1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 10, 1:56 AM CST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 256 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 .DISCUSSION... INTERESTING WEATHER PATTERN SETTING UP THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BUT FORECAST DETAILS ARE STILL SOMEWHAT SKETCHY WITH REGARD TO FRONTAL STRENGTH AND TIMING FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. ONE THING IS NEAR CERTAIN...TODAY WILL BE ANOTHER HOT ONE...SO LETS BEGIN THERE. I HAVE FOLLOWED A DIURNAL TEMP/DEW POINT TREND CLOSE TO THE PAST TWO DAYS...WITH TEMPS QUICKLY CLIMBING BY MIDDAY INTO THE UPPER 90S OR AROUND 100F WITH DEW POINTS LOWERING INTO THE 60S IN MOST LOCATIONS. WELL STICK WITH OUR HOT SPOTS AGAIN TODAY...WITH THE SHOALS...DECATUR AND DESOTO SP ALL LIKELY HITTING 100 AGAIN. DESOTO SP REACHED 103F YESTERDAY AFTER A MORNING LOW OF 66F. COMING BACK TO CURRENT WEATHER...A FEW ROGUE CELLS DEVELOPED AROUND 11 PM IN SW TN...NW AL...AND NE MS. THESE WERE PRESUMABLY ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND WITHIN A REGION OF A WEAK 9H LLJ IMPINGING A VERY PRIMED AIRMASS IN PLACE (I.E. PWAT OF 2.18 INCHES AND K-INDEX OF 41 AT KOHX). K-INDICES THAT HIGH ARE ALMOST A CERTAIN BET FOR THUNDERSTORMS DURING PEAK HEATING...SO WILL MAINTAIN A 40 POP. AN INVERTED-V PROFILE SHALL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TODAY WITH THE ANTECEDENT MICROBURST THREAT. THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR WILL RESIDE ACROSS TN INTO THE OZARKS. THIS SHOULD BE THE ORIGINATION ZONE OF MCS ACTIVITY LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...FOLLOWING 8H-5H FLOW INTO THE TN VALLEY FRIDAY MORNING. DEVELOPMENT COULD ALSO OCCUR OFF AND ON ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA. WHILE IM FAIRLY CERTAIN RAIN CHANCES GO UP ON FRIDAY...WITH AN ONGOING DROUGHT AND SOME DOUBT ON EVENTUAL PROGRESS OF COOL FRONT (NAM FASTER...GFS SLOWER)...I WILL REMAIN CONSERVATIVE ON AREAWIDE POPS BUT WILL BUMP THEM TO HIGH CHANCE CATEGORY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. LIKE WEVE SEEN THE PAST TWO NIGHTS...THE MODELS...ESPECIALLY THE NAM...DEPICT FAVORABLE 8-7H AND 310K MTVS (AND 310K ISENTROPIC ASCENT) PARALLEL TO THE SOUTHWARD MOVING BOUNDARY. ALTHOUGH THE ASSOCIATED WAVE IS LIKELY OVERBLOWN WITH CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...I CAN BUY AN MCV ENHANCING LOW LEVEL FLOW SOMEWHERE IN THE REGION. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST EQUATION. IF THE MOISTURE TRANSPORT REMAINS ANCHORED IN PLACE AS PROGGED...IT SHOULD SUPPORT MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF CONVECTION WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. GOING BACK TO TEMPS...FRIDAY IS AN IFFY DAY...AND DEPENDENT ON WIDESPREAD RAIN AND CLOUD COVER. AT THIS POINT...WILL BE A DOUBTER...AND STAY ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM. BY SATURDAY...CONFIDENCE IS A BIT HIGHER THAT PLENTY OF CLOUDS WILL HOLD DOWN THE FURNACE FOR A CHANGE. MUGGY CONDITIONS MAY SPOIL THE RELIEF HOWEVER. FEW CHANGES WERE MADE BEYOND DAY 4. HOWEVER...THE PATTERN APPEARS TO REVERT TO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT ONE IN PLACE. WIDESPREAD APPRECIABLE RAINFALL COULD KEEP READINGS BELOW THE CENTURY MARK NEXT WEEK THOUGH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 99 75 92 74 / 40 30 50 50 SHOALS 100 73 93 73 / 40 30 50 50 CULLMAN 96 74 90 74 / 40 30 50 50 FAYETTEVILLE 93 73 91 74 / 40 30 50 50 ALBERTVILLE 98 73 90 73 / 40 30 50 50 FORT PAYNE 99 72 91 73 / 40 30 50 50 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && KULA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1125 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-101200- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1125 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY POTENTIALLY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AS A FRONT TO THE NORTH AND ITS ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM INCH CLOSER TO THE AREA. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH DAYS. FOLLOWING THE FRONT PASSAGE FRIDAY NIGHT...SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WILL AFFECT THE AREA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK UP ABOVE NORMAL. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down along Orville Smith and Douglass Roads.
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