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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2025, 2:08 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 38 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 15, 2025, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2025, 2:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Mar 15, 10:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 10:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 15, 2:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 56 min |
| Mar 15, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan | 56 min |
| Mar 15, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 61 min |
| Mar 15, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 11 min |
| Mar 15, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Marshall | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 5:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 6:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman | 110 min |
| Mar 15, 8:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 2 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison, Marshall | 71 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 49 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 57 hr |
| Mar 15, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 53 min |
| Mar 15, 1:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin | 40 min |
| Mar 15, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 53 min |
| Mar 15, 1:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 60 min |
| Mar 15, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Limestone | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin | 20 min |
| Mar 15, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 57 min |
| Mar 15, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence | 64 min |
| Mar 15, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 4:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Colbert, Lauderdale | 21 min |
| Mar 15, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Cullman, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 22 min |
| Mar 15, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Cullman, Limestone, Morgan | 22 min |
| Mar 15, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 63 min |
| Mar 15, 6:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 9:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln | 35 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 39 min |
| Mar 15, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HUN | Franklin, Lincoln, Moore | 27 min |
| Mar 15, 5:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lincoln, Moore | 5 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HUN | Franklin, Moore | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.