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 Nov 30, 8:54 AM CST, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 854 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2004 .DISCUSSION... MANY FACTORS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL FLOODING TODAY. 1) SOIL CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO SATURATE THIS MORNING ACROSS NW AL WITH SEVERAL BANDS OF SHRA. A COUPLE REPORTS OVER 1.25 INCHES SINCE 06Z ALREADY. COUNTY FLOOD GUIDANCE INDICATES LESS THAN 2 INCHES NEEDED IN 3 HOURS, AND THAT IS LIKELY A BIT OPTIMISTIC. 2) 8H AND SOUNDING ANALYSIS INDICATE VERY HIGH MOIST CONTENT WITHIN THE THETA-E RIDGE. PWAT OF 1.61 INCHES AT KJAN. MODERATE THETA-E ADVECTION BAND NOW CROSSING THROUGH WITH INITIAL SHORTWAVE. 3) ALTHOUGH STRONG WIND FIELDS WILL MOVE STORMS RIGHT ALONG, ECHO TRAINING LOOKS TO BECOME A PROBLEM GIVEN THE STRONG THERMAL BOUNDARY TO OUR W. WAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET BASICALLY ACROSS MS, LA, TX SHOULD MOVE OUR WAY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 50KT INFLOW WILL SUSTAIN ITSELF, WITH DEEP LAYER SHEAR (6KM) ON THE ORDER OF 60KT+. KGWX PROFILER CONTINUES TO WARRANT LLWS IN THE TAFS AS WELL. SOME STORM ORGANIZATION IS LIKELY WITH SOME THREAT OF GUSTY WINDS AT THE SURFACE WITH THE STRONGER LINEAR STORMS. THE LATEST RUC MODEL SUGGESTS A SLOWER PROGRESSION OF THE TROF AND COLD FRONT. THE THERMAL BOUNDARY IS QUITE STRONG, ESPECIALLY OVER E TX THIS MORNING. CONVECTIVE CELLS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP BACK INTO THIS AREA, SUGGESTIVE OF A LENGHTIER PERIOD OF POTENTIAL RAINFALL INTO THIS EVENING. WILL PROLONG THE HEAVY RAIN WORDING ALL AREAS THIS EVENING. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT ALL AREAS. TN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT ALL AREAS. && KULA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1228 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2004 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-010300- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1228 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST EAST OF MEMPHIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON DRAGGING A SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT EAST INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO BE DRAWN NORTH TOWARD THE LOCAL AREA...PRODUCING SEVERAL AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG WINDS...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 72. DUE TO LOOSE AND SATURATED SOIL...TREES WILL BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DOWNFALL. THE PRIMARY THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE FLOODING RAINS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA INTO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND 1 INCH IS QUITE POSSIBLE...ON TOP OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ALREADY FALLEN IN THIS AREA. LIGHTER...BUT STILL SIGNIFICANT RAINS ARE STILL EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA...WHERE STEEPER TERRAIN WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A RUNOFF PROBLEM. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS EVENING AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION THROUGH LATE WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DOMINATE AREA WEATHER WITH THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN NOT UNTIL SUNDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME...BUT MAY BE NEEDED TO RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KULA
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:08 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A widespread flash flood and flooding event occurred with 22 roads closed due to the flood waters across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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