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Special Weather Statement, NWS Huntsville, AL

July 13, 2021Jackson County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2021, 6:49 PM CDT for Jackson County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2021, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL

County Jackson County, AL

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2021-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 313 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 2021-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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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 Jul 13, 2:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
219 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

.NEAR TERM...(Tonight)
Issued at 219 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

This afternoon we have the base of an upper-level trough moving
across the area, triggering lines of showers and thunderstorms
associated with small-scale vorticity maxima around the base of the
trough. Shear remains low, so not expecting any severe
thunderstorms, but we could see some gusts up to 30-40 mph with
stronger storms. Cloud cover today is helping to keep temperatures a
bit cooler, with temperatures now (2 PM) only in the upper 70s to low
80s. This will be close to this afternoon's highs, with highs only
expected to top out into the low-to-mid 80s.

.SHORT TERM...(Wednesday through Thursday)
Issued at 219 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

As the upper-level trough moves off to the northeast, it leaves
behind a stationary boundary that appears to drape right across
northern Alabama into eastern Tennessee. Without an upper-level
trigger, shower and thunderstorm activity should decrease overnight
tonight with sunset. Decreasing sky cover overnight may introduce a
threat for patchy-areas of fog, with greatest chance/coverage in
valleys near bodies of water, especially in northeast Alabama.
Boundary-layer moisture will still be high, so there is a chance we
see areas of low clouds also develop again tonight, which could
spread and stick around into Wednesday morning similar to this
morning.

Wednesday the stationary boundary remains in place, with a drier,
more stable environment across NW Alabama, while NE Alabama and
Cullman County remain southeast of the boundary still in that moist,
unstable environment ripe for diurnal thunderstorm development. I
won't rule out possible showers and thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon
over NW Alabama and southern Middle TN, but it will greatly depend on
where this stationary boundary sets up, with a much better chance for
rain south and east of the boundary. Thursday this boundary lifts
north, bringing our entire forecast area back into the humid,
unstable environment. Lack of any sort of synoptic-scale trigger
again will make any showers or thunderstorms that develop be more
scattered in nature, and they shouldn't be severe.

.LONG TERM...(Thursday night through Monday)
Issued at 219 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

Late in the week we get a bit of a "dirty ridge" that builds up over
the Southeast, that continues to funnel moisture into the Tennessee
Valley through Friday. This will keep a slight chance of showers
through Friday morning. During the afternoon, the approach of an
upper-level trough will trigger more numerous showers and
thunderstorms. This upper-level trough and associated front will keep
elevated chances for showers and thunderstorms through the weekend
into Monday. With several days of showers and thunderstorm expected
after the long wet period we've had, flooding/flash flooding could
become a concern this weekend into early next week.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Wednesday afternoon)
Issued at 1254 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

A line of showers will move east and impact the KHSV terminal shortly
after 18Z. For now, impacted the terminal with shra and VCTS in case
lighting develops with this activity. VFR VSBYS and CIGS were kept,
since a weakening trend has been seen on radar. Expect predominant
VFR conditions to continue, but a second period of -TSRA should
impact both terminals between 20Z and 1Z. For now, only went with
tempo groups due dropping VSBYS and CIGS to MVFR criteria due to the
uncertainty of persistence. By 2Z or 3Z expect -TSRA activity to
become much more scattered and thus have prob30 groups until around
7Z, then expecting activity to dissipate. For now left fog out, but
given light winds expected, may need to be added next issuance.

&&

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

NEAR TERM...McCoy
SHORT TERM...McCoy
LONG TERM...McCoy
AVIATION...KTW

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 2:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
241 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-141045-
Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan-
Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN-
241 PM CDT Tue Jul 13 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight...

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will continue through
this afternoon into this evening, decreasing after sunset. Heavy
rainfall on an already wet ground could lead to localized flooding
issues.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...

Daily thunderstorm chances should decrease Wednesday and Thursday
and become more scattered in nature, before increasing again this
weekend into early next week. Heavy downpours and gusty winds will
be possible in the stronger storms. Additionally, heavy rainfall
this weekend and early next week could lead to localized flash
flooding issues and rises on area rivers.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert24 min
Jul 13, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman29 min
Jul 13, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNCullman43 min
Jul 13, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLauderdale42 min
Jul 13, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNLimestone44 min
Jul 13, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNColbert, Franklin44 min
Jul 13, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementHUNDeKalb39 min
Jul 13, 6:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningHUNDeKalb89 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.