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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Huntsville, AL

August 7, 2026Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2026, 6:55 PM CDT for Colbert County, Lauderdale County, Alabama. It was in force for 117 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
Aug 7, 2026, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2026, 8:52 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2026-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1401 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2026-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 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
Aug 7, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb50 min
Aug 7, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall52 min
Aug 7, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb50 min
Aug 7, 3:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone49 min
Aug 7, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson58 min
Aug 7, 3:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Morgan2 hr
Aug 7, 3:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone53 min
Aug 7, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson48 min
Aug 7, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall46 min
Aug 7, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison45 min
Aug 7, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLimestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan56 min
Aug 7, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan46 min
Aug 7, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence49 min
Aug 7, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln47 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.