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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Huntsville, AL

August 9, 2026Jackson County, Madison County, Marshall County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2026, 4:24 PM CDT for Jackson County, Madison County, Marshall County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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 9, 2026, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2026, 4:39 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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 21:24 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, 9.4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2026-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1959 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 2026-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
1959 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 9, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb28 min
Aug 9, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale41 min
Aug 9, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert50 min
Aug 9, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale30 min
Aug 9, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert24 min
Aug 9, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale26 min
Aug 9, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence23 min
Aug 9, 4:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale3 hr
Aug 9, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman41 min
Aug 9, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert47 min
Aug 9, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence49 min
Aug 9, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman23 min
Aug 9, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence36 min
Aug 9, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence48 min
Aug 9, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin, Lawrence, Morgan36 min
Aug 9, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan39 min
Aug 9, 6:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNMarshall, Morgan3 hr
Aug 9, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence, Madison, Morgan62 min
Aug 9, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin29 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.