Very heavy rainfall put an end to drought conditions in Jackson and DeKalb Counties.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Very heavy rainfall put an end to drought conditions in Jackson and DeKalb Counties.
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 Nov 30, 11:40 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1140 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 .UPDATE...FOR 06Z AVIATION AND BRIEF FORECAST TRENDS UPDATE. && .AVIATION... STILL SEEING -SHRA AT BOTH TERMINALS AND UPSTREAM RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THIS WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH THE NIGHT. STILL EXPECT A CHANGEOVER BETWEEN 06Z AND 09Z. WILL INDICATE -SHRASN AT KMSL FROM THE BEGINNING SINCE SFC TEMP/DEW ARE MORE FAVORABLE FOR A MIX ALREADY. -SHSN MAY CREATE MVFR VISBYS FOR A FEW HOURS AROUND DAYBREAK. BUT MVFR CIGS ARE OCCURRING AND WILL PERSIST ANYWAY. COULD EVEN SEE MARGINAL IFR CIGS BUT NOT PUTTING THAT IN TAF YET. PROBABLY WILL KEEP MVFR CIGS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE LOW-LEVEL DRYING ERODES THE LOWER CLOUDS...LEAVING CLOUDS THAT WILL BE IN VFR RANGE. && .DISCUSSION... JUST GOT A REPORT IN FROM ATOP MONTE SANO OF A SN/RA MIX...ABOUT 50/50 OF EACH...TEMP UP THERE IS 35 DEGREES. ALSO REPORT OF SNOW IN CHEROKEE (NW AL) PER PUBLIC REPORT. THAT MEANS WE PROBABLY ARE ALSO SEEING CONVERSION TO SNOW IN MOST OF SRN MIDDLE TN AND ALSO IN EXTREME WEST AL. WILL BE UPDATING ZONES AND GRIDS SHORTLY TO REFINE THE CHANGEOVER. REPEATING PART OF THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...EARLIER THE MUSCLE SHOALS AREA JUST SAW A DECENT SHOWER...AND ALMOST NOTHING AT ALL APPEARED ON RADAR AT THE TIME. THAT MEANS ANY GROUND TRUTH REPORTS OF WINTRY PRECIP (ESPECIALLY IF HEAVIER) ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED BY OUR OFFICE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...AS WE MAY NOT BE SEEING MUCH IF ANYTHING ON RADAR. && .PREV DISCUSSION... -RA FALLING HERE AT THE NSSTC AT THIS HOUR. TEMPS ARE STILL AROUND 40 WITH DEWPOINTS GENERALLY IN THE MID 30S...SO EVERYTHING COMING DOWN IS STILL IN THE FORM OF LIQUID. HAD A BURST OF CONVECTIVE SHOWERS PASS THROUGH ALBERTVILLE EARLIER WITH A 30 KT WIND GUST BUT SO FAR THAT HAS BEEN THE ONLY UNUSUAL WEATHER ACTIVITY. FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT...UPSTREAM RADAR AND OBSERVATIONAL TRENDS REALLY DO NOT SHOW A WHOLE LOT GOING ON. HOWEVER...IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT BOTH CLOUD BASES AND CLOUD TOPS HAVE BEEN LOWERING SO IT IS PLAUSIBLE THAT OVER TIME WE MAY NOT SEE THE FULL BREADTH OF THE PRECIP ON RADAR (ESPECIALLY SINCE KHTX RADAR IS LOCATED ABOVE THE CURRENT CLOUD BASE TO BEGIN WITH). WILL PRETTY MUCH RETAIN THE GOING FORECAST AS IS. MODEL SOUNDINGS HAVE A -RA TO -SN (OR -DZ TO --SN) CHANGEOVER AROUND MIDNIGHT... WITH THE BEST SOUNDING APPEARANCE FAVORING -SN PRODUCTION COMING BETWEEN 3AM AND 8AM. TOWARD THE END OF THAT TIMEFRAME THERE IS FORECAST TO BE AN UPPER SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH...WHICH MIGHT PROVIDE A BRIEF ENHANCEMENT FOR CONVECTIVE SHSN. ALL IN ALL THOUGH...WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A HIGH CHANCE FOR VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION...NOT ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO AMOUNT TO MUCH. SOIL TEMPS (MEASURED 2 INCHES BELOW GROUND) ARE STILL AROUND 50...AND THE GROUND TEMP WHICH IS MEASURED JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE IS AROUND 40 AT THIS HOUR. NEITHER ARE PARTICULARLY CONDUCIVE TO SNOW ACCUM. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && JE/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 915 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-011100- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 915 PM CST SUN NOV 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... WITH COLD AIR RUSHING INTO THE REGION...LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL MIX WITH SNOW AROUND OR AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY DAYBREAK. GROUND TEMPERATURES ARE QUITE WARM AND AIR TEMPERATURES SHOULD STAY JUST ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST LOCATIONS. AS A RESULT...THE SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE BEYOND JUST A COATING ON THE GRASS OR ON ELEVATED SURFACES. ROADS MAY BECOME WET...BUT NOT ICY...AND TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...AIR TEMPERATURES NEAR THE RIDGETOPS OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL FALL TO AROUND FREEZING. SOME LIMITED ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ON GRASSY OR ELEVATED SURFACES. IF A HEAVIER SNOW SHOWER DEVELOPS OVER THESE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS...BRIEF SLICK SPOTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY IN FRANKLIN COUNTY TENNESSEE OR NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY ALABAMA. WIDESPREAD TRAVEL PROBLEMS WILL STILL BE UNLIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... BLUSTERY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY...AS GUSTY WINDS COMBINE WITH COLD AIR AND OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING AND SOIL TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE WARM...SO ACCUMULATIONS ARE UNLIKELY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...THOUGH FLURRIES ARE STILL POSSIBLE INTO MONDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The Drought Monitor issued on December 16th reported an end to drought conditions.
The Drought Monitor issued on December 16th reported an end to drought conditions.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, December 2008
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: 141182, 141183.