6 thunderstorm wind, 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 28, 10:17 AM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1017 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005
.UPDATE...
CURRENT 12Z 500 MB ANALYSIS SHOWS VERTICALLY STACKED 528 DECAMETER
CLOSED LOW OVER NW MISSOURI. ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OVER
WESTERN IOWA. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KT AT 850 MB
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. POTENT 500 MB 90 KT
TO 100 KT JET STREAK CURRENTLY AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM AS WELL. STRONG
HELICITY VALUES SEEN IN 12Z BNA AND BMX SOUNDING BETWEEN 400 AND 560
M2/S2...AS YOU WOULD EXPECT WITH THIS SETUP. THESE STRONG DYNAMICS
WILL CONTINUE AS THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST AND DRAGS
A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGHT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY.
MODELS PROG 0-3 SRH VALUES BETWEEN 400 AND 500 M2/S2 THROUGHOUT
THE DAY. SEVERE WEATHER DEFINITELY ON TAP TODAY...BUT BEST CHANCE
OF TORNADOES LOOKS BETTER A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE SOUTH OF
NORTHERN ALABAMA...WHERE BETTER INSTABILITY IS ALREADY IN PLACE
WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S. A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS
ALREADY VISIBLE THIS MORNING IN PARTS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA...BUT DO
NOT EXPECT TO SEE MUCH SUN BEFORE CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH THE
APPROACHING COLD FRONT...AND BEST LIFT...MOVES INTO THE AREA. WITH
MODELS PROGGING BETWEEN 500 J/KG AND 100 J/KG CAPE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH A CHANCE OF
ISOLATED TORNADOES. EXPECT PRIMARILY STRAIGHT WIND DAMAGE THOUGH
DUE TO MORE LIMITED INSTABLILITY.
CURRENTLY TEMPERATURES ARE BETWEEN 63 AND 68 DEGREES. WITH SOME
BREAKS IN CLOUDS AND STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION...CURRENT FORECAST
ON TRACK.
&&
.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COLBERT...CULLMAN...DE KALB...FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON...
LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL...
AND MORGAN.
TN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN...AND MOORE.
&&
20HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1121 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-290400- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1121 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... LOW PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST HAS BEGUN PUSHING A COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA THIS MORNING. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE FEEDING WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...AND A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL PASS THE SHOALS BY MIDDAY... HUNTSVILLE BY MID AFTERNOON...AND INTO GEORGIA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT TO BE BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THE PRIMARY THREATS. THE BIGGEST LIMITING FACTOR FOR A WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT WILL BE LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY. CLOUDINESS HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO LIMIT DAYTIME HEATING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR...AND THEREFORE THE HIGHER THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...WILL LIKELY BE SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER. HOWEVER...ANY LARGER BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS THE ENTIRE TENNESSEE VALLEY. AFTER THE FRONT CLEARS THE AREA THIS EVENING...DRIER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS REQUESTED FOR ONGOING TORNADO WATCHES. 27
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1106 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-282000- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1106 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005 ...SEVERE WEATHER STILL POSSIBLE TODAY... A COLD FRONT HAS BEGUN PUSHING INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS MORNING. AS THIS FRONT SLOWLY MOVES EAST...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL FEED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. THE FRONT WILL PASS THE SHOALS BY MIDDAY...HUNTSVILLE BY MID AFTERNOON...AND INTO GEORGIA BY EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO SEE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER...WHERE INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE WILL BE AT THEIR HIGHEST. HOWEVER...ANY BREAKS OF SUNSHINE WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE ENTIRE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE DAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR WEATHER RADIO OR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER UPDATES. 27
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:37 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A porch to a home was slightly damaged by thunderstorm winds.
Several trees were blown down due to thunderstorm winds.
A few power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
A few power lines were blown down due to thunderstorm winds.
A few power lines were blown down by thunderstor m winds.
A few power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
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, November 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5481452, 5481453, 5481454, 5481455, 5481456, 5481457.