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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Huntsville, AL

March 23, 2025Lawrence County, Morgan County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2025, 8:39 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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
Mar 23, 2025, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2025, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lawrence County, AL, Morgan County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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
Mar 23, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2025-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2084 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone50 min
Mar 23, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin, Lawrence48 min
Mar 23, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan33 min
Mar 23, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lawrence45 min
Mar 23, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison40 min
Mar 23, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone39 min
Mar 23, 8:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence44 min
Mar 23, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNJackson, Madison, Marshall16 min
Mar 23, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence, Morgan49 min
Mar 23, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman48 min
Mar 23, 10:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison38 min
Mar 23, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman53 min
Mar 23, 9:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln, Moore33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.