Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Huntsville, AL

438 
WGUS74 KHUN 010322
FFSHUN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1022 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

TNC051-103-127-010500-
/O.CON.KHUN.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160401T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN TN-FRANKLIN TN-MOORE TN-
1022 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
LINCOLN...FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTIES...

AT 1018 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOODED
ROADS IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN AND
AROUND WINCHESTER. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND TWO TO FIVE
INCHES HAS FALLEN THIS EVENING. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE EVENING. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...FAYETTEVILLE...LYNCHBURG...DECHERD...ESTILL SPRINGS...COWAN...
MONTEAGLE...SEWANEE...TIMS FORD LAKE AND ST. ANDREWS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT ONE INCH OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. ROADS MAY
BE WASHED OUT DUE TO THE FORCE OF FLOWING WATER. MOST FLOOD DEATHS
OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3531 8600 3532 8598 3529 8592 3522 8586
      3513 8587 3500 8684 3522 8683 3535 8605

$$

KDW

393 
WGUS74 KHUN 010403
FFSHUN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1103 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

TNC051-103-127-010500-
/O.CON.KHUN.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160401T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN TN-FRANKLIN TN-MOORE TN-
1103 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
LINCOLN...FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTIES...

AT 1059 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OF
NUMEROUS ROADS IN PORTIONS OF LINCOLN AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE FAYETTEVILLE AND WINCHESTER
AREAS. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND TWO TO FIVE INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS
EVENING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...FAYETTEVILLE...LYNCHBURG...DECHERD...ESTILL SPRINGS...COWAN...
MONTEAGLE...SEWANEE...TIMS FORD LAKE AND ST. ANDREWS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. ROADS MAY
BE WASHED OUT DUE TO THE FORCE OF FLOWING WATER. MOST FLOOD DEATHS
OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3531 8600 3532 8598 3529 8592 3522 8586
      3513 8587 3500 8684 3522 8683 3535 8605

$$

KDW

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
736 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...
SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP EAST OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THAT IS STILL OVER EASTERN
ARKANSAS STRETCHING SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. TWO AREAS
OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING OVER THE PAST FEW
HOURS. ONE IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND A SECOND AREA AFFECTING
LOCATIONS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CHEROKEE IN COLBERT COUNTY TO
COLONY IN CULLMAN COUNTY. OVER THE PAST HOUR...SOME OF THESE STORMS
NEAR THE TN/AL STATE LINE HAVE BEEN SEVERE AND INDICATING ROTATION
PROMPTING SOME TORNADO WARNINGS. THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO THE BOUNDARY
THAT STRETCHES FROM EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA EAST SOUTHEAST INTO
NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY...WHICH IS ENHANCING LOW LEVEL HELICITY. SPC
RUC MESOANALYSIS DEPICTS MOST OF THE LOW LEVEL HELICITY ORIENTED
SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY. EARLIER CLEARING THIS AFTERNOON HAS ALLOWED
SURFACE BASED CAPE TO BUILD TO BETWEEN 500 J/KG TO 1500 J/KG NEAR THE
AL/MS STATE LINE ORIENTED IN A GRADIENT FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST
SIMILAR TO THIS BOUNDARY. SPC RUC ANALYSIS SHOWS THIS CAPE MAY HAVE
DROPPED TO BETWEEN 500 J/KG AND 1000 J/KG...WITH THE HIGHEST CAPE
STILL SOUTHWEST OF A LINE MOULTON TO CULLMAN COUNTY.

WITH VERY STRONG SHEAR AND HELICITY STILL PLACE AND DEWPOINTS IN THE
MID TO UPPER 60S AHEAD OF THE MAIN FRONT OVER WESTERN MISSISSIPPI...A
SEVERE THREAT INCLUDING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS
REMAIN POSSIBLE.

THIS BOUNDARY HAS MOVED NORTH OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS AND IN
NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PUSH NORTH
THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND FRANKLIN COUNTY
TN AREA MUCH MORE STABLE RIGHT NOW...THIS COULD CHANGE OVER THE NEXT
HOUR OR TWO. OVER THE LAST HOUR...0-1 HELICITY LOOKS LIKE IT IS
CONTINUE TO INCREASE...AS SURFACE WINDS HAVE BACKED MORE TO THE EAST
OVERALL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FOR ALL COUNTIES
IN THE HUNTSVILLE FORECAST AREA EXCEPT DEKALB COUNTY. THIS COULD BE
ADDED BEFORE THE NIGHT IS DONE.

