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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2004, 6:05 PM CDT for Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2004, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KHUN 162305 FFWHUN TNC051-103-127-170300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 605 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MOORE COUNTY IN TENNESSEE LINCOLN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE FRANKLIN COUNTY IN TENNESSEE * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 605 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING INTO FRANKLIN...LINCOLN...AND MOORE COUNTIES FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST. RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH HAS ALREADY FALLEN...AND RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW HOURS. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... COWAN...DECHERD...ESTILL SPRINGS...FAYETTEVILLE...HUNTLAND... LYNCHBURG...PETERSBURG...SEWANEE AND WINCHESTER BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE RISING WATERS LAT...LON 3541 8578 3499 8584 3501 8683 3539 8683 $$ JE/23
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 flash flood warning went out at Sep 16, 4:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 4:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
IVAN MESOSCALE DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 456 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004 .DISCUSSION... IVAN IS NOW CENTERED JUST S OF BIRMINGHAM, BUT SFC SENSOR OUTAGES IN THAT AREA MAKE IT A BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO GIVE EXACT POSITION. HIGHER LEVEL CIRCULATION NOTED IN VIS IMAGERY RACING NE TO NEAR THE SOUTHERN DEKALB COUNTY BORDER CENTERED NEAR STRONG PRESSURE FALL CENTER OF 6 MB/3HR, WITH 88D STILL INDICATING STRONGER BAND OF TSRA. CLUSTER OF LIGHTNING HAS BEEN PERSISTENT WITH THIS CLUSTER, SO UPDRAFTS MAY BE STRONGER AND DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL HIGHER. TORNADO THREAT STILL THERE GIVEN STRONGLY CURVED LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS, BUT APPEARS TO BE DECREASING WITH BEST INSTABILITY/SHEAR COMBO PARAMETERS SETTING UP IN GA AND SC. STRONG BELT OF NE WINDS ON NW SIDE OF IVAN INDICATED BY OKOLONA PROFILER WITH 70KTS IN LOWEST GATE LAST HOUR. KMSL HAD A PEAK GUST OF 40KT WHICH NOT SURPRISING. LLWS IS CURRENTLY IN THE KHSV TAF. IN A NUTSHELL, MAIN CONCERNS ARE SHORT TERM LOW TORNADO THREAT, AND HIGH THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS. FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, HEAVIEST RAIN RATES AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR N AND NE OF THE ELEVATED CIRCULATION. DAMAGING WIND THREAT MAY INCREASE AS REAR INFLOW NOTCH/DESCENDING JET IS DEVELOPING BEHIND THIS CLUSTER ENTERING DEKALB AND EVENTUALLY INTO MARSHALL AND JACKSON COUNTIES. KHTX VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWING POTENTIAL DAMAGING WINDS WITH ANY MIXING WITH THESE PARTICULAR SHRA/TSRA. IF DEFORMATION ZONE CAN BECOME ANCHORED ACROSS THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA, EVEN MORE SERIOUS FLOODING AND SOIL EROSION/MUDSLIDES COULD RESULT. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON FRIDAY FOR ALL ZONES. WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA. HIGH WIND WARNING TONIGHT FOR NORTHEAST ALABAMA. TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR MARSHALL...DE KALB AND JACKSON COUNTIES. TN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON FRIDAY FOR ALL ZONES. WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT FOR LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES. HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH TONIGHT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY. && KULA
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 11:26 AM CDT, 6 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1126 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2004 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-162300- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1126 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... AS THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IVAN CONTINUES INLAND THROUGH WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...IT WILL BRING WITH IT THE THREATS OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...HEAVY RAIN...AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN STRONG RAIN BANDS AS THEY PUSH NORTH INTO OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE THREAT AREA IS MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA IN JACKSON...DEKALB...AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. ...FLOODING... AS THE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN REPEAT OVER THE AREA...FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY...WITH UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND FRANKLIN COUNTY TENNESSEE. ...WINDS... AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...TO NORTHWEST MADISON COUNTY...TO LYNCHBURG IN MOORE COUNTY TENNESSEE...WILL EXPERIENCE SUSTAINED EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE TO THE EAST...SUSTAINED EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BY TONIGHT THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH MAINLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SLOW IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... IVAN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON A NORTHEAST TRACK AND WILL BE MOVING INTO TENNESSEE EARLY FRIDAY. ANY LEFT OVER RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH BY MID MORNING FRIDAY. WHILE THE RAIN WILL BE ENDING RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL RIVERS APPROACHING BANKFULL DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH WINDS GUST UP TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FOR UPDATES. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. 09
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 16, 4:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
404 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1056 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG CROSSVILLE 34.29N 85.99W
09/16/2004 DEKALB AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN AT COLLEGE ST./UNION GROVE SOUTH
1110 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG CROSSVILLE 34.29N 85.99W
