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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2022, 6:38 PM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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
- Jul 6, 2022, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2022, 7:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Jackson County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 2183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 6, 3:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Huntsville AL 322 PM CDT Wed Jul 6 2022 ALZ001-002-005-006-TNZ076-096-072030- Lauderdale-Colbert-Limestone-Madison-Moore-Lincoln- 322 PM CDT Wed Jul 6 2022 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Alabama, northwest Alabama and southern middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Excessive Heat Warning. Heat indices will exceed 110 degrees for areas north of the Tennessee River and west of Huntsville this afternoon. An excessive heat warning has been issued. Isolated storms will be possible through this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Excessive Heat Warning. Heat indices will exceed 110 degrees for areas north of the Tennessee River and west of Huntsville Thursday and Friday. An excessive heat warning has been issued through Friday evening. Scattered thunderstorms will be possible each afternoon and evening through Wednesday. A few storms on Thursday could be strong to severe, with damaging winds being the primary concern. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. ALZ003-004-007>010-016-TNZ097-072030- Franklin AL-Lawrence-Morgan-Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman- Franklin TN- 322 PM CDT Wed Jul 6 2022 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Alabama, northeast Alabama, northwest Alabama and southern middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. Heat indices will approach or exceed heat advisory criteria of 105 this afternoon. A heat advisory remains in effect. Isolated storms will be possible through this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. Heat indices will approach or exceed heat advisory criteria of 105 degrees each afternoon for much of the week. A Heat Advisory has been through Friday evening. Afternoon heat indices to 109 degrees are possible each day. Scattered thunderstorms will be possible each afternoon and evening through Wednesday. A few storms on Thursday could be strong to severe, with damaging winds being the primary concern. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Cullman | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Winston | 27 min |
| Jul 6, 2:26 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison and 1 more | 65 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert | 31 min |
| Jul 6, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lawrence | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 12 min |
| Jul 6, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 12 min |
| Jul 6, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 6:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 7:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Moore | 23 min |
| Jul 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 31 min |
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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.