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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this wind advisory at Dec 10, 2021, 11:24 AM CST for 11 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It took effect at Dec 10, 2021, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2021, 11:24 AM CST (17:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 10, 2021, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 15 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 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
573 WWUS74 KHUN 101724 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Huntsville AL 1124 AM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-110615- /O.NEW.KHUN.WI.Y.0005.211211T0300Z-211211T1800Z/ 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 1124 AM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of north central, northeast and northwest Alabama and southern middle Tennessee. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to noon CST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects, including holiday decorations. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
676 WWUS74 KHUN 110257 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Huntsville AL 857 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-111800- /O.CON.KHUN.WI.Y.0005.211211T0300Z-211211T1800Z/ Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan- Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN- Including the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Russellville, Red Bay, Moulton, Town Creek, Athens, Huntsville, Decatur, Albertville, Boaz, Guntersville, Arab, Scottsboro, Fort Payne, Rainsville, Cullman, Lynchburg, Fayetteville, Winchester, Sewanee, Decherd, Estill Springs, and Cowan 857 PM CST Fri Dec 10 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 35 to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...North central, northeast and northwest Alabama and southern middle Tennessee. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to noon CST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects, including holiday decorations. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
272 WWUS74 KHUN 111037 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Huntsville AL 437 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-111800- /O.CON.KHUN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-211211T1800Z/ 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 437 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * WHAT...South to southwesterly winds of 20-25 MPH, with gusts of 30-35 MPH. Both sustained winds and gusts will be higher in elevated terrain locations. * WHERE...All counties in northern Alabama, as well as Lincoln, Moore and Franklin counties in southern Middle Tennessee. * WHEN...Until Noon CST 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. && $$ 70/DD
095 WWUS74 KHUN 111800 NPWHUN URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Huntsville AL 1200 PM CST Sat Dec 11 2021 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-111900- /O.EXP.KHUN.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-211211T1800Z/ Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan- Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN- Including the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Russellville, Red Bay, Moulton, Town Creek, Athens, Huntsville, Decatur, Albertville, Boaz, Guntersville, Arab, Scottsboro, Fort Payne, Rainsville, Cullman, Lynchburg, Fayetteville, Winchester, Sewanee, Decherd, Estill Springs, and Cowan 1200 PM CST Sat Dec 11 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... Winds ahead of an passing cold front should remain below advisory criteria. Therefore a Wind Advisory that was in effect for the Tennessee Valley has been allowed to expire. $$
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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.