1 lightning, 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 22, 4:45 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 545 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006 .UPDATE... THE ZONE FORECASTS FOR TODAY WILL BE ADJUSTED FOR WIND DIRECTION. SURFACE WINDS HAVE VEERED FROM SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. IT WILL BE LATER IN THE DAY BEFORE A SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST OCCURS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... WIDESPREAD CONVECTION LAST EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HAS DIMINISHED... BUT WE EXPECT MORE TO REDEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE 3 AM SURFACE CHART INDICATED THAT A SURFACE COLD FRONT WAS STILL BACK TO THE NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MO AND NORTHWEST AR...BUT THE MODELS FORECAST IT TO BE INTO NORTHWEST AL AROUND 10 AM AND THROUGH NORTHERN AL BY THIS EVENING. WE BELIEVE THAT THE FRONT WILL COME THROUGH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS IN THE PREFRONTAL ZONE OVER THE TN VALLEY WILL KEEP THE TEMPERATURES FROM ROCKETING UP THIS MORNING...WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 90 THIS AFTERNOON AS CLOUDS BECOME SCATTERED. PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON AND THE APPROACHING FRONT WITH SUPPORT FROM AN UPPER TROUGH ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BASED ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM THE RUC40/NAM40...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. THE ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT PASSES TO THE SOUTH. FOR THE FIRST NIGHT IN A LONG TIME...WE SHOULD SEE LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...FOLLOWED BY HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S ON SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE HIGH-BASED CUMULUS ON SUNDAY BUT A MID LEVEL CAP WILL DETER SHOWERS. THEN ABOUT THE SAME ON MONDAY WITH THE FRONT REMAINING OVER SOUTHERN AL. THE MAIN EASTERN TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AND WEAKEN THIS WEEKEND...BUT THE TN VALLEY WILL REMAIN UNDER AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE OR WEAKNESS BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERS OVER THE SOUTHWEST CONUS AND WESTERN ATLANTIC. A POP OF 20 PERCENT FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL INCREASE TO 30 PERCENT FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE GULF OF MEXICO OPENS. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && SCHAUB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 415 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-221800- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 415 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 24
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a switch pole on 12th Avenue Northwest in Decatur producing a power outage to 5100 residents.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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