Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1024 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

.UPDATE...INCREASED POPS FOR PORTIONS OF THE CWA.

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.DISCUSSION...
CONVECTION NORTH OF THE AREA IS BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD THAN
ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. HAVE INCREASED POPS AREA-WIDE TO FOLLOW IN LINE
WITH RECENT CONVECTION TRENDS OVER SRN TN. CHANCE POPS ARE NOW IN
PLACE ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MUSCLE SHOALS...TO
DECATUR...TO GUNTERSVILLE...AND INTO SRN PORTIONS OF DEKALB COUNTY.
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EXIST SOUTHWEST OF THIS LINE.

UPDATED ZONES OUT SHORTLY.

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PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 840 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011/...
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS EVENING ARE HOLDING
STEADY IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S AT THIS HOUR...WITH FORT PAYNE COMING
IN THE 'COOLEST' AT 82 DEGREES. AFTER THE HOTTEST DAY SO FAR THIS
YEAR...MUSCLE SHOALS OFFICIALLY REACHED 104 DEGREES...DECATUR
OFFICIALLY REACHED 102...AND HUNTSVILLE INTERNATIONAL REACHED 101
THIS AFTERNOON.

THOUGH THE HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES DUE TO OVERNIGHT LOWS NOT
DROPPING MUCH BELOW THE MID TO UPPER 70S...SOME RELIEF IS IN SIGHT
FOR PORTIONS OF THE CWA. A WEAK FRONT IS CURRENTLY PUSHING SOUTHWARD
ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS EVENING...SPARKING A FEW CLUSTERS OF
SHOWERS/STORMS JUST NORTH OF THE AL/TN BORDER. THESE WILL CONTINUE
TO DRIFT S/SEWRD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...MAINLY AFFECTING AREAS
IN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA/SOUTHERN MIDDLE TN. A SECOND AREA OF
CONVECTION IS ONGOING AND MOVING EASTWARD ALONG THE TN/KY STATE LINE.
THIS LOOKS TO AFFECT THE SAME AREAS...BUT WILL MONITOR OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.

AS A RESULT...POPS WERE INCREASED IN THESE AREAS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS.
FOG MAY HAVE TO BE ADDED TO THESE AREAS DEPENDING ON THE COVERAGE OF
THE INCOMING ACTIVITY...BUT WILL LEAVE THIS OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR
NOW. OTHERWISE...THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST IS ON TRACK AND NO
OTHER UPDATES WERE NECESSARY.

UPDATED ZONES OUT SHORTLY.

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.AVIATION.../FROM 00Z TAFS/...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH
OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD UNTIL 04/08-12Z...WHEN PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP AT BOTH TERMINALS. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT KHSV
DURING THIS TIME...WITH BRIEF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT KMSL
/VSBYS ~3SM/. AFTER THE FOG DISSIPATES SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE
TOMORROW... SHOWERS/STORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF THE
TERMINALS AS A WEAK FRONT MEANDERS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. FOR
NOW...CONFIDENCE ON THE EXACT TIMING/COVERAGE DIRECTLY AFFECTING THE
TERMINALS IS LOW...SO HAVE OPTED TO CARRY VCSH AND A CB GROUP TO
ACCOUNT FOR THIS FOR NOW.

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.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     CULLMAN...DEKALB...JACKSON...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL...
     MORGAN.

     EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COLBERT...FRANKLIN AL...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE.

     HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     COLBERT...FRANKLIN AL...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE.

TN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN...MOORE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
823 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-041030-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
823 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY THIS EVENING. WITH NIGHTTIME LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING
INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S...NOT MUCH RELIEF IS EXPECTED FROM THE
HEAT...THEREFORE A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND A SLIGHT CHANCE ELSEWHERE. GUSTY
WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING STRIKES...AND LOCALLY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

DANGEROUS LEVELS OF HEAT STRESS WILL PERSIST FROM THURSDAY THROUGH
THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...AS HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE WITH
TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S...WHICH WILL PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105-110 DEGREES. HEAT INDICES COULD
POTENTIALLY EXCEED 110 DEGREES FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON
THURSDAY...AND AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

OTHERWISE...THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS
WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

RSB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1021 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

TNZ097-040345-
FRANKLIN-
1021 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM
CDT...

AT 1016 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ESTILL SPRINGS...OR NEAR WINCHESTER...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  WINCHESTER...COWAN...AND SHERWOOD.

SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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

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LAT...LON 3513 8586 3507 8586 3499 8598 3499 8606
      3522 8628 3534 8611
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 319DEG 16KT 3521 8612

RSB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1040 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

TNZ076-096-040415-
LINCOLN-MOORE-
1040 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES UNTIL
1115 PM CDT...

AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEWISBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  PETERSBURG...CHESTNUT RIDGE...HOWELL...
  BELLEVILLE...MIMOSA...AND FAYETTEVILLE.

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

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

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LAT...LON 3536 8653 3535 8647 3533 8646 3524 8637
      3508 8665 3526 8677 3526 8674 3531 8668
      3533 8661 3536 8661 3537 8657
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 327DEG 18KT 3536 8671

RSB