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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

May 22, 2026Jackson County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2026, 7:37 AM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2026, 7:37 AM CDT (12:37 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2026, 8:15 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 30

County Jackson County, AL

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 647 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 22, 5:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 5:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 7:37 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
737 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

ALZ009-221315-
Jackson AL-
737 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY
THROUGH 815 AM CDT...

At 735 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Scottsboro, 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. Ponding on area roadways and
         very localized flash flooding is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Scottsboro, Stevenson, Hollywood, Skyline, Bass, Martintown, Fackler,
and Larkinsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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 3460 8603 3469 8618 3499 8598 3499 8595
      3490 8575
TIME...MOT...LOC 1235Z 210DEG 19KT 3472 8605

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

KTW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 8:21 AM CDT	Flood Watch	HUN	Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall	14 hr
May 22, 11:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	43 min
May 22, 11:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	HUN	Madison	21 min
May 22, 12:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	29 min
May 22, 12:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Limestone	42 min
May 22, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	30 min
May 22, 12:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman, Morgan	27 min
May 22, 12:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	31 min
May 22, 12:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman	3 hr
May 22, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	21 min
May 22, 1:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	36 min
May 22, 1:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	43 min
May 22, 1:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan	3 hr
May 22, 1:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Marshall	51 min
May 22, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall	36 min
May 22, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Jackson	47 min
May 22, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Jackson	11 min
May 22, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert	49 min
May 22, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lincoln	31 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.