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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2025, 6:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2025, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2025, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Morgan County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 838 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
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 May 27, 3:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 27, 4:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
406 PM CDT Tue May 27 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0401 PM Tornado 6 W Estill Springs 35.27N 86.23W
05/25/2025 Franklin TN NWS Storm Survey
A tornado touched down just east of the
Bluegill Grill and Marina, producing
sporadic tree damage between Holiday Drive
and Awalt Road. The fallen trees missed the
Bigfoot statue at the Bigfoot RV and Boat
Storage facility located at the end of Awalt
Road. At this location, the tornado was
approximately 100 yards wide, snapping and
uprooting several hardwood trees. Windspeeds
at this location were 93 mph, consistent
with an EF1 tornado. From here, the tornado
continued skipping to the East/Southeast,
producing sporadic tree damage along the
path on Rock Creek Road and again just after
crossing 41A. Several hardwood and softwood
trees were snapped and uprooted on Taylor
Road. Sporadic tree damage continued north
and east of Estill Springs, with several
areas of large branches downed along the
path. The tornado lifted east of Hwy 41A.
&&
AMPLocal storm report, May 27, 4:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
412 PM CDT Tue May 27 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0434 PM Tornado 8 WNW Stevenson 34.91N 85.96W
05/25/2025 Jackson AL NWS Storm Survey
A survey team from the NWS in Huntsville, AL
and Jackson County EMA, has determined that
an EF-0 tornado caused damage in
northeastern Jackson County. The tornado had
maximum estimate winds of 85 mph. The
initial damage was observed in the Cave
Springs area near County Road 54, where
large tree branches were downed as the
tornado tracked east-southeast. Additional
indicators of tree damage were found near
the intersection of County Road 53 and
County Road 147. The tornado then progressed
along Highway 117 into Stevenson, where
trees were observed to be uprooted or had
large branches broken. As the primary damage
indicators were related to trees, and
considering the above-average rainfall
experienced in May, the estimated wind
speeds were slightly reduced to account for
highly saturated ground conditions.
&&
AMPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Franklin | 50 min |
| May 26, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 50 min |
| May 26, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 32 min |
| May 26, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Marshall | 39 min |
| May 26, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | DeKalb | 46 min |
| May 26, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Lauderdale | 33 min |
| May 27, 1:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson | 5 hr |
| May 27, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HUN | Madison | 52 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.