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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

July 6, 2022DeKalb County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2022, 7:21 PM CDT for DeKalb County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2022, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2022, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 30

County DeKalb County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 2785 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 6, 6:46 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 6:46 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 3:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before

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, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:47 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:53 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 7:21 PM CDT, 0 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
Jul 6, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	28 min
Jul 6, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	18 min
Jul 6, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	27 min
Jul 6, 8:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	35 min
Jul 7, 2:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	26 min
Jul 7, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	44 min
Jul 7, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	31 min
Jul 7, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	45 min
Jul 7, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	DeKalb	41 min
Jul 7, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	49 min
Jul 7, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	46 min
Jul 7, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	50 min
Jul 7, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	23 min
Jul 7, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lincoln	46 min
Jul 7, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Lincoln, Moore	39 min
Jul 7, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lincoln, Moore	47 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.