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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

April 30, 2016Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Apr 30, 2016, 5:44 PM CDT for Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2016, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL

County Moore County, TN

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 30, 2:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 2:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
227 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

.DISCUSSION...
THE 19Z SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT A WARM FRONT WAS EXTENDING
SOUTHEAST FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH NORTHWEST TENNESSEE AND
THROUGH NORTHWEST ALABAMA TO ALONG THE TENNESSEE RIVER ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. DEWPOINT TEMPS WERE INCREASING TO THE SOUTH OF THE
WARM FRONT INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH
CENTRAL ALABAMA ALSO AS OF 19Z. A SHORTWAVE WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST
THROUGH EAST LOUISIANA-SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON...AND EXPECT
THAT SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST
INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY TO
NEAR CATEGORICAL POPS THIS EVENING AND AT LEAST LIKELY POPS OVERNIGHT
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.

THE SHORT TERM MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT THE TRAILING COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE EAST FROM ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY 12Z SUNDAY AND
INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 00Z MONDAY. EXPECT
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHRA/TSRA TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY
AS THE BOUNDARY APPROACHES AND MOVES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BY
SUNDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE IS PROGGED BY THE MODELS TO MOVE
NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BY MONDAY WITH CONTINUED LIKELY
POPS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WHERE HIGH END CHANCE POPS ARE EXPECTED.

BY 12Z TUESDAY...THE UPPER TROUGH TO THE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA
IS EXPECTED TO SWING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY
REGION...RESULTING IN COOLER AND DRIER AIR EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE
REGION. WILL STILL HOLD ONTO JUST A CHANCE/SLIGHT CHANCE POP ON
TUESDAY...MAINLY IN THE MORNING AS LINGERING PRECIP SHOULD BE HEADING
OUT OF THE AREA. HAVE DECIDED TO DROP THE MENTION OF PRECIP FOR
TUESDAY EVENING/NIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD SOUTHEAST
INTO THE REGION. GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST...AS A SECONDARY REINFORCING COLD
FRONT SHOULD SHIFT SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT
THIS POINT...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH ANY SIGNIFICANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
AND PRECIP POTENTIAL ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT SHOULD REMAIN
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY
MORNING.

THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN
PORTION OF THE U.S. THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST
WITH A PERSISTENT NORTHWEST FLOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. HAVE
GONE WITH A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE MUCH COOLER ECMWF AND WARMER GFS
TEMPS THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIODS.

TT

&&

.AVIATION...
/ISSUED 105 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016/
FOR 18Z TAFS...VFR CONDS ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE AT BOTH HSV/MSL
FEATURING BKN DECKS OF AS/CS CLOUDS AND A MODERATE SW FLOW. SHRA
WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD REGION FROM W-TO-E BTWN 30/19-21Z...WITH
CLUSTER OF TSRA CURRENTLY ACROSS WC MISS EXPECTED TO EXPAND AND LIFT
NEWD IMPACTING THE TERMINALS LATE THIS AFTN/EARLY THIS EVENING. TSRA
HAS BEEN INCLUDED AS PREVAILING WX COND AT MSL/21-00Z AND HSV/23-02Z
ALONG WITH MVFR VSBY REDUCTIONS. WINDS WILL BACK TO SSE IN WAKE OF
THIS ACTIVITY WITH BKN/OVC ST/AS DECKS PREVAILING FOR REMAINDER OF
TAF PERIOD. THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT TSRA MAY REDEVELOP EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING ALONG OUTFLOW BNDRY FROM LATE AFTN ACTIVITY AND SHIFT
NEWD ACROSS THE TERMINALS. VCTS/CB HAS BEEN INCLUDED BTWN 01/09-12Z
TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS POSSIBILITY.

70/DD

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
HUNTSVILLE    64  81  62  77 /  80  70  40  60
SHOALS        65  81  60  77 /  70  70  30  60
VINEMONT      64  79  61  75 /  80  70  40  70
FAYETTEVILLE  63  79  60  76 /  80  70  30  50
ALBERTVILLE   64  79  61  76 /  80  70  40  70
FORT PAYNE    62  79  60  77 /  80  70  40  60

&&

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

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE
AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 12:33 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1233 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-011130-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
1233 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL GIVE WAY TO MORE
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY
EVENING HOURS...BEFORE WEAKENING AND PUSHING INTO GEORGIA AROUND
MIDNIGHT. STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
WITH THIS ACTIVITY. ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 60 MPH.

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

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY...AS THE COLD
FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. A FEW STORMS
MAY BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. RAINFALL MAY ALSO BE HEAVY AT
TIMES ON SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE
FROM WEST TO EAST BY SUNDAY NIGHT...AS THE COLD FRONT EXITS TO THE
EAST.

SOME ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...
AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
IS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 30, 3:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
353 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

ALZ009-302130-
JACKSON AL-
353 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL
430 PM CDT...

AT 353 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLLYWOOD...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCOTTSBORO...
MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRIDGEPORT...SOUTH PITTSBURG...STEVENSON...HOLLYWOOD...PISGAH...ORME...
FABIUS...RUSSELL CAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT...MARTINTOWN AND BASS.

LAT...LON 3466 8580 3473 8603 3499 8590 3499 8567
      3498 8561 3496 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 201DEG 21KT 3476 8590

LN
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence41 min
Apr 30, 3:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNJackson37 min
Apr 30, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone44 min
Apr 30, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLimestone, Madison32 min
Apr 30, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningHUNLimestone, Madison18 min
Apr 30, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone35 min
Apr 30, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNMadison40 min
Apr 30, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison40 min
Apr 30, 9:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMarion37 min
Apr 30, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLincoln, Moore29 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Tennessee, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.