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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

June 2, 2021Jackson County, Alabama; Franklin County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Jun 2, 2021, 6:13 PM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama; Franklin County, Moore County, Tennessee. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 2, 2021, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL

Counties Jackson County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Moore County, TN

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2021-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 2021-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 304 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 2, 2:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
232 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

.NEAR TERM...(Remainder of today and tonight)
Issued at 232 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

There has been little change in forecast reasoning for the remainder
of the afternoon, as a broad surface trough/wind shift axis
extending from southwestern TN into central MS will continue to focus
the development of deep/moist convection as it shifts slowly
eastward this afternoon. Residual mid-level cloud cover in the wake
of our morning rainfall has cleared sufficiently to allow
temperatures to warm into the u70s-l80s across northwest AL (a bit
warmer than previously anticipated), and this is supporting pockets
of moderate instability with MLCAPE as high as 1500-2000 J/kg per SPC
mesoanalysis data. Thus, we still anticipate a threat for strong-
marginally severe thunderstorms with deep-layer shear in the 30-40
knot range. Although wind damage will be the primary hazard with
storms this afternoon, a very low risk for mesocyclone/brief tornado
development does exist given the magnitude of the low-level jet.

Models suggest that the primary synoptic surface low (currently
lifting northeastward into southern IL) will gradually loose
definition as it advances into northwestern OH/southeastern MI by
12Z. The slow-moving surface trough axis will continue to focus a
couple of bands of showers and thunderstorms as it progresses
eastward across the local area overnight. Although storm intensity
will gradually diminish with boundary layer stabilization this
evening, sufficient MUCAPE and modest values of deep-layer shear will
support a risk of strong storms throughout the night. Otherwise, it
will be another warm and muggy night, with lows in the m-u 60s.

.SHORT TERM...(Thursday through Friday night)
Issued at 232 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

Over the course of the short term period, an upper low is predicted
to cutoff in the base of a longwave trough across the central Plains
and drift southward across west TX. The more progressive northern
portion of the trough will spread eastward through the OH and TN
Valleys on Thursday and Thursday night, with lift from this feature
maintaining a risk for showers and thunderstorms in the warm/moist
airmass to the south of a cold front due to arrive late Thursday
afternoon or Thursday evening. Forecast soundings depict a slightly
more unstable environment tomorrow due to steepening lapse rates
aloft, and this will support another marginal risk for severe
thunderstorms given persistent deep layer shear in the 30-40 knot
range. However, unlike today, this risk will be more focused across
the southeastern portion of the CWFA, where the slow-moving surface
trough will likely be located around the time convective temperatures
are reached late tomorrow morning. A drier airmass will be advected
southward into the region beginning early Friday morning, with little
to no chance for precipitation on Friday/Friday night. Temperatures
beneath mostly sunny skies will warm efficiently into the m-u 80s on
Friday afternoon, but should cool into the lower 60s Saturday
morning.

.LONG TERM...(Saturday through Tuesday)
Issued at 232 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

A mid-level ridge will build northward across the Southeastern CONUS
early this weekend, in advance of a cutoff upper low across South
TX. This will provide warm and dry conditions on Saturday, with highs
in the u80s-l90s. However, it still appears as if deep-layer
southerly flow will begin to strengthen across the region late
Saturday night in the gradient between a developing mid-level ridge
to our east and the cutoff upper low to our west. Low-level
southeasterly flow on the western rim of the Mid-Atlantic Bermuda
high will also assist in advecting rich moisture northward into the
region, with precipitable water values in the 1.7-1.9 inch range and
boundary layer dewpoints in the u60s-l70s much of next week. Given
the lack of synoptic scale forcing for ascent, we anticipate
scattered mainly diurnal convection each afternoon/evening, with
highs in the mid 80s and lows in the u60s-l70s.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Thursday afternoon)
Issued at 1228 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

Although a few lgt SHRA are currently in progress across northern
AL, present indications are that additional TSRA will develop along a
sfc trough/wind shift axis across northern MS and shift eastward
later this aftn. We have included TEMPO groups for TSRA and MVFR
cig/vsby reductions from 19-23Z/MSL and 21-01Z/HSV, and it should be
noted that some of the storms may produce strong wind gusts and
frequent CG lighting, warranting the issuance of AWWs. This
particular round of convection will likely dissipate early in the
evening, with a deck of low/MVFR stratus clouds expected to develop
shortly after Midnight. A second round of showers and thunderstorms
is possible during the early morning hours on Thursday, with PROB30
groups included for MSL/7-11Z and HSV/9-13Z. Conditions will improve
late in the TAF period as low-level flow veers to the WSW.

&&

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

&&

NEAR TERM...70/DD
SHORT TERM...70/DD
LONG TERM...70/DD
AVIATION...70/DD

For more information please visit our website
at weather.gov/huntsville.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
306 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

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Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan-
Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN-
306 PM CDT Wed Jun 2 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north Alabama and portions of
southern middle Tennessee.

.DAY ONE...Remainder of today and tonight...

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will shift eastward across the
outlook area this afternoon and overnight, ahead of a cold front. A
few of the storms could be strong to marginally severe, especially
west of the Interstate 65 corridor. Damaging winds of 50 to 60 MPH,
winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy rainfall will be the main
impacts from the strongest storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday...

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected to
develop along and ahead of a cold front on Thursday, with the best
coverage being along and east of the Interstate 65 corridor. A few of
these storms could be strong to marginally severe.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible Sunday through
Tuesday.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

Activation of storm spotters and emergency management personnel is
not anticipated at this time.

70/DD

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert40 min
Jun 2, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNColbert, Franklin31 min
Jun 2, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone31 min
Jun 2, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNFranklin39 min
Jun 2, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningHUNLauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone27 min
Jun 2, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLawrence33 min
Jun 2, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone27 min
Jun 2, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison33 min
Jun 2, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison31 min
Jun 2, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMadison32 min
Jun 2, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNMorgan87 min

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Sources

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.