A cold front generated a squall line which dropped southeast through the central Tennessee Valley. Several strong wind gusts were reported, with a few reports of locally damaging wind.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A cold front generated a squall line which dropped southeast through the central Tennessee Valley. Several strong wind gusts were reported, with a few reports of locally damaging wind.
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 8, 9:31 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1031 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 .UPDATE... A PERSISTENT SWERLY FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE TN VALLEY THIS MORNING...AS THE AREA REMAINS SANDWICHED BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OFF THE SE COAST AND A COLD FRONT ORIENTED FROM SOUTHERN IL/MO THROUGH NORTHERN AR. A LOOK AT 12Z RAOB AND MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOWING BL MOISTURE A BIT DEEPER THIS MORNING...AS COMPARED TO 24 HOURS AGO...WITH DEWPTS NOW IN THE LWR 70S AREAWIDE. SHOWERS ALREADY BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA...INDICATIVE OF THE HIGH SFC-BASED INSTABILITY THAT WILL EXIST AS PEAK HEATING APPROACHES. MEANWHILE...QUASI-LINEAR MCS CONTINUES TO FEED OFF THIS ENVIRONMENT UPSTREAM AS IT SHIFTS E-SE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MO/NORTHEAST AR AND INTO NORTHWEST TN. FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...WILL CONTINUE TO SEE AN EXPANSION OF THE PCPN COVERAGE INTO THE AFTERNOON...AS MLCAPE VALUES APPROACH 3000 J/KG AND THE ENVIRONMENT OVERCOMES A WEAKER MID LEVEL CAP. THE LINGERING LOW STRATUS MAY INITIALLY IMPEDE THE OVERALL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...BUT SHOULD GRADUALLY BECOME MORE CELLULAR INTO THE AFTN PROVIDING MORE POCKETS OF DIFFERENTIAL HEATING TO HELP FOCUS THE PULSE STORM DEVELOPMENT. WHILE THE LACK OF A DEEPER MOISTURE PROFILE AROUND THE MELTING LAYER PREVENTS THE DOWNBURST POTENTIAL FROM BEING COMPLETELY IDEAL...CANNOT IGNORE THE MODERATE/HIGH INSTABILITY AND MARGINAL WINDEX VALUES FOR TODAY. THUS EXPECT AT LEAST AN ISLTD THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN ADDITION...THE AFOREMENTIONED UPSTREAM MCS BECOMES A FOCUS BY EARLY AFTN...AS IT PROPAGATES ACROSS TN AND TOWARD THE TN/AL STATE LINE. ALTHOUGH THIS LINE WILL BE SHIFTING INTO A LESS FAVORABLE DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT WITH WEAKER UPPER SUPPORT/WIND FIELDS... THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE CONVECTION TO SUSTAIN ITSELF AS THE OUTFLOW/COLD POOL FEEDS OFF THE HIGHLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. THUS...THIS COULD POTENTIALLY HEIGHTEN THE DAMAGING WIND THREAT. OVERALL FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE. BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...WILL ADJUST THE POPS UPWARD TO AT LEAST A HIGH CHANCE TODAY...AND MAY EVEN NEED TO GO LIKELY BUT WILL MONITOR. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY IN THE UPR 70S/LWR 80S DESPITE THE BKN CLOUD DECK...SO HIGHS NR 90/LWR 90S APPEAR QUITE ATTAINABLE. 10 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 350 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007/ SHORT TERM (THROUGH SUNDAY)... TONIGHT...DECREASING TREND IN CONVECTION WILL OCCUR AS SFC HEATING WANES. AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE AREA BUT FALL APART BY THIS EVENING AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO PROVIDE MUCH IN THE WAY OF ADDITIONAL LOW LVL FORCING TO SUPPORT CONVECTION TONIGHT. STORMS WILL FEED OFF LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THROUGH MID EVENING BEFORE AIRMASS STABILIZES OVERNIGHT. WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST HOWEVER. FOR AREAS THAT ARE FORTUNATE TO SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL...PATCHY FOG CAN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. SATURDAY...WEAK LOW LVL CONVERGENCE/SFC HEATING AND SUFFICIENT MOISTURE WILL COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT AT LEAST ISOLD CONVECTION DURING THE DAY. BUFR SOUNDINGS SHOW STEEP LOW LVL LAPSE RATES AND A DEEP DRY AIR INTRUSION ALOFT. THIS DRY AIR ALOFT WILL SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ORGANIZED CONVECTION PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS /AS THE WINDEX NEARS 60KTS/. BY SATURDAY EVENING...DRIER AND MORE STABLE CONDITIONS WILL MOVE IN WHICH WILL BECOME THE RULE THROUGH MONDAY. LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE ERN GREAT LAKES...WILL RESULT IN SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS AND DRIER CONDITIONS SUNDAY. MIN TEMPS SUNDAY NIGHT WILL FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE AS DWPTS FALL BACK INTO THE 50S. LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SHOW A PRONOUNCED UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING ALONG THE MS RIVER VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THEREAFTER... THE RIDGE FLATTENS AS UPR LVL ENERGY TRAVERSES THE NRN TIER STATES. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE UPR HIGH WILL REMAIN FIRM ENOUGH TO LIMIT ANY SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF PRECIP...SO WILL MAINTAIN DRY FORECAST THROUGH THIS PERIOD. AFTER A BRIEF COOL DOWN SUNDAY... TEMPS WILL WARM BACK ABOVE NORMAL MONDAY AND TUESDAY. CLIMATE... AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...MOST OF NORTH AL COUNTIES ARE NOW IN AN EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CATEGORY. THIS IS INDICATIVE OF AT LEAST A ONCE-IN-FIFTY YEAR DROUGHT...AND A FIRST FOR THIS AREA SINCE DROUGHT CLASSIFICATIONS BEGAN. OFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS AT HUNTSVILLE SHOW PRECIPITATION 17.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR...AND NEARLY 50 INCHES BELOW NORMAL SINCE THE START OF 2005. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE DROUGHT SITUATION AND ITS LOCAL IMPACTS...PLEASE REFER TO OUR LATEST HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK /HUNESFHUN/. NADLER.83 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1210 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-090300- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1210 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS DAYTIME HEATING...INCREASING MOISTURE...AND AN APPROACHING FRONT CREATE AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT ACROSS THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THESE STORMS TO BECOME STRONG...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ISOLATED STORMS MAY BRIEFLY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS... CONTAINING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. IN ADDITION...ALL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... UNSTABLE AIR WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA INTO SATURDAY...WHEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER DUE TO THE POSITION OF THE FRONT. SOME STRONGER STORMS WILL AGAIN HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZED HAIL. A DRY WEATHER PATTERN WILL RESUME AFTER SATURDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... STORM REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS WOULD BE APPRECIATED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...HOWEVER FORMAL ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. MR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1143 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ALZ008-081715- MARSHALL- 1143 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM CDT... AT 1143 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALBERTVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 5 MPH. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... RABBIT TOWN. ALBERTVILLE. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF ON OR NEAR LAKE GUNTERSVILLE...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 115 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ALZ010-081845- DE KALB- 115 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR DEKALB COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM CDT... AT 115 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF FORT PAYNE...MOVING EAST AT 20 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... DOG TOWN. ADAMSBURG. 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 227 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ALZ001-082000- LAUDERDALE- 227 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM CDT... AT 224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALNUT GROVE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF IUKA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... THREET. OAKLAND. CLOVERDALE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KTW
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:41 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were blown down on a house and another along Highway 20.
Trees were blown down at a residence.
Trees were blown down in the Candlewyck Cross subdivision.
Several trees were blown down in the city of Decatur. One incident trapped people in a car.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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