Tornado Warning 14, NWS Huntsville, AL

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WWUS54 KHUN 041734
SVSHUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1234 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

ALC049-041745-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080404T1745Z/
DEKALB AL-
1234 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
DEKALB COUNTY...

AT 1231 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RAINSVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE 
DEKALB COUNTY.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3446 8577 3444 8599 3447 8600 3448 8600
      3449 8599 3449 8598 3454 8593 3457 8584
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 253DEG 36KT 3449 8582

$$

JLL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1105 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

.DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONT CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY SOUTHWEST
THROUGH NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS INTO EASTERN TEXAS. A LARGE AREA OF
RAIN EXTENDS EAST FROM THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO NORTHWESTERN
ALABAMA. ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR HUNTSVILLE TO WREN IN
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
STRONG...CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. ALTHOUGH THIS LINE HAS BEEN
WEAKENING OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS OVERALL...SOME BREAKS HAVE
DEVELOPED IN THE CLOUDS SOUTH OF THIS LINE OF SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. AN IMPRESSIVE TONGUE OF DEWPOINTS AROUND 65
DEGREES...AND AROUND 70 IN SOUTH ALABAMA...CONTINUE ADVECTING
INTO THIS LINE OF SCATTERED STORMS. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND
INTENSIFICATION OF THESE STORMS IS POSSIBLE AS THE AFTERNOON
CONTINUES. HOWEVER...BELIEVE THE MAJORITY OF STRONGER STORMS WILL
REMAIN AROUND BIRMINGHAM AND POINTS SOUTH...UNTIL MORE UPPER
LEVEL ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES
NORTHERN ALABAMA IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

THEN BELIEVE A SECOND ROUND OF DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR PRIMARILY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A HARVEST TO WREN LINE. MODELS DO BRING 65 AND
HIGHER DEWPOINTS NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER...BUT BELIEVE THEY
ARE OVERDOING IT A TAD. DEWPOINTS IN CULLMAN...MORGAN...DEKALB...AND
SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COULD REACH THE MID 60S GIVEN UPSTREAM AIR.

A SECOND ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED BETWEEN
NOON AND 6 PM ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE HIGHEST THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH
WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. THEREFORE...IN MORGAN...CULLMAN...MARSHALL...DEKALB
COUNTIES THE CHANCES OF A SECOND ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS
HIGHEST. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ARE POSSIBLE
ELSEWHERE...BUT EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND MORE STABLE CONDITIONS
IN THESE AREAS WILL LIMIT THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. ISOLATED
TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...BUT BELIEVE MAIN THREAT WILL BE
STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL. THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT WILL DIMINISH MARKEDLY AFTER SUNSET.

NO MAJOR CHANGES TO GRIDS MADE.

&&

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

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
507 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-041800-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
507 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A SQUALL LINE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS
MORNING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN AND JUST AHEAD OF
THE LINE MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE...WIND
GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THE PRIMARY
WEATHER THREATS.

THIS LINE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING
INTO FAR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA AROUND 6 AM...REACHING THE MUSCLE
SHOALS AREA AROUND 7 AM. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
PROGRESSING EASTWARD...REACHING A WINCHESTER...TO HUNTSVILLE...TO
PHIL CAMPBELL LINE AROUND 9 AM...AND MOVING INTO THE I-59 CORRIDOR
AROUND 11 AM.

A SECOND WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL RIDE ALONG THE TRAILING COLD
FRONT AND MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON.
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE
AREA...PRIMARILY EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE
PRIMARY WEATHER THREATS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

KDW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
801 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

ALZ001>005-041400-
COLBERT-FRANKLIN-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-
801 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR COLBERT...FRANKLIN...LAUDERDALE...
LAWRENCE AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LEXINGTON TO MUSCLE SHOALS
TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RED BAY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS MAY RESULT IN
BRIEF RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

KULA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
931 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

ALZ005-006-009-TNZ096-097-041515-
FRANKLIN-JACKSON-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-
931 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FRANKLIN...JACKSON...LIMESTONE...
LINCOLN AND MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM CDT...

AT 927 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HUNTLAND TO HAZEL GREEN TO MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS
THUNDERSTORM. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND PONDING
OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND CENTRAL TENNESSEE.

KULA

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
939 AM CDT FRI APR 04 2008

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

0820 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ROGERSVILLE             34.83N 87.29W
04/04/2008                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE WAS BLOWN DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS
            26 AND 165 IN ROGERSVILLE.

0820 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MUSCLE SHOALS           34.74N 87.67W
04/04/2008                   COLBERT            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED SHED DAMAGED. ALSO, TREES AND
            POWERLINES BLOWN DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 157
            AND 20.

0924 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ROGERSVILLE             34.83N 87.29W
04/04/2008                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING REPORTED IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS THE
            ROGERSVILLE COMMUNITY.

&&

KWEBER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1007 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

ALZ004-007-041530-
LAWRENCE-MORGAN-
1007 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAWRENCE AND MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL
1030 AM CDT...

AT 1004 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF HALEYVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  WREN.
  SPEAKE.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

KULA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1048 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

ALZ006-009-041630-
JACKSON-MADISON-
1048 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR JACKSON AND MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL
1130 AM CDT...

AT 1043 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF MORGAN CITY...OR 10 MILES
SOUTH OF REDSTONE ARSENAL...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

PEOPLE IN JACKSON AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF OWENS CROSSROADS...NEW HOPE...WOODVILLE...SCOTTSBORO AND
HOLLYWOOD...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD
SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

KULA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1135 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

ALZ009-041715-
JACKSON-
1135 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM CDT...

AT 1135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SCOTTSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  MARTINTOWN.
  FACKLER.
  STEVENSON.
  FABIUS.
  FLAT ROCK.
  HIGDON.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

KULA