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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Huntsville, AL

March 22, 20224 counties in Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2022, 4:27 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 2022, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2022, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 22, 12:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2022-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2022-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 291 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 9:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall3 days
Mar 22, 9:43 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNMadison43 hr
Mar 22, 9:44 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningHUNLawrence65 hr
Mar 22, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale39 min
Mar 22, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan51 min
Mar 22, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan39 min
Mar 22, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.