Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions remained throughout September. Rainfall for the month ranged from around one half inch up to two and a quarter inches, or about 2 to 4 inches below normal.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions remained throughout September. Rainfall for the month ranged from around one half inch up to two and a quarter inches, or about 2 to 4 inches below normal. Winchester received 2.17 inches and Sewanee received 2.24 inches.
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 Aug 31, 8:29 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 929 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2007 .UPDATE... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND MOVE WEST SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 20 MPH INTO DEKALB...MARSHALL...AND SHORTLY INTO SOUTHERN CULLMAN COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY IS IN RESPONSE TO A 20 KT 850 JET DEVELOPING ON THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF A SURFACE LOW OVER NORTHERN GEORGIA AND SURFACE CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW. ALSO HELPING IS THE PROXIMITY OF THE SHEAR AXIS...WHICH CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM SOUTHERN GEORGIA INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND MAYBE SOME GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. BOTH GFS AND NAM KEEP AN EASTERLY 850 MB 15 TO 20 KT FLOW THROUGH 12Z...WHICH SHOULD HELP TO MAINTAIN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO THE AREA. AS A RESULT...WILL MAINTAIN 20 POPS ACROSS EASTERN COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. WILL ADJUST ZONES TO INCLUDE CULLMAN COUNTY IN THIS GROUP. ELSEWHERE...WILL REMOVE POPS. TEMPERATURES LOOK GOOD AT THIS POINT. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && 20
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 947 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2007 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-011000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 947 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 72 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HEAVY RAINFALL...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS. PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP PARTICULARLY IN LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LOWEST NEAR AREAS THAT RECEIVED RAINFALL TODAY...AS WELL AS NEAR LOW LYING AREAS AND BODIES OF WATER. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF COAST THIS WEEKEND MAY CAUSE ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 909 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2007 ALZ010-010240- DE KALB- 909 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN DEKALB COUNTY UNTIL 940 PM CDT... AT 909 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM NEAR COLLINSVILLE...MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR. AT NIGHT ESPECIALLY...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH WATER YOU SEE RUNNING ACROSS THE ROADWAY. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... LEBANON. COLLINSVILLE. SKIRUM. GERALDINE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. DJN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1222 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2007 ALZ016-010600- CULLMAN- 1222 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHWEST CULLMAN COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM CDT... AT 1216 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING INTENSE RAINFALL 14 MILES NORTH OF SUMITON...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... WILBURN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM IN A SHORT TIME PERIOD. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. KULA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions remained throughout September. Rainfall for the month ranged from around one half inch up to two and a quarter inches, or about 2 to 4 inches below normal. Winchester received 2.17 inches and Sewanee received 2.24 inches.
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions remained throughout September. Rainfall for the month ranged from around one half inch up to two and a quarter inches, or about 2 to 4 inches below normal. Winchester received 2.17 inches and Sewanee received 2.24 inches.
Exceptional Drought (D4) conditions remained throughout September. Rainfall for the month ranged from around one half inch up to two and a quarter inches, or about 2 to 4 inches below normal. Winchester received 2.17 inches and Sewanee received 2.24 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, September 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: 60280, 60281, 60282.