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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Huntsville, AL

July 5, 2026Cullman County, Morgan County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2026, 3:02 PM CDT for Cullman County, Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 21 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
Jul 5, 2026, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2026, 3:23 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cullman County, AL, Morgan County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 12:00Z on 2026-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1854 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2026-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
1854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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
Jul 5, 12:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLimestone, Madison23 min
Jul 5, 12:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone36 min
Jul 5, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan44 min
Jul 5, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison40 min
Jul 5, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan39 min
Jul 5, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert48 min
Jul 5, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale41 min
Jul 5, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall48 min
Jul 5, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall45 min
Jul 5, 11:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin26 min
Jul 5, 11:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln, Moore48 min
Jul 5, 11:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLincoln, Moore21 min
Jul 5, 11:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin48 min
Jul 5, 11:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin32 min
Jul 5, 11:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln, Moore48 min
Jul 5, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln43 min
Jul 5, 1:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin36 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.