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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Huntsville, AL

July 22, 2024Madison County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2024, 3:22 PM CDT for Madison County, Alabama. It was in force for 70 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 22, 2024, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2024, 4:32 PM CDT
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Madison County, AL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 22, 2:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:03 PM CDT, 19 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 21, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	46 min
Jul 21, 7:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Morgan	78 min
Jul 21, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	48 min
Jul 22, 2:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	51 min
Jul 22, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	30 min
Jul 22, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	42 min
Jul 22, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.