, Guntersville, Arab, Scottsboro, Fort Payne, Rainsville, Cullman, Lynchburg, Fayetteville, Winchester, Sewanee, Decherd, Estill Springs, and Cowan 306 AM CDT Thu Oct 28 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...All of northern Alabama and portions of southern middle Tennessee. * WHEN...Through 1 PM CDT today. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
155 WWUS74 KHUN 281301 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Huntsville AL 801 AM CDT Thu Oct 28 2021 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-281415- /O.CAN.KHUN.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-211028T1800Z/ Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan- Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN- Including the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Russellville, Red Bay, Moulton, Town Creek, Athens, Huntsville, Decatur, Albertville, Boaz, Guntersville, Arab, Scottsboro, Fort Payne, Rainsville, Cullman, Lynchburg, Fayetteville, Winchester, Sewanee, Decherd, Estill Springs, and Cowan 801 AM CDT Thu Oct 28 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Southeast winds may continue at 15 to 20 mph with a few brief gusts around 30 mph, mainly during showers that move through. However, most area wind speeds have diminished to 10 mph or less outside of rain areas. $$
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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.