09/16/2004 DEKALB AL EMERGENCY MNGR
12 REPORTS OF TREES DOWN, 1 TREE ON HOUSE ON HIGHWAY 68.
1115 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG MOULTON 34.48N 87.28W
09/16/2004 LAWRENCE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
2-3 TREES BLOWN DOWN
1145 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG ARAB 34.33N 86.50W
09/16/2004 MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
POWERLINES DOWN
1150 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG MUSCLE SHOALS 34.75N 87.64W
09/16/2004 COLBERT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN IN COLBERT CO
1150 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG MUSCLE SHOALS 34.75N 87.64W
09/16/2004 COLBERT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
1 TREE DOWN
1210 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG DECATUR 34.57N 86.99W
09/16/2004 MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
COUPLE OF TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN IN BRIMLEY MTN
AREA.
0130 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG E CROSSVILLE 34.29N 85.99W
09/16/2004 DEKALB AL EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN BTWN CROSSVILLE AND COLLINSVILLE
0200 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG CULLMAN 34.18N 86.84W
09/16/2004 CULLMAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0200 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG GUNTERSVILLE 34.36N 86.27W
09/16/2004 MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS MARSHALL COUNTY
0210 PM FUNNEL CLOUD ALBERTVILLE 34.26N 86.21W
09/16/2004 MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT ALBERTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
0230 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG HODGES 34.33N 87.93W
09/16/2004 FRANKLIN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR
HODGES.
0235 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG MUSCLE SHOALS 34.75N 87.64W
09/16/2004 COLBERT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0235 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG SCOTTSBORO 34.65N 86.05W
09/16/2004 JACKSON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES.
0300 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG ATHENS 34.80N 86.97W
09/16/2004 LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 72 IN CLEMMENS.
0300 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG ENE MUSCLE SHOALS 34.75N 87.64W
09/16/2004 COLBERT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROADS CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED TREES
0318 PM FUNNEL CLOUD NE PISGAH 34.68N 85.85W
09/16/2004 JACKSON AL AMATEUR RADIO
WALL CLOUD REPORTED
0330 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG DECATUR 34.57N 86.99W
09/16/2004 MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SOME TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
&&
TEXTDEMOLocal storm report, Sep 16, 4:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
409 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG ATHENS 34.80N 86.97W
09/16/2004 LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 72 IN CLEMENTS.
&&
AWIPSUSRLocal storm report, Sep 16, 4:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
413 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG ATHENS 34.80N 86.97W
09/16/2004 LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 72 IN CLEMENTS.
0300 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG ENE MUSCLE SHOALS 34.75N 87.64W
09/16/2004 COLBERT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROADS CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED TREES
0318 PM FUNNEL CLOUD NE PISGAH 34.68N 85.85W
09/16/2004 JACKSON AL AMATEUR RADIO
WALL CLOUD REPORTED
0330 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG DECATUR 34.57N 86.99W
09/16/2004 MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SOME TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
&&
AWIPSUSRLocal storm report, Sep 16, 4:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
414 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0810 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG NE EVA 34.33N 86.76W
09/16/2004 MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN ACROSS LAWRENCE COVE RD
0840 AM NON-TSTM WND GST ARAB 34.33N 86.50W
09/16/2004 24 MPH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
0840 AM NON-TSTM WND GST ALBERTVILLE 34.26N 86.21W
09/16/2004 20 MPH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
WINDS REPORTS ALBERTVILLE GUSTS 20 MPH
0845 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG EVA 34.33N 86.76W
09/16/2004 MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN 364 LAVRENCE COVE ROAD
1056 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG CROSSVILLE 34.29N 85.99W
09/16/2004 DEKALB AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN AT COLLEGE ST./UNION GROVE SOUTH
1110 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG CROSSVILLE 34.29N 85.99W
09/16/2004 DEKALB AL EMERGENCY MNGR
12 REPORTS OF TREES DOWN, 1 TREE ON HOUSE ON HIGHWAY 68.
1115 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG MOULTON 34.48N 87.28W
09/16/2004 LAWRENCE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
2-3 TREES BLOWN DOWN
1145 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG ARAB 34.33N 86.50W
09/16/2004 MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
POWERLINES DOWN
1150 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG MUSCLE SHOALS 34.75N 87.64W
09/16/2004 COLBERT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN IN COLBERT CO
1150 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG MUSCLE SHOALS 34.75N 87.64W
09/16/2004 COLBERT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
1 TREE DOWN
1210 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG DECATUR 34.57N 86.99W
09/16/2004 MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
COUPLE OF TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN IN BRIMLEY MTN
AREA.
