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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Huntsville, AL

July 1, 2026Cullman County, Lawrence County, Morgan County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2026, 1:42 PM CDT for Cullman County, Lawrence County, Morgan County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 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 1, 2026, 1:42 PM CDT (18:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2026, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cullman County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Morgan County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 1, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2026-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3028 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 2026-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 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
3028 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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 1, 12:17 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryHUNColbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more3 days
Jul 1, 12:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan41 min
Jul 1, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman, Marshall, Morgan63 min
Jul 1, 12:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson51 min
Jul 1, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb, Jackson, Marshall61 min
Jul 1, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall45 min
Jul 1, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNDeKalb21 min
Jul 1, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin, Lawrence61 min
Jul 1, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence30 min
Jul 1, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan53 min
Jul 1, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman40 min
Jul 1, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNFranklin25 min
Jul 1, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan44 min
Jul 1, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone47 min
Jul 1, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison44 min
Jul 1, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert40 min
Jul 1, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence47 min
Jul 1, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone52 min
Jul 1, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLawrence, Limestone, Morgan65 min
Jul 1, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale, Limestone60 min
Jul 1, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarshall41 min
Jul 1, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison, Marshall, Morgan52 min
Jul 1, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNCullman, Marshall40 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.