Severe drought (D2) conditions were reported in portions of Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, and Marshall Counties.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Severe drought (D2) conditions were reported in portions of Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, and Marshall 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 Oct 31, 11:20 PM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1220 AM CDT MON NOV 1 2010 .UPDATE...FOR 06Z AVIATION. && .AVIATION...OTHER THAN SCT-BKN HIGH CLOUDS...QUIET WX IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE TN VLY THROUGH MONDAY. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS AND RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 828 PM CDT SUN OCT 31 2010/ LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A WEAK FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR AND NRLY FLOW NOTED ACROSS TN. SRN STREAM JET BRINGING SOME MID/HIGH CLOUDS TO THE SRN PLAINS WITH SOME PATCHY CIRRUS EXTENDING INTO THE TN VLY. TEMPS THIS EVENING ARE RUNNING 3-5 DEGREES WARMER THAN LAST NIGHT'S READINGS AND RANGE FROM THE LOW 50S TO NEAR 60 DEGREES AS OF 0100 UTC. OVERALL...EXPECT ANOTHER MOSTLY CLEAR AND COOL NIGHT ACROSS THE TN VLY. BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS...OVERALL FCST IN GOOD SHAPE. MAY ADJUST TEMPS DOWN SLIGHTLY IN A FEW SPOTS BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS BUT NO MAJOR CHANGES ARE PLANNED. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && 15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1134 AM CDT SUN OCT 31 2010 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-011000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1134 AM CDT SUN OCT 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought (D2) conditions were reported during this period.
Severe drought (D2) conditions were reported during this period.
Severe drought (D2) conditions were reported during this period.
Severe drought (D2) conditions were reported during this period.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, November 2010
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: 263275, 263276, 263277, 263278.