0130 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG E CROSSVILLE 34.29N 85.99W
09/16/2004 DEKALB AL EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN BTWN CROSSVILLE AND COLLINSVILLE
0200 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG CULLMAN 34.18N 86.84W
09/16/2004 CULLMAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0200 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG GUNTERSVILLE 34.36N 86.27W
09/16/2004 MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS MARSHALL COUNTY
0210 PM FUNNEL CLOUD ALBERTVILLE 34.26N 86.21W
09/16/2004 MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT ALBERTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
0230 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG HODGES 34.33N 87.93W
09/16/2004 FRANKLIN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR
HODGES.
0235 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG MUSCLE SHOALS 34.75N 87.64W
09/16/2004 COLBERT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0235 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG SCOTTSBORO 34.65N 86.05W
09/16/2004 JACKSON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES.
0300 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG ATHENS 34.80N 86.97W
09/16/2004 LIMESTONE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 72 IN CLEMENTS.
0300 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG ENE MUSCLE SHOALS 34.75N 87.64W
09/16/2004 COLBERT AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ROADS CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED TREES
0318 PM FUNNEL CLOUD NE PISGAH 34.68N 85.85W
09/16/2004 JACKSON AL AMATEUR RADIO
WALL CLOUD REPORTED
0330 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG DECATUR 34.57N 86.99W
09/16/2004 MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
SOME TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
&&
AWIPSUSRLocal storm report, Sep 16, 5:17 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
517 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG DECATUR 34.57N 86.99W
09/16/2004 MORGAN AL BROADCAST MEDIA
*** 3 INJ *** TREE SPLIT AND FELL ON AUTOMOBILE INJURING
THREE PASSENGERS ON OLD MOULTON ROAD. REPORTED BY DECATUR
DAILY NEWSPAPER.
&&
KULASpecial weather statement, Sep 16, 5:45 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 545 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-170200- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 545 PM CDT THU SEP 16 2004 ...SPECIAL TROPICAL STORM IVAN STATEMENT... THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IVAN WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA THIS EVENING...WITH THE WORST WIND AND RAIN IMPACTS AFFECTING THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE ALABAMA COUNTIES COVERED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE ELK RIVER AT FAYETTEVILLE AND THE PAINT ROCK RIVER AT WOODVILLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR JACKSON...DEKALB AND MARSHALL COUNTIES. A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL MIDNIGHT SATURDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE THROUGH TONIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND FRANKLIN COUNTY TENNESSEE THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY. ...STORM INFORMATION... AT 6 PM...TROPICAL STORM IVAN WAS CENTERED IN THE VICINITY OF BIRMINGHAM...AND WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 980 MILLIBARS...OR 28.94 INCHES. IVAN WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AND SHOULD MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES REMAIN A THREAT WITH INTENSE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM BANDS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE EAST OF LAKE GUNTERSVILLE. ...RAINFALL IMPACTS... RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE AVERAGED AROUND TWO TO THREE INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...SINCE BANDS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL HAVE IMPACTED THE ENTIRE TENNESSEE VALLEY. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA...WITH ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OR ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA...AND THIS WILL EXTEND INTO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS EVENING. RIVER FLOODING IS ALREADY FORECAST TO OCCUR...PARTICULARLY ON THE ELK AND PAINT ROCK RIVERS. ...WIND IMPACTS... NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WILL GUST FREQUENTLY OVER 55 MPH IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ALL ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...ALONG WITH SPORADIC REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES. ...CALLS TO ACTION... WITH THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IVAN APPROACHING THE AREA... CONDITIONS WILL BE AT THEIR WORST THIS EVENING. IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR ANY POWER OUTAGES...AND BRING ANY LOOSE TRASH CANS OR LAWN FURNITURE INSIDE. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE TONIGHT...AVOID DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED TO REACH ITS PEAK TONIGHT. IF WATER BEGINS TO APPROACH YOUR LOCATION...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTSIDE TONIGHT...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. PLEASE TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. ...NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 9 PM. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION...VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/HUN/ (ALL LOWER CASE). CARCIONE
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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.