Case Study: Leading Auto Manufacturer achieves reduced shelter time and minimized production downtime with AccuWeather For Business

AccuWeather Provides Site-Specific Advance Warning During Deadly Long Track Tornadoes Across Deep South

Leading Auto Manufacturer, with a major plant in Huntsville, AL, faced a mid-December 2019 long‑track tornado outbreak across the Deep South that produced dozens of tornado reports and several unusually long tornado tracks. To protect employees and minimize operational disruption, the customer turned to AccuWeather For Business and its SkyGuard® site‑specific warnings and forecasts for advance, actionable severe‑weather guidance.

AccuWeather For Business provided a 20‑minute site‑specific SkyGuard® warning, live meteorologist consultation, and an early “all‑clear,” enabling the Leading Auto Manufacturer to shelter employees for about 20 minutes instead of following a one‑hour government warning. The result: personnel were kept safe, operations resumed sooner, and the plant avoided roughly 40 minutes of additional downtime, reducing safety risk, lost production and associated costs.