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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Huntsville, AL

July 2, 2023Jackson County, Madison County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2023, 1:03 PM CDT for Jackson County, Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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 2, 2023, 1:03 PM CDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2023, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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
Jul 2, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2023-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1255 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2023-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1255 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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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 2, 11:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 11:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:25 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:35 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:46 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 11:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone26 min
Jul 2, 12:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone26 min
Jul 2, 12:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman35 min
Jul 2, 12:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison25 min
Jul 2, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLimestone, Madison20 min
Jul 2, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison27 min
Jul 2, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson45 min
Jul 2, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson30 min
Jul 2, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison35 min
Jul 2, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman38 min
Jul 2, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson34 min
Jul 2, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman33 min
Jul 2, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall44 min
Jul 2, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson29 min
Jul 2, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson, Marshall33 min
Jul 2, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin52 min
Jul 2, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson47 min
Jul 2, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb50 min
Jul 2, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman29 min
Jul 2, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson, Marshall41 min
Jul 2, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison39 min
Jul 2, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone34 min
Jul 2, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLimestone, Madison41 min
Jul 2, 3:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone39 min
Jul 2, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin23 min
Jul 2, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin42 min
Jul 2, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb30 min
Jul 2, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert26 min
Jul 2, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale25 min
Jul 2, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison10 min
Jul 2, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin49 min
Jul 2, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson31 min
Jul 2, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison16 min
Jul 2, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence29 min
Jul 2, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman45 min
Jul 2, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone44 min
Jul 2, 12:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln44 min
Jul 2, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLincoln31 min
Jul 2, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin, Lincoln, Moore25 min
Jul 2, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin33 min
Jul 2, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln33 min
Jul 2, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln, Moore31 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.