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NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 27, 8:12 PM CST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 912 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 .UPDATE... WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THIS PART OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY HAVE ENDED...WITH STORMS OVER NW GEORGIA ON A DIMINISHING TREND. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY GENERATED BY EARLIER STORMS OVER EASTERN TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN GEORGIA THUS FAR HAS FAILED TO ENHANCE ACTIVITY THAT WAS OVER CENTRAL DEKALB COUNTY. GIVEN LAPS CAPES OVER 2000J/KG IN THAT AREA...THERE IS A SLIM CHANCE THAT SOME REGENERATION COULD OCCUR IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. OTHERWISE UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...9 PM TEMPS AROUND THE REGION RANGED FROM 73 AT VINEMONT...TO 82 AT COURTLAND...WITH LIGHT TO CALM WINDS. ANALYSIS OF 00Z UPPER AIR DATA INDICATED UPPER RIDGING OVER THE SE UNITED STATES...WITH A 588DM HIGH OVER GEORGIA/SOUTH CAROLINA. OUT WEST...LARGE SCALE TROUGHING CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER THE PACIFIC NW. BROAD...WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WAS NOTED OVER THE EASTERN STATES. WILL REMOVE MENTION OF RAIN IN THE UPDATED FORECASTS AND FRESHEN WORDING AND GRAPHICS AS NEEDED. GIVEN THE SPOTTY AMOUNTS OF RAIN AND CALM WINDS...CANNOT RULE OUT PATCHY FOG THE DAYSHIFT NOTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXAMPLE...THE STORM THAT AFFECTED THE CITY OF MADISON PRODUCED NOTABLE AMOUNTS OF RAIN THERE...BUT NONE AT THE OFFICIAL KHSV SITE ONLY 3.3 MILES AWAY. WILL SEND OUT UPDATES BY 945 PM. RSB && .PREV DISCUSSION... EARLIER 204 PM ISSUANCE... FOR A CHANGE...CONVECTION HAS INITIATED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER THIS AFTERNOON WHERE AIR MASS HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE. SOMETHING CROSSED KHSV AROUND 18Z THAT SHIFTED WINDS TO THE NORTH AND DROPPED DEWPTS ABOUT 10F. THIS MICRO-SCALE BOUNDARY COULD BE INTERACTING WITH H7 RIDGE AXIS THAT IS SET UP SE-NW ACROSS NRN ALABAMA...TO ENHANCE LOW LVL CONVERGENCE AND UPWARD FORCING. WEAK VERTICAL SHEAR AND SOME DRYING NOTED AT THE SFC SHOULD INHIBIT STORMS FROM HOLDING TOGETHER FOR VERY LONG. GENERAL CONCERN WILL BE POCKETS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL (< 1/2 INCH)...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH. HOWEVER...DEEP INSTABILITY COULD SUSTAIN ISOLD STRONGER UPDRAFTS WHICH COULD RESULT IN LARGER HAIL OR STRONGER WIND GUSTS...SHOULD A CELL BECOME MORE ORGANIZED. AFTER SUNSET...AIR MASS WILL GRADUALLY STABILIZE AND CONVECTION WILL DIE OFF. .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BECOMING ANCHORED FROM THE EASTERN OHIO VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEAST REGION THROUGH TUESDAY. FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. DAYTIME HEATING WILL TRIGGER AT LEAST ISOLATED CONVECTION SUN AFTN...ESPECIALLY ALONG LINGERING (HARD TO FIND) OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. VERY WEAK VERTICAL WIND PROFILES SUGGEST PULSE TYPE CONVECTION WILL EXIST AND STORM STRENGTH WILL BE DEPENDANT ON CAPE AND CINH PARAMETERS. MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS/PRECIP MAY INCREASE AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN WEAK LOW LEVEL EAST-SOUTHEAST FLOW DEVELOPING WHICH WILL CONVERGE WITH SLIGHTLY STRONGER SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN TENNESSEE. LOW LEVEL THERMAL PROFILES ALSO SHOW A BOUNDARY SETTING UP MONDAY ALONG THE MS/AL BORDER THAT WILL MIGRATE EAST DURING THE AFTN. WITHIN VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS...SCT CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG THIS BNDRY. OVERALL SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE LOW DUE TO LACK OF DEEP UPWARD FORCING AND SHEAR. HOWEVER... HIGH CAPE (>3000 J/KG) COULD SUPPORT ISOLD CELLS APPROACHING SVR LIMITS WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS FROM COLLAPSING STORMS THE MAIN THREAT. MAX TEMPS MAY BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER MON/TUE SHOULD MORE CLOUDS DEVELOP EARLIER IN THE DAY. .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... CHANGES TO THE OVERALL PATTERN WILL OCCUR DURING THIS PERIOD AS AN APPROACHING TROUGH DRIFTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND GREAT LAKES REGION WED/THU. THE 12Z/GFS AND 00Z/27 ECMWF ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM. TAIL END OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY COULD AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THURSDAY WITH A CHANCE FOR MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION. UPSTREAM ENERGY WILL AMPLIFY TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME... IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE IF ANY OF THESE WEAKER WAVES WILL AFFECT THE AREA...BUT WILL MAINTAIN A 20/SLIGHT CHANCE POP FOR THE SMALL POTENTIAL OF TSTMS. LOWER HEIGHTS...CLOUDS AND PRECIP WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO RETURN CLOSER TO NORMAL (LOW-MID 80S) FOR THE BEGINNING OF JUNE. NADLER.83 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 71 92 71 90 / 20 20 20 30 SHOALS 72 91 72 88 / 20 20 20 30 CULLMAN 66 88 67 86 / 20 20 20 30 FAYETTEVILLE 68 88 68 89 / 20 20 20 30 FORT PAYNE 68 90 68 89 / 20 20 20 30 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && 83 / RSB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 920 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-281030- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 920 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT THE CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH THE LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. 24
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 545 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ALZ006-272315- MADISON- 545 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MADISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... MADISON. REDSTONE ARSENAL. TRIANA. SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 24
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 550 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ALZ006-272330- MADISON- 550 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 547 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MADISON...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... MADISON. REDSTONE ARSENAL. TRIANA. SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 24
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 624 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ALZ001-280000- LAUDERDALE- 624 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... GREEN HILL. LEXINGTON. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. RSB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 629 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ALZ006-280000- MADISON- 629 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MADISON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...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... MADISON. REDSTONE ARSENAL. TRIANA. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. RSB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1021 PM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG MADISON 34.70N 86.75W
05/27/2006 MADISON AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWNED 1 MILE WEST OF DOWNTOWN MADISON NEAR
INTERSECTION OF MILL AND MOSE CHAPEL RDS...AND JUST SOUTH
OF DOWNTOWN ON KYSER BLVD.
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RSBThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An isolated severe microburst blew down numerous trees in and near the historic district of downtown Madison.
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