A mesoscale convective vorticity center dropped southeast from western Tennessee into Alabama during the afternoon hours producing a band of strong to severe thunderstorms across northwest into portions of north central Alabama, mainly south and southwest of the Tennessee River. These storms produced damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A mesoscale convective vorticity center dropped southeast from western Tennessee into Alabama during the afternoon hours producing a band of strong to severe thunderstorms across northwest into portions of north central Alabama, mainly south and southwest of the Tennessee River. These storms produced damaging winds. One of the storms became a supercell in Morgan County.
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 Jul 29, 9:54 AM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1054 AM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006 .UPDATE. A BROAD AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM SOUTHWESTERN TN TO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THIS ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH A 500 MB TROUGH AXIS CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL TN WHICH EXTENDS SW INTO NORTHERN AL. PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE INTO SOUTHERN CENTRAL TENNESSEE HAVE SEEN AT LEAST 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH THIS ACTIVITY...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES. LINCOLN...MOORE...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE HAVE ONLY RECEIVED BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL SO FAR THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...EXPECT HEAVIER RAIN TO FALL OVER THESE AREAS AND LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. BEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND TRANSPORT WILL REMAIN MORE TO OUR NORTH TODAY...SO HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN TN. HOWEVER WITH PWS AROUND 2 INCHES...WILL SEE MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING AROUND 1 INCH WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES IN A FEW LOCATIONS. WILL RAISE POPS IN COUNTIES IN TN AND NORTHEAST AL TO 100 PERCENT DUE TO RADAR TRENDS. LOOKS LIKE SOME REDEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR WITH A SECOND SHORTWAVE AT 500 MB WHICH WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY. PARTLY CLOUDY TRENDS IN SATELLITE IMAGERY UPSTREAM OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA WILL ADD TO INSTABILITY AS THE DAY PROGRESSES IN THIS REGION. TEMPERATURES LOOK ON TRACK IN MOST LOCATIONS...SO NOT CHANGES PLANNED THERE. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && 20
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1258 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-301000- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1258 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DROP SOUTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA...INCLUDING THE SHOALS. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...PRIMARILY IN LOCATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN STRONGEST STORMS. ELSEWHERE...RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE QUITE POSSIBLE. BRIEF MINOR RUNOFF PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT AFTER TODAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED. KTW/KULA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1221 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ALZ001-002-291800- COLBERT-LAUDERDALE- 1221 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR WESTERN COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT... AT 1218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PINEFLAT...OR 13 MILES EAST OF CORINTH MISSISSIPPI...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... WATERLOO. RIVERTON. MARGERUM. MALONE. CHEROKEE. WRIGHT. IF ON OR NEAR PICKWICK LAKE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DONT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KTW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1237 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ALZ004-007-291800- LAWRENCE-MORGAN- 1237 PM CDT SAT JUL 29 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAWRENCE AND MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT... AT 1235 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ABOUT 6 TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOULTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... CHALYBEATE SPRINGS. CADDO. SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. KULA
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:58 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A twelve foot sailboat capsized on Pickwick Lake near Bear Creek.
A few power poles were blown down.
Trees were blown down.
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