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 Sep 7, 2:05 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 305 PM CDT THU SEP 7 2006 .DISCUSSION... DESPITE A GENERALLY DRY AND STABLE ATMOSPHERE ABOVE 650MB OR SO...A SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MANAGED TO GET GOING TODAY ACROSS PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. EARLIER TODAY...STEEP MID LAYER LAPSE RATES AND SUFFICIENT UPGLIDE IN THE 300-305K REGION HELPED TO GET SOME VERY ISOLATED SHOWERS GOING...WHICH SUBSIDED 9-10 AM AS INSTABILITIES ALOFT LESSENED. THE WATER VAPOR LOOP INDICATED AN UPPER DISTURBANCE APPROACHING THE TENNESSEE VALLEY FROM TH SSW. ITS PASSAGE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL KEEP A THREAT OF ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WILL FOR THE SHORT TERM WORK ODDS OF GETTING RAINS IF THE CONVECTION MAINTAINS A DECENT STRENGTH AS SOME OF THE 230 PM STORMS OVER SOUTHERN CULLMAN COUNTY EARLIER LOOKED. TOPS ON THOSE STORM WERE TO 37KFT...OR OVER 250MB ABOVE THE 12Z SOUNDINGS CAP...INDICATIVE OF WHAT LARGER UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT CAN DO.. OTHERWISE...SKIES ACROSS THIS PART OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY RANGED FROM MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS FAR NW ALABAMA TO MOSTLY CLOUD AND CLOUDY FOR NE ALABAMA. THE SATELLITE VIEW FROM ABOVE...IN ADDITION TO THE UPPER VORT APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH...INDICATED PLENTY OF SUB- TROPICAL MOISTURE EXTENDING FROM EASTERN MEXICO TO THE MID ATLANTIC AND EAST OF THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. ANOTHER AXIS OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE WAS CAUSING CONVECTION OVER THE ROCKIES...AND THE REMNANTS OF TYPHOON IOKE WERE FIRMLY IN THE WESTERLY NOW...MOVING ACROSS THE BERING SEA. AS NOTED BRIEFLY ABOVE...WILL PLAY BY TRENDS THE SHORT TERM. AT THE MOMENT...HAVE THE WESTERN COUNTIES DRY AS BEING ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE APPROACHING VORT MAX SHOULD MINIMIZED ODD OF THEM GETTING SIGNIFICANT SHOWER ACTIVITY. ISOLATED TO A SLIGHT CHANCE IS IN ORDER FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS FOR THIS EVENING. LOW TEMPS FOR MOST PLACES SHOULD COOL INTO THE UPPER 50S BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. EXCEPT FOR ISOLATED THUNDER FOR THE FAR EASTERN ALABAMA COUNTIES ON FRIDAY...HAVE MAINTAINED A DRY FORECAST OTHERWISE WITH HIGH TEMPS IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S. SATURDAY WILL CONTINUE DRY...ALONG WITH SUNDAY. MODEL PERFORMANCE FURTHER OUT WAS INCONSISTENT ON HOW FAST MOISTURE WILL RETURN. SUNDAY FROM THE 12Z GFS LOOKED SOMEWHAT MORE PROMISING FOR SHOWERS...BUT OPTED FOR A SILENT 10 POPS ONE MORE DAY. THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT WORK WEEK WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY NEARS THE VALLEY FROM THE NORTH. UNLIKE EARLIER GUIDANCE SUGGESTED IT WILL NOT PUSH AS FAR SOUTH AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. STILL ITS PRESENCE AND A RETURN OF MORE MOISTURE KEEPS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND T-STORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 59 86 61 88 / 10 10 10 10 SHOALS 58 87 60 87 / 10 10 10 10 CULLMAN 59 87 60 87 / 10 10 10 10 FAYETTEVILLE 58 87 59 87 / 10 10 10 10 ALBERTVILLE 59 87 61 89 / 10 10 10 10 FORT PAYNE 59 86 57 88 / 10 10 10 10 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && RSB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 100 PM CDT THU SEP 7 2006 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-081100- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 100 PM CDT THU SEP 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THEN...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS MOISTURE RETURNS AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND SURFACE COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JE
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A small thunderstorm produced a cloud to ground lightning strike which lit a barn on fire causing considerable damage to the structure and farm equipment inside. Two round hay balers, one square hay baler, a tractor, and tools were lost in the blaze.
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