KTW

&&

.AVIATION...
/ISSUED 650 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016/
FOR 00Z TAFS...
INCLEMENT FLYING WEATHER THIS EVENING AS NUMEROUS SHOWERS/STORMS FORM
AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION IN A WSW-ENE DIRECTION. SOME OF THE STORMS
COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...WIND GUSTS OVER
50KT AND TORNADOES ALL POSSIBLE. AS SUCH AND WITH CONVECTION NEARING
KMSL...KEPT VCTS IN WITH MORE NUMEROUS CONVECTION THERE WITHIN THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD AFFECT KHSV A COUPLE OF HOURS
LATER. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WILL SWEEP TO THE
EAST...REACHING NW AL AFTER MIDNIGHT AND NE AL AROUND DAYBREAK FRI.
SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD WIND DOWN AS THE FRONT PASSES. GIVEN MORE
PRECIP OVER NW AL... HAVE INCLUDED MVFR FOG BEFORE DAYBREAK FRI. DID
NOT INCLUDE FOG FOR KHSV. VFR WEATHER OTHERWISE WILL RETURN AROUND
AND AFTER DAYBREAK...CONTINUING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF.

RSB

&&

.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR ALZ001>010-016.

TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR TNZ076-096-097.

&&

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
131 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-011000-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
131 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT OUT OF THE NORTHWEST.
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...AS A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPS AND
MOVES EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. DISCRETE THUNDERSTORMS FORMING
AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL TRANSLATE INTO A LOCALIZED FLOODING THREAT INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM
FRIDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
LIKELY THIS EVENING.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
802 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

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

0759 PM     HAIL             TRINITY                 34.61N 87.09W
03/31/2016  E1.00 INCH       MORGAN             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BETWEEN MOULTON AND
            TRINITY.

&&

KWEBER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
803 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

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

0750 PM     HAIL             MOULTON                 34.48N 87.29W
03/31/2016  E1.00 INCH       LAWRENCE           AL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE MOULTON.

&&

KWEBER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
825 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

ALZ004-007-010200-
MORGAN AL-LAWRENCE AL-
825 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MORGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN
LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 824 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BRUSHY LAKE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DECATUR...HARTSELLE...PRICEVILLE...FALKVILLE...SOMERVILLE...NEEL...BASHAM...
SPEAKE...MASSEY AND DANVILLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3439 8733 3461 8697 3458 8689 3442 8676
      3431 8706 3431 8711 3430 8711 3430 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 237DEG 33KT 3436 8719

KDW

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
826 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

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

0810 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 SW DECATUR            34.57N 87.01W
03/31/2016  E60.00 MPH       MORGAN             AL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 55-60 MPH.

&&

RB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
831 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

TNZ076-096-097-010230-
MOORE TN-FRANKLIN TN-LINCOLN TN-
831 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOORE...FRANKLIN AND
LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 830 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SERIES OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LINCOLN...MOORE...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.
STORMSWERE LOCATED NEAR WINCHESTER...FAYETTEVILLE...AND
ARDMORE...ALL MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...FAYETTEVILLE...LYNCHBURG...DECHERD...ESTILL SPRINGS...COWAN...
ARDMORE...MONTEAGLE...HUNTLAND AND SEWANEE.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3531 8600 3532 8598 3529 8592 3522 8586
      3508 8586 3499 8673 3499 8684 3517 8683
      3534 8603
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 263DEG 28KT 3505 8691

BCC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
838 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

ALZ006>008-010215-
MARSHALL AL-MORGAN AL-MADISON AL-
838 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL...
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM
CDT...

AT 837 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
WEST OF ARAB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHERN HUNTSVILLE...ARAB...OWENS CROSS ROADS...MORGAN CITY...UNION
GROVE...HEBRON...LACEYS SPRING...WHITESBURG...EDDY AND HULACO.

LAT...LON 3431 8671 3433 8675 3466 8653 3453 8626
      3430 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 218DEG 38KT 3435 8664

BCC