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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Huntsville, AL

June 8, 2026Jackson County, Madison County, Marshall County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2026, 6:33 PM CDT for Jackson County, Madison County, Marshall County, 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: Jun 8, 2026, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2026, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 432 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 8, 6:19 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 6:19 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 2:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
244 PM CDT Mon Jun 8 2026

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

1200 AM     Rain             5 NE Hazel Green        34.97N 86.50W
06/08/2026  M9.01 Inch       Madison            AL   Public

            Home weather station.

&&

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
428 PM CDT Mon Jun 8 2026

ALZ001-002-082245-
Lauderdale AL-Colbert AL-
428 PM CDT Mon Jun 8 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LAUDERDALE AND
NORTHWESTERN COLBERT COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM CDT...

At 427 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Cherokee, or 13 miles southeast of J P Coleman State Park, moving
northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Florence, Cherokee, Lexington, St. Florian, Underwood-Petersville,
Waterloo, Green Hill, Mt Hester, Riverton, and Wright.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3501 8797 3500 8741 3500 8737 3498 8734
      3465 8803 3479 8811 3489 8810 3491 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 234DEG 18KT 3484 8795

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

KDW

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:42 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:10 PM CDT, 23 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
Jun 7, 9:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	5 hr
Jun 8, 12:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Jackson, Madison	7 hr
Jun 8, 3:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	5 hr
Jun 8, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lauderdale	77 min
Jun 8, 5:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman	3 hr
Jun 8, 5:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman, Marshall, Morgan	3 hr
Jun 8, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Morgan	63 min
Jun 8, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson, Madison	65 min
Jun 8, 6:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb	3 hr

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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.