A cluster of severe thunderstorms producing damaging winds lifted northeast across the Shoals of northwest Alabama during the evening hours.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A cluster of severe thunderstorms producing damaging winds lifted northeast across the Shoals of northwest Alabama during the evening hours.
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 Jun 18, 1:58 PM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 258 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 .DISCUSSION...LATEST U/A ANALYSIS SHOWS SHEARING UPR LVL TROUGH ENTERING WRN ARK/SW MO. INITIAL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL TN VLY IS HELPING TO INITIATE CONVECTION FROM NRN GA ACROSS MIDDLE TN. TO THE SOUTH/WEST OF THIS WAVE...VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXISTS WITH TEMPS AROUND 90F AND DEWPTS IN THE LWR 70S. FARTHER TO OUR SOUTH...EJECTING UPR LVL ENERGY COMBINING WITH HORIZONTAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/FRONTAL BNDRY ALONG/NORTH OF THE COAST IS SUPPORTING A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS/TSTMS FROM ERN TX TO SW AL...MOVING N/NE. .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... THROUGH THIS EVENING...CONVERGING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL INTERACT WITH MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO TOUCH OFF ADDITIONAL ISOLD-SCT TSTM ACTIVITY...ORIGINATING SOUTH OF THE TN RIVER AND WEST OF I-65. THE MAIN THREATS WITH STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS. MODELS FCST UPR TROUGH AXIS CROSSING THE MS RIVER BTWN 06-12Z OVERNIGHT. FORECAST AREA WILL BE WITHIN INCREASINGLY UPR DIFFLUENT FLOW PATTERN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. BETTER UPWARD FORCING WILL RESPOND AS AIR MASS SATURATES (PWAT VALUES BTWN 1.75-2.00 AFT 06Z). INCREASING LLJ OVERNIGHT WILL SUPPORT REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND A FEW TSTMS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF I-65. THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS UPR TROUGH SHEARS ACROSS THE AREA. ASSUMING HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT/LOW SHEAR ENVIRONMENT...HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THREAT...WITH SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. BY EVENING...H5/H7 TROUGH WILL EXIT THE AREA WITH SFC TROUGH FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND. DRIER AND MORE STABLE CONDITIONS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE NORTH...ENDING PRECIP...THOUGH MOISTURE PROFILES SHOW CLOUDS HANGING AROUND MOST OF THE NIGHT ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-65. AT THIS TIME...ITS DIFFICULT TO GET A GAGE ON PRECIP AMOUNTS. BUT GENERAL ESTIMATES OF 0.25 TO 0.75 FOR MOST AREAS IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION AND WILL BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. WITH DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 1.5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. KEEP IN MIND...DESPITE THE EXPECTED WIDESPREAD PRECIP...THESE AMOUNTS WILL ONLY PROVIDE SHORT TERM RELIEF TO THE HISTORIC DROUGHT CONDITIONS. AFTER THIS EVENT...THE OVERALL DROUGHT STATUS ACROSS THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY SHOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE OHIO VALLEY...A NORTHEAST WIND WILL BRING MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. TEMPS WILL WARM BACK TO AROUND 90F DURING THE DAY...BUT LOW HUMIDITY WILL MAKE IT FEEL RATHER COMFORTABLE. THIS WILL CHANGE HOWEVER BY THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE AN UPR TROUGH DIVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VLY REGION LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ALL THIS WILL BRING FOR THE LOCAL AREA IS SOME CLOUDS AND WIND SHIFT BACK AROUND TO THE NORTH BY SUNDAY. THE DOOR THEN OPENS FOR A STRONG AND PRONOUNCED AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS. SHOULD THIS PATTERN UNFOLD...DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH MAX TEMPS POTENTIALLY PUSHING THE 100F DEG MARK. NADLER.83 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 72 85 68 90 / 30 70 30 10 SHOALS 72 84 67 91 / 30 70 20 10 CULLMAN 70 83 68 89 / 30 70 30 10 FAYETTEVILLE 70 82 66 87 / 30 70 30 10 ALBERTVILLE 71 83 70 90 / 30 70 30 20 FORT PAYNE 68 85 68 87 / 30 70 40 20 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && DJN.83
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 100 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-191000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 100 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THE COMBINATION OF UNSTABLE AIR AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STRONGER STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL...WHILE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ALL STORMS. ACTIVITY WILL LINGER AT LEAST INTO THE EVENING...AND MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE TUESDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. LIMITED INSTABILITY WILL PREVENT WIDESPREAD STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THOUGH SOME STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. DRIER AIR WILL AGAIN PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...WITH NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. BCC
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:16 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down between Vina and Red Bay. Transformers were blow down in Red Bay ceasing power in the town.
Trees were blown down on County Road 15 near Oakland.
Power lines were blown down on County Road 137 near Oakland.
A small tree was blown down on County Road 8.
An 18 inch diameter tree was blown down. Time estimated.
An 18 inch diameter tree was blown down. Time estimated.
An 18 inch diameter tree was blown down. Time estimated.
A tree was blown down along County Road 207.
Trees and power lines were blown down along County Road 224. A large tree was blown down just north of Wilson School.
Several trees and power lines down on Highway 64 and County Road 94.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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