Heat illnesses prompted the hospitalization of four individuals. Temperatures climbed to between 90 and 95 degrees and heat index values reached 95 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Heat illnesses prompted the hospitalization of four individuals. Temperatures climbed to between 90 and 95 degrees and heat index values reached 95 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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 7, 8:10 AM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 910 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 .DISCUSSION... THE HOTTEST DAY OF THIS EARLY METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER IS EXPECTED TODAY AS A STRONG 5940M UPPER HIGH IS PARKED VIRTUALLY OVERHEAD. HOWEVER...THANKS TO THE HEAVY RAINS OF A COUPLE WEEKS AGO...WE WILL NOT EXPERIENCE THE INTENSE HEAT WE SAW LAST SUMMER UNDER SIMILAR CONDITIONS. IN FACT...TODAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY SINCE THE END OF LAST SUMMERS TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT WAVE...WHICH ENDED ON AUGUST 24TH 2007. THE ONLY POSSIBLE RELIEF TODAY WILL BE IN THE EAST...WHERE SOME CLOUD COVER IS ALREADY INDICATED ON SATELLITE...AND EVEN SOME INDICATIONS OF A SHOWER DEVELOPING ATOP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. GOING FORECAST SHOWS POPS OVER THE SAME AREAS...AND THE OFTEN-SUPERIOR NSSL WRF SHOWS SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPMENT IN THAT SAME VICINITY TOO. NO CHANGES TO THE FORECAST WILL BE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. WILL BE MONITORING PRECIP COVERAGE IN THE EAST...AS WELL AS TEMPS IN THE WEST...WHERE KMSL IS ALREADY 85 DEGREES AT 9AM. && .PREV DISCUSSION... OVERALL...PERSISTENCE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH GFS ENSEMBLE MOS TEMP VARIABILITY VERY LOW. HOWEVER... THERMODYNAMIC/WEAKENING UPPER RIDGE HAVE PROMPTED ME TO ADD ISOLATED AFTN/EVNG CONVECTION FROM TODAY THRU MONDAY. SREF POPS ALSO LEAN ME THIS DIRECTION. FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY...IF ISOLATED CONVECTION DEVELOPS...FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE DECENT POTENTIAL FOR STG-SVR DOWNBURST WINDS WITH MDPI VALUES APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING 1.0 AND WINDEX INDICES OF 60-68. VERTICAL THETA-E LAPSE RATES LOOK SUFFICIENT WITH AN INVERTED-V STRUCTURE PRESENT. AS THE RIDGE MIGRATES W-SW...A WEAK TROF WORKS INTO THE RIDGE AT 2H-3H...WITH SEVERAL WEAK MID LEVEL EASTERLY WAVES CUTTING INTO THE RIDGE AT 5H. THIS SHOULD BE JUST ENOUGH TO AID ISOLD CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. SOUNDINGS DO NOT INDICATE A CAPPING INVERSION EITHER. SREF POPS INDICATE HIGHEST POPS IN OUR EASTERN/MTN LOCATIONS. THE STRONGER WAVE...NOW A CLOSED CIRC E OF THE BAHAMAS IS PROGGED TO TRACK INTO S AL ON TUE AND SHOULD INCREASE AFTN/EVNG COVERAGE OF STORMS. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && DISCUSSION...JE/23 PREV DISCUSSION...KULA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1241 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-081000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1241 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 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. AN ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. A COUPLE OF THE STORMS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. A SERIES OF WEAK SYSTEMS OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .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.
1 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The Huntsville Times reported that HEMSI units transported four persons to Huntsville hospital for heat related illnesses Saturday afternoon.
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