1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 29, 9:05 AM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1005 AM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004 .UPDATE... 14Z SURFACE AND 12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO INDICATE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXTENDING NORTHWEST OUT OF NORTH GEORGIA UP INTO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE JUST TO THE NORTH OF MY FORECAST AREA (FA). LATEST 1455Z 88-D RETURNS CONTINUE TO INDICATE CONVERGENT ZONE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST OUT OF MISSISSIPPI INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA. BASED UPON THE CURRENT RADAR TRENDS AND LOCATION OF THE BOUNDARY CLOSE TO THE FORECAST AREA...WILL CONTINUE WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN GOING FORECAST. AS FAR AS TEMPS ARE CONCERNED...WILL KEEP MOST OF MY COUNTIES IN THE MID 80S FOR HIGH TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON. WILL BUMP UP HIGH TEMPS INTO THE MID 80S ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... EARLY MRNG SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS THE STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING ROUGHLY FROM NRN GA WESTWARD THROUGH FAR SRN TN INTO NRN AR. PRIMARILY A MOISTURE (AND WEAK WIND SHIFT) BOUNDARY WITH DWPTS IN THE L70S SOUTH OF THE FRONT AND L/M 60S NORTH OF THE FRONT. IR IMAGERY SHOWING MCLR SKIES ACROSS NRN AL/SRN TN WITH MID/HIGH CLOUD DECK STILL BEING HELD AT BAY. THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND MOIST GROUND HAS LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MRNG. WILL INCLUDE MENTION IN ZFP AND WILL BE ISSUING AN NPW FOR OUR ERN COUNTIES (ROUGHLY ALONG AND EAST OF HWY 231). IN THE SHORT TERM...EXPECT SOME INCREASE IN MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS TODAY AS UPPER FLOW TRANSITIONS TO LIGHT WRLY. THE SFC-H8 BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN THE VCNTY OF THE TN VLY TODAY...BUT THE AFOREMENTIONED CLOUD COVER MAY LIMIT OUR HEATING AND SFC BASED INSTABILITY THIS AFTN. THE FLOW ALOFT IS ALSO MODESTLY CONFLUENT ...SO AM INCLINED TO TREND TOWARD THE LOWER END OF MOS POP GUIDANCE. PRECIP CHCS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ON THE RISE IN THE WED/THU TIME FRAME AS THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY ACROSS SRN NEW MEXICO THIS MRNG LIFT EWD WITH TIME. THIS FEATURE WILL HELP TAP THE PACIFIC MOISTURE WHICH HAS BROUGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS TO PORTIONS OF THE SRN HIGH PLAINS. WITH GULF MOISTURE ALREADY IN PLACE...AND ENHANCED THTE ADVECTION ALONG THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY...EXPECT A FAIR AMOUNT OF SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY IN THE MIDWEEK PERIOD. BASED ON TIMING UNCERTAINTIES...WILL CONTINUE WITH POPS IN THE CHC/SCT RANGE FOR NOW...BUT THESE MAY NEED TO ADJUSTED UP WITH LATER FCST PACKAGES. HAVE ALSO TRENDED TEMPS DOWN A CAT OR TWO WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF MORE PRECIP/CLOUD COVER FOR WED/THU. BEYOND THU...THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN MAINTAINING A FAIRLY HIGH AMPLITUDE TROUGH ACROSS THE OH/MS VLY REGION IN THE FRI-MON TIME PERIOD. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO AN AMPLIFYING RIDGE UPSTREAM ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. THIS SOLUTION WOULD RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPS AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIP CHCS THROUGH MUCH OF THE 3-7 DAY PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 84 68 80 69 / 30 30 50 40 SHOALS 83 67 80 69 / 30 30 50 40 CULLMAN 84 68 81 70 / 40 30 50 40 FAYETTEVILLE 83 67 79 68 / 30 30 50 40 FT PAYNE 82 66 79 67 / 30 30 50 40 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && TROUTMAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 500 AM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-291800- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 500 AM CDT TUE JUN 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. PATCHY FOG WILL AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING... BEFORE DISSIPATING BY 8 AM. DENSE FOG CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE BEFORE IMPROVING. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. LACK OF INSTABILITY AND INCREASING CLOUD COVER WILL LIMIT THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WITH NO SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED. RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET WITH SKIES BEGINNING TO CLEAR. THIS WILL RESULT IN PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT AGAIN TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY FOR MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK...AS THE WEAK STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS PARKED ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE EACH AFTERNOON...AS INSTABILITY INCREASES DURING THE HEATING OF THE DAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PB
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:57 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding was occurring with several inches of water over the road along highway 24.
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