1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 16, 2:35 AM CST, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED SHORT TERM SECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 335 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2003 .SHORT TERM... TODAYS FORECAST COULD BE A TRICKY ONE. DECAYING MCS CURRENTLY SAGGING SOUTHWARD THROUGH TN. WE WILL SEE AT LEAST SOME CLOUD COVER EARLY ON...AND THAT LEADS ME TO QUESTION TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON. FIRST GUESS IS TO GO ON THE LOW END OF GUIDANCE. EVEN WITH PRE-FRONTAL MCS ACTIVITY LIKELY DYING OUT BEFORE REACHING US THIS MORNING...WE SHOULD HAVE SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPMENT BY LATE MORNING AS THE INCREASING DYNAMICS AND PRE-FRONTAL SFC BOUNDARIES OVERTAKE THE CAP THAT KEPT US DRY TUESDAY. CHANCE POPS LOOK REASONABLE WITH HIGHEST CHANCE EAST (BETTER DYNAMICS EXPECTED THERE). WILL HOLD IN THE SLT CHC POP FOR THIS EVENING...THOUGH MOST OF US WILL NOT SEE RAIN. ALTHOUGH IM NOT CERTAIN WHERE THE ACTUAL SFC FRONT WILL END UP...UPPER SUPPORT FOR THE FRONT WILL TAKE OFF AND LEAVE IT...MAKING IT WEAK AND NOT MUCH OF A FACTOR IN THE FORECAST REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT IS. WILL LEAVE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DRY. YES...THERE ARE RAIN CHANCES EACH DAY...BUT THOSE CHANCES SHOULD BE LESS THAN 15%...TOO LOW TO MENTION IN ZONES. EXPECT TWO FAIRLY WARM DAYS...POSSIBLY THE WARMEST OF THE SEASON SO FAR. EVEN SO...WILL SLIGHTLY UNDERCUT GUIDANCE AS IT HAS BEEN NOTORIOUSLY TOO WARM RECENTLY ON MAXES. .EXTENDED... NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES PLANNED. CONSENSUS IS STILL FAVORING THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WEST OF HERE. THAT WOULD KEEP US IN AND OUT OF RAIN CHANCES DURING THE EXTENDED (JUST LIKE WEVE BEEN LATELY). .COOL SUMMER FAST FACT... AT HSV...WE HAVE ONLY HAD HIGHS 90 OR ABOVE THREE TIMES THIS SEASON. THIS IS THE LEAST NUMBER OF 90+ HIGHS THROUGH JULY 15TH ON RECORD (GOING BACK NEARLY 100 YEARS). THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE NUMBER OF 90+ DAYS AT THIS POINT IN THE SUMMER SEASON IS 17. THATS ALSO THE RECORD FOR FEWEST 90+ DAYS IN AN ENTIRE YEAR...SET IN 1967. METEOROLOGICAL SUMMERS HALF OVER...WHATS THE SECOND HALF HOLD? .PRELIM DIGITS... QUAD CITIES 90/71/92/70/92/72 42-011 HUNTSVILLE 88/70/91/69/91/71 42-011 FORT PAYNE 88/70/91/68/91/70 521011 CULLMAN 89/71/92/71/92/72 42-011 .HUN...NONE. JE/23
ALZ001>010-016-161800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 500 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...WITH THE BEST CHANCE IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... THE PROBABILITY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. SHUMWAY
ALZ001-002-005-161615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1015 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE...AND COLBERT COUNTIES. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY TO LESTER IN NORTHWEST LIMESTONE COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL BRING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN... WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. AREAS AFFECTED WILL INCLUDE UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...KILLEN... FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...LEXINGTON...ANDERSON AND LESTER. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL POSE A HAZARD FOR THOSE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS. MR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
several inches of water covering road with flooding reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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