Tornado Warning 50, NWS Huntsville, AL

000 
WWUS54 KHUN 022203
SVSHUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
503 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

ALC103-022212-
/O.CAN.KHUN.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-090502T2215Z/
MORGAN AL-
503 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IS CANCELED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3457 8632 3454 8631 3451 8633 3452 8638
      3449 8642 3448 8650 3450 8653 3456 8655
      3458 8658 3460 8658 3469 8635 3463 8635
      3459 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 261DEG 16KT 3457 8653

$$

ALC089-022215-
/O.CON.KHUN.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-090502T2215Z/
MADISON AL-
503 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY...

AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FARLEY...OR ABOUT
10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REDSTONE ARSENAL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
HOPE AND OWENS CROSSROADS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE 
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.

&&

LAT...LON 3457 8632 3454 8631 3451 8633 3452 8638
      3449 8642 3448 8650 3450 8653 3456 8655
      3458 8658 3460 8658 3469 8635 3463 8635
      3459 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 261DEG 16KT 3457 8653

$$

KDW

000 
WWUS54 KHUN 022212
SVSHUN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
512 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

ALC089-022221-
/O.EXP.KHUN.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-090502T2215Z/
MADISON AL-
512 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515
PM CDT...

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM THAT
PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE.
THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WERE STILL 
POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS 
PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3457 8632 3454 8631 3451 8633 3452 8638
      3449 8642 3448 8650 3450 8653 3456 8655
      3458 8658 3460 8658 3469 8635 3463 8635
      3459 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 261DEG 16KT 3458 8648

$$

KDW

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
412 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENT TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
WITH TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL ALREADY HAVING OCCURRED ACROSS
THE AREA...AND AT LEAST 36 HOURS WORTH OF WAVES OF RAIN TO COME...
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND POTENTIALLY-SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...
COMPUTER FORECAST MODELS HAVE GENERALLY PERFORMED POORLY DURING THIS
EVENT. UNFORTUNATELY...THIS TREND LOOKS TO CONTINUE AS THIS EVENT
CONTINUES TO UNFOLD. AN ONGOING ROUND OF RAIN AND STORMS HAVE
PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A TORNADO WATCH. THIS ROUND WILL PROBABLY
BE OVER BY 00 UTC...WITH A BIT OF A BREAK BEFORE THE NEXT ROUND
SWEEPS ACROSS...CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
SEVERE THREAT WITH THE NEXT ROUND LOOKS REASONABLY MINIMAL BUT
SHOULD STILL SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN.

PLEASE SEE THE FLOOD WATCH...AND ONGOING WARNINGS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THE HYDROLOGIC THREATS.

WILL CARRY CATEGORICAL POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY. IT WILL NOT RAIN FOR THAT ENTIRE 24 HOUR PERIOD BY ANY
MEANS...BUT THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE OFF AND ON RAIN AND STORMS
THROUGHOUT THAT PERIOD. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AS MOISTURE-RICH AIR COMBINES WITH ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE AND
STRONG LOW-LEVEL WINDS. IT WILL ALSO BE QUITE BREEZY...WITH WIND
GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE...EVEN OUTSIDE OF STORMS.

THE FRONT WILL EDGE CLOSER BY SUNDAY NIGHT...AND SO ANOTHER ROUND OF
HEAVY RAIN AND STORMS IS POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD BE MOST LIKELY SOUTH
AND EAST OF THE SHOALS...SINCE THE FRONT COULD VERY WELL BE THROUGH
THE SHOALS BY THAT POINT.

MODELS SHOW THE FRONT THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY...BUT HISTORY HAS
SHOWN THESE SLOW-MOVING FRONTS LIKE TO HANG UP OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS
AREAS OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA FOR A WHILE. SO WILL NOT GO WITH THE
SPEEDY PASSAGE OF THE FRONT THAT THE MODELS TRY TO INDICATE.
THEREFORE...WILL HOLD ON TO GOOD RAIN CHANCES ON MONDAY...AND EVEN A
SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES ON MONDAY NIGHT. BEHIND
THE FRONT...ASSUMING WE INDEED ARE BEHIND THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES
WILL BE COMFORTABLY COOL.

EXTENDED (TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND)...
TUESDAY LOOKS TO BE DRY IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS...ALTHOUGH IT IS WORTH
NOTING THAT SOME ENSEMBLE MEMBERS KEEP RAIN IN THE FORECAST EVEN
THEN. THE UPPER PATTERN RELOADS WITH ANOTHER WEAK TROUGH BY
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AND...SURPRISE...ANOTHER SLOW-MOVING FRONT.
THEREFORE...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER BREAK IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH AGAIN SOME ENSEMBLE
MEMBERS HAVE PRECIP INDICATED. MORE WEAK UPPER WAVES MOVE ACROSS FOR
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH YET ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN AND STORMS.

