1 heat, 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 Jul 28, 9:20 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1020 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2005 .UPDATE... AT 10 AM...A STATIONARY FRONT RAN FROM THE MS/TN BORDER TO ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS. A BROAD BAND OF LOW CLOUDS EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT COVERED MOST OF TN AND NORTHERN AL. THE 850-MB CHART SHOWED A FRONT IN THE SAME AREA...WHILE AT 500 MB A BAGGY TROUGH WAS OVER THE LOWER MS RIVER. THE 12Z SOUNDINGS SOUTH OF THE FRONT...AND THE RUC40 FORECAST SOUNDINGS...SHOWED PW VALUES OF 2 INCHES OR MORE. THE RUC40 SOUNDINGS FURTHER SHOWED THAT THE CLOUDS WILL BREAK BETWEEN 1 PM AND 4 PM...WITH CAPES IN EXCESS OF 3000 DEVELOPING. THUS THE THREAT CONTINUES FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON...AND ALSO A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE ONLY ADJUSTMENT TO THE CURRENT ZONE FORECASTS WILL BE IN THE WIND WORDING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... FINALLY OUR HOT AND HUMID STRETCH APPEARS TO BE OVER. DEWPOINTS THIS MORNING ARE IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S...NOT LOW BY ANY MEANS... BUT NO DOUBT BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WAKING UP TO LATELY. VERY WEAK SURFACE FRONT IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN THE PRESSURE PATTERN...BUT BEST GUESS IS THAT IT IS BASICALLY RIGHT ON TOP OF US THIS MORNING. IF THATS THE CASE THEN RADAR SHOWS POST-FRONTAL SHRA/TSRA OVER TENNESSEE...BEING SOMEWHAT HELPED BY AN UPPER SHORTWAVE. FOR SURE...THE UPPER MOISTURE AXIS IS STILL WELL BACK TO OUR NORTH AND WEST. SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)... SINCE WERE STILL WITHIN THE DEEP MOISTURE AND OUR SOUNDINGS SHOW A GOOD BIT OF ENERGY WITH TEMPS IN THE 80S...I THINK THE UPPER SHORTWAVE WILL BE ABLE TO SPARK SHRA/TSRA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS A TOUGH ONE...THE BETTER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE TO OUR SOUTH BUT THE UPPER DYNAMICS ARE FURTHER NORTH. HAVE GONE WITH NUMEROUS WORDING FOR TODAY AND A 60 POP TENTATIVELY. I MAY STILL SCALE THIS BACK TO 50/SCATTERED BEFORE ISSUANCE. HIGHS TODAY SHOULD BE 8-12 DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. ACTIVITY WILL...AS IT DID LAST NIGHT...DECREASE MARKEDLY AFTER SUNSET. BUT CANT RULE OUT A SHOWER OR STORM AND WILL KEEP SCATTERED WORDING...ALONG WITH THE SEEMINGLY EVER-PRESENT PATCHY FOG. FRIDAY IS A LITTLE QUESTIONABLE BUT RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THAT THE DEEP MOISTURE AXIS WILL SHIFT JUST TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST. STILL... GIVEN THE PROXIMITY I HAVE RETAINED SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA...EXCEPT IN THE SHOALS. THE SAME GOES FOR SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH I FEEL SLIGHTLY MORE CONFIDENT IN SOME DRYING OCCURRING FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SO I HAVE SCALED BACK TO SLIGHT CHANCE IN THIS TIME PERIOD. OBVIOUSLY...IF THE MOISTURE DOES NOT GET SHUNTED AS FAR SOUTH AS THE MODELS WANT ME TO BELIEVE...THEN RAIN CHANCES WILL HAVE TO BE INCREASED IN FUTURE PACKAGES. EXTENDED (SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... MODELS HAVE COME BACK TO THE UPPER LOW SOLUTION...THOUGH THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN THE DETAILS. OVERALL THOUGH...I AM SEEING ENOUGH VAGUE CONSISTENCY TO DISPLAY CHANCE POPS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THE SETUP LOOKS SIMILAR TO ONE WEVE HAD BEFORE THIS SUMMER...WHERE WE COULD SEE AN ISOLATED SHOWER AT ALMOST ANY TIME...DAY OR NIGHT. OTHER THAN THOSE MINOR POP TWEAKS THOUGH...THE EXTENDED WAS LEFT VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED...WITH NEARLY A CLIMO FORECAST ON TEMPS. JE/23 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && SCHAUB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1100 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2005 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-291000- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1100 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE DIVIDES STABLE AIR TO THE NORTH FROM VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR TO THE SOUTH. CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS OVER THE WHOLE AREA IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ALLOW NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. DUE TO THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT AND INSTABILITY OF THE AIR... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IF HEAVY RAIN PERSISTS IN ONE PARTICULAR LOCALE...AN ISOLATED FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL EXIST. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A BREAK IN THE HEAT AND OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND WITH ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE A BIT EARLY NEXT WEEK...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AS A MORE TYPICAL SUMMER WEATHER PATTERN RETURNS TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCHAUB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A gentleman was working outside in Athens and died a short time later. The death was attributed to the heat.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Limestone | 2005-07-28 | 44 | Male | Other | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2005
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