A small bow echo moved east into far northwest Alabama producing isolated wind damage.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A small bow echo moved east into far northwest Alabama producing isolated wind damage.
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 10, 6:43 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 743 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 .UPDATE... UPDATE EARLY THIS EVENING CENTERS AROUND EVOLVING BOW ECHO MOVING RAPIDLY THROUGH NORTHERN MISS AND ITS EVENTUAL IMPACT ON OUR FA. KQNA RADAR (MEMPHIS) SHOWS A LINE OF STRONG TSRAS WITH SHARP BOWING FEATURE LOCATED ALONG THE LINE SPECIFICALLY FROM HARDEMAN COUNTY TN SOUTHWARD THROUGH TIPPAH COUNTY MISS. RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW LOW LEVEL WIND VELOCITIES AROUND 30-40 KNOTS...WHICH WOULD TEND TO AGREE WITH RUC/NAM SNDG WINDEX VALUES AND CELL MOVEMENT. MEMPHIS SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED 50 MPH WIND GUSTS WITH TREES DOWN NEAR ASHLAND, MISS 7PM. THIS FEATURE WILL BE MOVING INTO OUR WESTERN COUNTIES...LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...AND FRANKLIN BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. HVY RAINFALL/STRONG WINDS SHOULD BEGIN IMPACTING THE MUSCLE SHOALS AREA BY 9 PM...WITH TSRAS MOVING INTO THE I-65 CORRIDOR BY 10 PM. THE GREATEST THREAT WITH THIS LINE WILL BE FOR STRONG WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO OUR AREA AS LOW LEVEL WINDS HAVE BACKED AROUND TO THE SE...WITH MODEL FCST SNDGS SHOWING SRM VALUES 150 M2/S2. THEREFORE...CANT RULE OUT A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE...ESPECIALLY IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY EASTWARD AS THE LINE MOVES EAST. A FEW SUPERCELLS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE LINE ALONG A STRONG THETA-E RIDGE IN NE MISS AND WILL MERGE WITH THE LINE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...POTENTIALLY HEIGHTENING THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WINDS IN COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM. THE LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH RATHER QUICKLY...BUT COULD DROP AROUND 1-2 INCHES OF RAINFALL AS IT CROSSES NORTHERN AL/SOUTHERN TN THIS EVENING. ZONE UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. && .DISCUSSION... && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 248 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007/ DISCUSSION...THE UNUSUAL JULY PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AS A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES BRING PERIODS OF MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL TO THE AREA. OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THIS TREND WILL PERSIST AS THE PRIMARY UPR LVL WAVE /CURRENTLY DIVING ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION/ TRANSLATE EAST. EARLIER DAY/S MCV BROUGHT GENERALLY 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE TN RIVER. THE REMNANTS OF THIS WAVE HAVE NOW PUSHED INTO NORTH GA. WITH THE AIRMASS WORKED OVER... ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN SLOW TO RECOVER AND RELATIVELY STABLE CONDITIONS EXIST ATTM. FURTHER SOUTH...BETTER INSTABILITY HAS ALLOWED SCT-NMRS TSTMS TO DEVELOP. THIS ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT CULLMAN...SRN MARSHALL AND DE KALB COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ELSEWHERE...DESPITE FAIRLY STABLE CONDITIONS ATTM...BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER WILL SUPPORT THE THREAT OF A FEW SHOWERS/TSTMS DEVELOPING THROUGH SUNSET THIS EVENING. SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... WEDNESDAY...BOTH MODELS HAVE MAIN UPR TROUGH AXIS ENTERING NW ALABAMA AROUND 12Z. THUS...WIDESPREAD PRECIP IS EXPECTED FOR THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. DUE TO THE TIMING OF ALL THINGS COMING TOGETHER IN THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY...FEEL SEVERE THREAT WILL BE MINIMIZED. FAVORABLE KINEMATICS (0-3KM SHEAR 30-40KTS) HOWEVER WILL SUPPORT UPDRAFT STRENGTH AND MORE ORGANIZED CELLS...BUT THE LACK OF DEEP INSTABILITY WILL LIMIT VERTICAL POTENTIAL. EXPECT LOW-TOP CONVECTION DURING THE MORNING WITH HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS TO BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. DEPENDING ON THE TIMING...AREAS EAST OF I-65 COULD DESTABILIZE ENOUGH AHEAD OF MAIN S/W TROUGH TO INCREASE THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON TIME FRAME. IN THE AFTERNOON...UPR TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED LOW LVL BNDRY EXIT THE FORECAST AREA WITH DRIER MID LVL AIR WORKING IN FROM THE NORTH. BUFR SOUNDINGS SHOW MOIST/UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL CONDITIONS LINGERING...SO SFC HEATING COULD RE-FIRE ISOLD-SCT TSTMS. BY EVENING...DRIER AND MORE STABLE CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE WITH CLEARING SKIES AND A LIGHT NORTHWEST WIND. LOWER DEWPTS WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO FALL TO THE MID 60S ACROSS MOST AREAS...A NICE CHANGE FROM THE LOW/MID 70S WE HAVE RECENTLY SEEN. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...DRY AND COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CONTROL. BY FRIDAY HOWEVER...ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH DEEPENING LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL CROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. TRAILING FRONT AND UPR LVL S/W IS FORECAST TO AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY FRIDAY BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS. RETURN FLOW NEVER GETS ESTABLISHED AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SO FEEL WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN WILL NOT EXIST ATTM. LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... AMPLIFIED PATTERN (ESPECIALLY FOR JULY) WILL PERSIST WITH LONGWAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS. AND YES...YOU GUESSED IT...ANOTHER CUT-OFF UPR LOW IS FCST TO DROP ACROSS SRN PLAINS/LWR MS VLY REGION SUNDAY. THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN TO OUR WEST THROUGH TUESDAY. AS THE UPR HIGH SLIPS OFF THE EAST COAST...DEEP SRLY FLOW WILL INTERACT WITH THIS POTENTIAL UPR LOW TO CREATE THE CHANCE FOR PRECIP SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. GIVEN TIMING AND UNCERTAINTY...JUST MAINTAINED SLIGHT CHANCE WORDING FOR SUN/MON. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THIS PERIOD. NADLER.83 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && UPDATE...KDW.03 PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...DJN.83
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 639 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-111000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 639 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... A THREAT OF DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL INCREASE BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI WILL REACH THE ALABAMA STATE LINE BETWEEN 8:30 PM AND 9:30 PM...AND MAY INTENSIFY TO PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. THE AIRMASS IS MORE STABLE FURTHER EAST...THUS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOWER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY AS ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ANTICIPATED. PRIMARY THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL...WHILE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A POSSIBILITY FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING... BRINGING DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION...AND ENDING THIS PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER. HOWEVER...MOISTURE WILL QUICKLY RETURN TO THE REGION BY FRIDAY...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE FORECAST. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS POSSIBLE ON TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS. KULA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 308 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ008-102100- MARSHALL- 308 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF GUNTERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... GUNTERSVILLE. COLUMBUS CITY. GRANT. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS ENTERING SOUTHWEST MARSHALL COUNTY...ALSO BRINGING A THREAT OF LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KULA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 332 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ009-010-102115- DE KALB-JACKSON- 332 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DEKALB AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT... AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF GRANT...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SCOTTSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... LANGSTON. LARKINSVILLE. SECTION. DUTTON. PISGAH. ROSALIE. SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. KULA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 534 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 TNZ076-096-097-102315- FRANKLIN-LINCOLN-MOORE- 534 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FRANKLIN...LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTH AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW MARKET ALABAMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... ELORA. HUNTLAND. BEANS CREEK. LEXIE CROSSROADS. HARMONY. TIMS FORD LAKE. SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. KULA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 614 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 TNZ097-102345- FRANKLIN- 614 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COWAN...OR 6 MILES EAST OF WINCHESTER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... ALTO. ST. ANDREWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KULA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 731 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ALZ001-002-110130- COLBERT-LAUDERDALE- 731 PM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SHILOH TO BURNSVILLE TO THRASHERS IN MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS UP TO OR EXCEEDING 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... RIVERTON. WRIGHT. CHEROKEE. THREET. CLOVERDALE. OAKLAND. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE LIMBS...AND POWERLINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KULA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2007
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 47346, 47348.