Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Huntsville, AL

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WGUS74 KHUN 052035
FFSHUN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
335 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014

ALC083-089-052044-
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MADISON AL-LIMESTONE AL-
335 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MADISON AND EAST CENTRAL
LIMESTONE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO 
POSE A THREAT.  MADISON PUBLIC WORKS REPORTED NO FLOOD PROBLEMS IN 
THE CITY OF MADISON.

LAT...LON 3483 8667 3464 8665 3465 8688 3484 8689

$$

KULA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1243 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014

.UPDATE...
FOR 18Z TAFS

&&

.DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 1053 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014/
MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGING...WITH A 500MB RIDGE IN THE 592/593
DECAMETER HEIGHT RANGE CONTINUED ACROSS THE SE CONUS. A RATHER
MOIST REGIME WAS PRESENT ACROSS THE REGION...WITH PRECIP WATER
AMOUNTS RANGING AROUND 2 INCHES LOCALLY. A WEAK BOUNDARY EXTENDED
SW-NE FROM NORTH CENTRAL AL (AROUND BIRMINGHAM) TO THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU. 10 AM TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION HAVE WARMED INTO
THE LOWER 80S WITH LIGHT SE WINDS.

SHOWER ACTIVITY THAT EARLIER AFFECTED AREAS ALONG THE JACKSON/
DEKALB BORDER WEST OF HENAGAR HAS DISSIPATED. THIS SHOWER
EXHIBITED LITTLE MOVEMENT...WHILE PRODUCING AROUND 2 INCHES
OVER THAT AREA. OTHER ACTIVITY AS OF THIS WRITING WAS FORMING
ACROSS PARTS OF THE VALLEY...MAINLY NEAR ARDMORE...PLEVNA...
SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE AND EAST OF RUSSELLVILLE. GIVEN THE HIGH
AMOUNT OF PRECIP WATER AND LIGHT WINDS ALOFT... DEVELOPMENT THIS
AFTERNOON WILL OBVIOUSLY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATED AN INVERTED-V TYPE
SIGNATURE...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WET MICROBURST TYPE WIND
GUSTS.

MODEL OUTPUT FROM THE NEW NAM/RAP CONTINUED TO INDICATED SPOTTY
RAINFALL COVERAGE...SO HAVE HELD THE LINE ON INCREASING POPS THIS
GO AROUND. THAT BEING SAID...NOT EXPECTING A WIDESPREAD COVERAGE
OF PRECIP THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THOSE AREAS THAT DO GET AFFECTED
COULD RECEIVE A GOOD DOSE OF RAIN. MINOR TWEAKS WERE MADE TO SOME
OF THE HOURLY PARAMETERS...AKA DEWPOINTS/HIGH TEMPERATURES/WINDS
AND CLOUD COVER. THOSE CHANGES WILL HAVE NO AFFECT ON BIG PICTURE
WORDING...THUS NO FORECAST CHANCES AT THIS TIME.

RSB

&&

.AVIATION...
FOR 18Z TAFS...
GENERALLY VFR WEATHER SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. HOWEVER
SCT CONVECTION FORMING ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY
EVENING COULD AFFECT A TERMINAL...BRINGING SHORT TERM VIS/CIG
AND ERRATIC/GUSTY WINDS. CONVECTION SHOULD TAPER OFF IN THE EARLY
EVENING WITH A LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT IS
POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT/AROUND DAYBREAK SAT AM. ANY FOG THAT FORMS
SHOULD DISSIPATE IN THE 14/15Z TIMEFRAME SAT AM.

RSB

&&

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

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE
AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
518 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-061015-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
518 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014

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

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

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
REGION BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.
THE GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A LINE
EXTENDING FROM RUSSELLVILLE TO ANDERSON. DUE TO SLOW STORM MOTIONS...
THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS.

PATCHY FOG WILL LIKELY DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN
LOCAL RIVER VALLEYS AND ANY OTHER AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE RAINFALL
TODAY.

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

THE COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE FOR ALL AREAS
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHWARD...WITH
STORMS DIMINISHING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ON SUNDAY AS DRIER AIR
MOVES INTO THE REGION.

A FEW AFTERNOON STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BEFORE
THE COVERAGE INCREASES ONCE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IN ADVANCE
OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

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

70/DD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1252 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014

TNZ076-096-051830-
MOORE TN-LINCOLN TN-
1252 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MOORE AND NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN
COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

AT 1251 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LYNCHBURG. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYNCHBURG...TIMS FORD LAKE...BELLEVILLE...MIMOSA...HURDLOW...LOIS...
BOONEVILLE...MARBLE HILL AND MULBERRY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS
STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3529 8627 3527 8627 3527 8628 3524 8628
      3522 8632 3522 8629 3520 8631 3517 8630
      3514 8645 3529 8658 3535 8648 3532 8645
      3532 8642 3535 8641 3536 8633 3538 8632
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 243DEG 3KT 3525 8643

RSB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
128 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014

ALZ005-051915-
LIMESTONE AL-
128 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE COUNTY
UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 128 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HARVEST...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATHENS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5
MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATHENS...ARDMORE...HARVEST...ELKMONT...HOLLAND GIN AND FRENCH MILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS
STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3485 8678 3480 8679 3473 8690 3490 8708
      3499 8687 3499 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 051DEG 6KT 3490 8682

RSB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
157 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014

ALZ006-051930-
MADISON AL-
157 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY UNTIL
230 PM CDT...

AT 156 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTHWESTERN HUNTSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUNTSVILLE...MADISON...REDSTONE ARSENAL...ALABAMA A AND M
UNIVERSITY...MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER...UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN
HUNTSVILLE...HUNTSVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND HARVEST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS
STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3475 8650 3464 8664 3465 8679 3484 8679
      3488 8663
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 053DEG 3KT 3478 8664

RSB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
210 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014

ALZ007-008-016-051945-
CULLMAN AL-MARSHALL AL-MORGAN AL-
210 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CULLMAN...WEST
CENTRAL MARSHALL AND SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

AT 209 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ARAB. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARAB...BAILEYTON...EVA...FAIRVIEW...UNION GROVE...EDDY...RYAN
CROSSROADS...JOPPA AND HULACO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS
STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3437 8640 3422 8659 3430 8678 3450 8662
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 131DEG 1KT 3434 8658

RSB