Tornado Warning 41, NWS Huntsville, AL

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WWUS54 KHUN 092234
SVSHUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
527 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

ALC089-092245-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-060509T2245Z/
MADISON AL-
527 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR MADISON
COUNTY...

AT 524 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN 
FAR WESTERN MADISON COUNTY...SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 72. ANOTHER POSSIBLE 
FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED IN THE BOBO COMMUNITY...IN FAR NORTHERN 
MADISON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM ELKWOOD TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF HARVEST...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  TONEY.
  GLADSTONE.
  NORMAL.
  DEPOSIT.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3500 8678 3472 8677 3471 8646 3499 8647

$$

PG

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
502 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

AMENDING ZONES SHORTLY TO MENTION NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN
EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTH ALABAMA UNTIL 10 PM.

.PREV DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...
SEVERAL SHORT WAVES ARE ROTATING AROUND A LONG WAVE TROUGH
POSITIONED OVER THE WESTERN CONUS...INCLUDING ONE ASSOCIATED WITH A
SURFACE LOW OVER CENTRAL OK. CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS...AS
EXPECTED...THE STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE GULF COAST HAS MOVED
NORTHWARD TODAY. IT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL AR TO
MEMPHIS AND THEN SOUTHEASTWARD TO TUSCALOOSA AND TALLAHASSEE. ALONG
AND TO THE SOUTH OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY...SHOWERS AND TSTORMS HAVE
DEVELOPED AND ARE MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. THE MCS FROM THIS
MORNING HAS ALSO PROGRESSED ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND IS
CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS WESTERN TN AND NORTH MS.

FOR THIS EVENING...EXPECT THE MCS AND ISOLATED TSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO
BEGIN AFFECTING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA BY 4 PM AND WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE VALLEY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. EXPECT THE MCS AND
TSTORMS TO WEAKEN WITH TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE CWA...AS THEY HAVE BEEN UNDER CLOUD COVER FOR MOST OF THE DAY
AND ARE MORE STABLE. ATMOSPHERE SHOULD STABILIZE AFTER THE STORMS
MOVE THROUGH...AND SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD COME TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT.

WEDNESDAY STILL LOOKS LIKE THE MOST ACTIVE DAY AS A SYSTEM MOVES OUT
OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM
EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP BY MID MORNING IN A MOIST UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AS THE FRONT
APPROACHES THE WESTERN COUNTIES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
CONVECTION SHOULD FORM INTO A SQUALL LINE RIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
THREATS WITH ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND ALONG THE
SQUALL LINE AS HELICITY VALUES INCREASE. FRONT SHOULD EXIT THE CWA
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM WILL REMAIN
DRY.

NORTHERLY FLOW WILL SETUP OVER THE AREA AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
AND CLOSED LOW MEANDER AROUND THE GREAT LAKES REGION FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. THIS WILL BE REFLECTED IN COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE
WEEKEND...INCLUDING LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S FRIDAY MORNING AND HIGHS
IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S.

.LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...
THE AFOREMENTIONED CLOSED LOW WILL DROP INTO THE SOUTHEAST SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...MODELS BRING THE UPPER LOW THROUGH SOUTHERN KY AND
ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS. FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM WEDNESDAYS FRONT WILL
BE DRAPED ALONG THE COAST AND WILL SERVE AS THE FOCAL POINT FOR
SHOWER DEVELOPMENT AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES SOUTHWARD. RIGHT NOW
LEFT IN CHANCE POPS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
HUNTSVILLE    64  79  58  74 /  60  70  50  10
SHOALS        65  80  57  74 /  60  70  50  10
CULLMAN       65  80  59  75 /  60  70  50  10
FAYETTEVILLE  63  79  57  73 /  60  70  50  10
FORT PAYNE    63  78  59  73 /  60  70  60  10

&&

.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
TN...NONE.
&&

TROUTMAN

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
157 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-100400-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
157 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH ALAMABA AND SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSE TODAY. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO ENTER NORTHWEST
ALABAMA AROUND 300 PM AND MOVE QUICKLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA.
THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THIS LINE WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
NICKELS AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHWEST
ALABAMA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT
MOVES ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH
THE ENTIRE LINE MAY NOT HOLD TOGETHER AS IT MOVES FURTHER
EAST...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SOME SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING ALONG A BOUNDARY...WHICH IS MOVING AHEAD OF THE LINE.

A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND MAY PRODUCE SOME SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SEVERE
THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL...BUT SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TOMORROW AFTERNOON
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING TOWARD THE REGION. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE AND MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR ISOLATED FLOODING....ESPECIALLY
ACROSS LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE MOST LIKELY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT THERE IS ALSO THE
POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO DURING THE EVENING...MAINLY
WEST OF I-65.

THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS A BROAD AND NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE REMAINS OVER THE OHIO VALLEY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
POSSIBLE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
319 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

ALZ001-092100-
LAUDERDALE-
319 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN
LAUDERDALE COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 319 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SAVANNAH TO THRASHERS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SAVANNAH TO BOONEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

ISOLATED HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50
MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS LINE...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  WATERLOO.
  WRIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER
SITUATION.

SCHAUB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
414 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0411 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E WATERLOO            34.92N 88.01W
05/09/2006                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THREE TREES DOWN.

&&

TROUTMAN