ALL IN ALL...A WET AND UNSETTLED PERIOD IN STORE.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
HUNTSVILLE    64  76  61  73  56 / 100 100  80  40  10
SHOALS        64  75  57  72  55 / 100 100  70  30  10
CULLMAN       64  74  62  73  56 /  90  90  80  50  10
FAYETTEVILLE  63  75  58  72  56 / 100 100  70  40  10
ALBERTVILLE   65  77  64  74  57 /  80  80  80  50  20
FORT PAYNE    63  76  64  73  57 /  90  90  90  50  20
&&

.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COLBERT...CULLMAN...DEKALB...FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON...
     LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL...
     MORGAN.
TN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN...MOORE.
&&

JE/23

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
335 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-030215-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
335 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

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

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

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN
ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS
AFTERNOON...BRINGING MORE HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH...WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS AROUND TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS NEXT BATCH OF
PRECIPITATION INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ANY STRONGER STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME. GIVEN THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS...NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF FLASH
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA...PARTICULARLY
IN URBAN AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FORFLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING...SOME
STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS.
AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
INTO TONIGHT AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE AREA.
MORE INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FURTHER
ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
ON SUNDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ALONG THE FRONT TO OUR
NORTH AND A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE AREA.
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO FURTHER FLOODING AND FLASH
FLOODING POTENTIAL ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODING
THREAT...GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEMS INVOLVED
TOMORROW...SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE A POSSIBILITY...INCLUDING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE
POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL LINGER THROUGH MONDAY...BEFORE
A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT.

THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EVENT ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AND PERHAPS INTO MONDAY AS NUMEROUS
STREAMS MAY REACH OR EXCEED BANKFULL STAGES. RESIDENTS AND THOSE
TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR THEIR
FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET REGARDING THIS SITUATION.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
REQUESTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING TO ASSIST IN SEVERE WEATHER/FLASH
FLOODING OPERATIONS. ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING ARE ENCOURAGED
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT EVEN AFTER ACTIVATION IS NO LONGER REQUESTED.
ACTIVATION MAY AGAIN BE REQUESTED ON MONDAY.

KDW/JE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1227 PM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

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

0600 PM     LIGHTNING        MADISON                 34.70N 86.75W
05/01/2009                   MADISON            AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TWO HOMES STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN THE CITY OF MADISON.
            SOME DAMAGE OCCURRED AT BOTH LOCATIONS.

1045 AM     FLOOD            LEXINGTON               34.97N 87.37W
05/02/2009                   LAUDERDALE         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS ROADS STILL CLOSED ACROSS EASTERN LAUDERDALE
            COUNTY DUE TO FLOODING.

1115 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 E IDER                34.70N 85.65W
05/02/2009                   DEKALB             AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING ON COUNTY ROAD 739 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH
            COUNTY ROAD 651...WITH ROAD IMPASSIBLE. FLOODING RECEDED
            BY 1155 AM CDT.

&&

JE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
136 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

ALZ001>003-021930-
COLBERT-FRANKLIN-LAUDERDALE-
136 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR COLBERT...FRANKLIN AND LAUDERDALE
COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 135 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF
CORINTH TO TUPELO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 30 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

PEOPLE IN WESTERN COLBERT...WESTERN FRANKLIN AND WESTERN LAUDERDALE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WATERLOO...RIVERTON...MALONE...
ALLSBORO...MARGERUM...MAUD...WRIGHT...POGO...RED BAY AND MT HESTER...
SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. GIVEN THE RECENT HEAVY
RAINS ACROSS THE AREA...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BECOME WARRANTED AS
THIS LINE OF STORMS MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED
FROM THIS AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS
POSSIBLY EXCEEDING ONE INCH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF
RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

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

KDW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
314 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

ALZ002>005-022115-
COLBERT-FRANKLIN-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-
314 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR COLBERT...FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE AND
LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 311 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF
MUSCLE SHOALS TO 13 MILES NORTH OF HAMILTON. ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS
WAS LOCATED FROM HILLSBORO TO NEAR ATHENS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED
WITH THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN COLBERT...FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE AND WESTERN LIMESTONE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROCKWOOD...SPRING VALLEY...
LITTLEVILLE...HODGES...FORD CITY...COLBERT HEIGHTS...BELGREEN...
RUSSELLVILLE...DUKETON AND ISBELL...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH 415 PM. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND PONDING
OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.

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

KDW

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
315 PM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

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

0250 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WNW RED BAY             34.44N 88.14W
05/02/2009                   FRANKLIN           AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED ALONG 7TH ST SW IN RED
            BAY.

&&

DL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
318 PM CDT SAT MAY 02 2009

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

0300 PM     FLASH FLOOD      RED BAY                 34.44N 88.14W
05/02/2009                   FRANKLIN           AL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            EXTENSIVE FLASH FLOODING REPORTED IN RED BAY ALONG 4TH
            AVE SW...GOLDEN RD...MCCARTHY DR...AND AT THE PUMPING
            STATION.

&&

DL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
416 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

ALZ004>009-022215-
JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MARSHALL-MORGAN-
416 PM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR JACKSON...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...
MADISON...MARSHALL AND MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAZEL GREEN TO 9
MILES NORTH OF CULLMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MORGAN...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF MADISON...LACON...FALKVILLE...LEESDALE...TONEY...HARVEST...
SOMERVILLE...GLADSTONE...COLE SPRINGS AND TRIANA...SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 515 PM. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF RUNOFF
PROBLEMS AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA.

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

KDW