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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Huntsville, AL

January 1, 2022Madison County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 1, 2022, 9:03 PM CST for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2022, 9:03 PM CST (03:03 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2022, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Madison County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -302 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Jan 1, 8:48 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 8:48 PM CST, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 5:27 PM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
527 PM CST Sat Jan 1 2022

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-021130-
Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan-
Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN-
527 PM CST Sat Jan 1 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north Alabama and portions of
southern middle Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible across the outlook
area this evening, with an attendant risk for damaging winds up to 60
MPH, hail up to the size of quarters and tornadoes. A Tornado Watch
is in effect for most of the region through 7 PM CST, and is in
effect for Cullman, Marshall and Dekalb counties through 10 PM CST.
In addition to the risk for severe thunderstorms, locally heavy
rainfall will lead to ponding of water on roads and minor flooding.
Thunderstorms will end from northwest-to-southeast late this evening
and early Sunday morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday...

Widespread light to moderate rain across the region on Sunday
afternoon will transition to snow on Sunday evening, as colder air
spreads southeastward into the region. Accumulations ranging from a
trace up to one half of an inch are expected, with a few slick spots
developing on area roads early Monday morning, as temperatures fall
into the upper 20s and lower 30s.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management personnel is
requested this evening.

70/DD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 1, 6:43 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
643 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HAZEL GREEN             34.92N 86.57W
01/01/2022                   MADISON            AL   PUBLIC

            TREE DOWN IN HAZEL GREEN VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

&&

MA

Local storm report, Jan 1, 6:51 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
651 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HAZEL GREEN             34.92N 86.57W
01/01/2022                   MADISON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE REPORTS OF STORM DAMAGE IN HAZEL
            GREEN INCLUDING TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
            ALONG WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

&&

MA

Local storm report, Jan 1, 7:02 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
702 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NNW HAZEL GREEN       34.95N 86.58W
01/01/2022                   MADISON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTS OF MULTIPLE STRUCTURES DAMAGED NEAR
            THE INTERSECTION OF JANE AND CHARITY LANE IN
            NEW MARKET.

&&

MA

Local storm report, Jan 1, 7:55 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
755 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N HAZEL GREEN         34.97N 86.57W
01/01/2022                   MADISON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MAJOR DAMAGE REPORTED AT THE HIBBETTS AND
            VERIZON IN HAZEL GREEN.

&&

MA

Local storm report, Jan 1, 8:13 PM CST, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
813 PM CST SAT JAN 1 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNE SKYLINE           34.85N 86.10W
01/01/2022                   JACKSON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWERLINES DOWN AND TREE ON FIRE IN THE 900
            BLOCK OF CR-144 IN HYTOP.

&&

MA

Special weather statement, Jan 1, 9:00 PM CST, 3 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
Jan 1, 6:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	45 min
Jan 1, 6:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison	32 min
Jan 1, 6:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	50 min
Jan 1, 7:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Morgan	25 min
Jan 1, 7:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	50 min
Jan 1, 8:17 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	90 min
Jan 1, 8:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	50 min
Jan 1, 8:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson	31 min
Jan 1, 8:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	DeKalb, Jackson	26 min
Jan 1, 9:00 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	45 min
Jan 1, 9:42 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	3 hr
Jan 1, 10:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson, Morgan	39 min
Jan 1, 10:40 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison, Morgan	2 hr
Jan 1, 11:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	31 min
Jan 2, 12:02 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	5 hr
Jan 2, 12:19 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb, Marshall	41 min
Jan 2, 12:22 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	3 hr
Jan 2, 1:11 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb	3 hr
Jan 2, 3:27 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	24 hr
Jan 2, 4:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	17 hr
Jan 2, 5:15 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	3 hr
Jan 2, 11:40 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb	5 hr
Jan 2, 2:54 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan	12 hr
Jan 1, 6:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Franklin	18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.