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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Huntsville, AL

March 2, 202311 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this wind advisory at Mar 2, 2023, 2:00 AM CST for 11 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It took effect at Mar 3, 2023, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 2, 2023, 2:00 AM CST (08:00 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 3, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 2, 2023, 12:45 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL

Counties Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 331 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1034 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Mar 2, 1:20 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 1:20 AM CST, 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 1, 11:39 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1139 PM CST WED MAR 1 2023

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

1038 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 N FLORENCE            34.85N 87.67W
03/01/2023                   LAUDERDALE         AL   PUBLIC

            VIA SOCIAL MEDIA - SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER
            OVER HELTON DR. NEAR COX CREEK.

&&

GH

Local storm report, Mar 1, 11:52 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1152 PM CST WED MAR 1 2023

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

1053 PM     TSTM WND GST     HUNTSVILLE INTERNATIONA 34.65N 86.78W
03/01/2023  M52 MPH          MADISON            AL   ASOS

            ASOS STATION KHSV HUNTSVILLE.

&&

GH

Special weather statement, Mar 1, 11:55 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
1155 PM CST Wed Mar 1 2023

ALZ006-008-009-020645-
Marshall AL-Madison AL-Jackson AL-
1155 PM CST Wed Mar 1 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central
Marshall, southwestern Jackson and southeastern Madison Counties
through 1245 AM CST...

At 1155 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Owens Cross Roads, or 13 miles southeast of Huntsville, moving east
at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Scottsboro, Owens Cross Roads, Hollywood, Gurley, Section, Woodville,
Pleasant Groves, Langston, Paint Rock and Lim Rock.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CST for north central
and northeastern Alabama.

&&

LAT...LON 3457 8650 3472 8642 3474 8591 3452 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 268DEG 38KT 3462 8639

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

KTW

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 12:07 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
1207 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2023

ALZ006>010-020645-
Marshall AL-Madison AL-Morgan AL-DeKalb AL-Jackson AL-
1207 AM CST Thu Mar 2 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Marshall,
southwestern Jackson, southern Madison, southwestern DeKalb and
southeastern Morgan Counties through 1245 AM CST...

At 1207 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Morgan City, or 9 miles south of Redstone Arsenal, moving east at 55
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Southern Huntsville, Scottsboro, Guntersville, Redstone Arsenal,
Owens Cross Roads, Hollywood, Grant, Geraldine, Gurley and Section.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CST for north central
and northeastern Alabama.

&&

LAT...LON 3436 8679 3466 8667 3474 8588 3433 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 263DEG 46KT 3450 8659

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

KTW

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 12:11 AM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 2, 12:18 AM CST, 1 hour 42 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
Mar 1, 7:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	28 min
Mar 1, 7:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	37 min
Mar 1, 7:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	32 min
Mar 1, 8:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence	1 min
Mar 1, 8:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	33 min
Mar 1, 8:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence	32 min
Mar 1, 8:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	36 min
Mar 1, 9:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan	48 min
Mar 1, 9:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin	33 min
Mar 1, 9:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	29 min
Mar 1, 9:57 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Franklin	33 min
Mar 1, 10:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	49 min
Mar 1, 10:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Jackson, Limestone, Madison	21 min
Mar 1, 10:31 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	5 hr
Mar 1, 10:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	29 min
Mar 1, 10:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	27 min
Mar 1, 10:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Madison	26 min
Mar 1, 10:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison	14 min
Mar 1, 10:36 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Madison	5 hr
Mar 1, 10:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	5 hr
Mar 1, 11:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	30 min
Mar 1, 11:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	43 min
Mar 1, 11:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	44 min
Mar 1, 11:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman	19 min
Mar 1, 11:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	50 min
Mar 2, 12:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison, Marshall	4 days
Mar 2, 12:04 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	3 hr
Mar 2, 12:07 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	38 min
Mar 2, 12:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	34 min
Mar 2, 12:18 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	27 min
Mar 2, 3:08 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	6 hr
Mar 2, 3:33 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence	5 hr
Mar 2, 3:36 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Madison	5 hr
Mar 2, 3:41 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison	5 hr
Mar 2, 4:02 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	5 hr
Mar 2, 6:30 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lawrence	2 hr
Mar 2, 8:16 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Lauderdale	40 min
Mar 2, 8:48 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence	3 hr
Mar 2, 8:51 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Morgan	3 hr
Mar 2, 10:35 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	27 hr
Mar 2, 11:08 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HUN	Lawrence	43 hr
Mar 2, 12:45 PM CST	High Wind Warning	HUN	Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more	29 hr
Mar 1, 10:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln	45 min
Mar 1, 11:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	46 min
Mar 2, 7:38 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Franklin, Lincoln, Moore	77 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.