Gusty southerly flow atop Lookout Mountain knocked a tree down onto a county road in DeKalb County southwest of Fort Payne during the early morning hours of the 16th. A few showers and thunderstorms were in the area during this time, but it was difficult to correlate the wind damage directly with a shower or thunderstorm cell.
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Gusty southerly flow atop Lookout Mountain knocked a tree down onto a county road in DeKalb County southwest of Fort Payne during the early morning hours of the 16th. A few showers and thunderstorms were in the area during this time, but it was difficult to correlate the wind damage directly with a shower or thunderstorm cell.
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 16, 5:52 AM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 552 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010 .UPDATE...FOR 12Z TAFS && .AVIATION...SFC LOW NOW OVER ERN MS WITH 5H TROF AXIS ACROSS ERN KS. RADARS WERE SHOWING A BROAD BAND OF MAINLY SHRA (WITH ISOLATED TSRA) ACROSS MOST OF THE SERN US. AS THE SFC LOW MOVES INTO KY BY 18Z TODAY...PCPN ACROSS THE TN VALLEY WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF...ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTN. ISOLATED TSRA WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MRNG THRU THE AFTN HOURS DUE TO A FAIRLY STRONG 8H LOW LEVEL JET. WILL GO WITH A TEMPO GROUP FOR TSRA BETWEEN 17Z AND 20Z TODAY FOR BOTH KMSL AND KHSV. EXPECT ALL PCPN TO END AS THE 5H TROF MOVES EAST OF THE CWA BY MIDNIGHT. NOT SURE IF SKIES WILL CLEAR ENOUGH AFTER MIDNIGHT TO ALLOW FOR FOG FORMATION. FOR NOW WILL NOT MENTION ANY FOG IN TAFS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 322 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010/ DISCUSSION...AN UNSETTLED WX PATTERN CONTINUES TO PREVAIL ACROSS THE TN VALLEY...WITH LIGHT/MOD SHOWERS CONTINUING TO MOVE NEWD ACROSS THE REGION. LATEST SAT/LIGHTNING DATA ALSO SHOW SOME EMBEDDED TSTM ACTIVITY MOVING NE ACROSS NRN/CNTRL MS. ALL OF THIS IS ACTIVITY OCCURRING WELL AHEAD OF A SFC LOW/WAVE OVER THE CNTRL GULF COAST REGION...WHICH IS NOW BEGINNING TO LIFT TOWARD THE NE. AS THIS SYSTEM LIFTS OUT...XPCT LIGHT/MOD SHOWERS TO CONTINUE MOVING NEWD ACROSS THE AREA FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR AN EMBEDDED/ISOLATED TSTM AS WELL...AS AN UPPER JET MAX ASSOCIATED WITH THE SFC WAVE TRAVERSES NEWD ACROSS THE TN AND OH VALLEY REGIONS. SFC FLOW IS ALSO XPCTED TO STRENGTHEN WITH THE ONCOMING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WITH SW WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY LOOK TO AVERAGE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. PRECIP SHOULD THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING AS THE SFC LOW PUSHES THROUGH THE TN VALLEY AREA...WITH THE SFC WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AS WELL. CLOUD COVER THOUGH MAY BE SLOW TO EXIT AT LEAST THROUGH THE EVENING HRS BEFORE THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS PUSHES EWD THROUGH THE AREA OVERNIGHT. PATCHY FOG MAY BE AN ISSUE EARLY WED MORNING IF THE SKIES BEGIN TO CLR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY AT THIS POINT THOUGH WARRANTS LEAVING FOG OUT OF THE FORECAST WED MORNING...ALTHOUGH LATER SHIFTS MAY WANT TO REEXAMINE THIS TREND MORE CLOSELY. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST IS A DRY ONE AT THIS POINT...ALTHOUGH A SECONDARY SURGE OF ENERGY/MOISTURE DIVING SEWD THROUGH THE MIDWEST STATES MAY SKIRT THE AREA WED NIGHT/EARLY THU. IN ANY CASE...DRY AND TRANQUIL CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH OVERALL TEMPS NEAR NORMAL LOOK TO BE THE TREND THROUGH THE WORK WEEK...BEFORE A GRADUAL WARMING TREND BEGINS THIS WEEKEND. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && 007
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 327 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-161900- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 327 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA...WITH THE PRIMARY RISK OF BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. THE CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... 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. SS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
715 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010
ALZ007-016-161400-
CULLMAN-MORGAN-
715 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CULLMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CST...
AT 700 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DOUBLE SPRINGS TO 8 MILES EAST OF
NAUVOO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
JONES CHAPEL...CRANE HILL.
MASSEY...LOGAN.
BALDWIN...WEST POINT.
FALKVILLE...LEESDALE.
COLE SPRINGS.
SOMERVILLE.
THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE
LIMBS...AND POWERLINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3430 8712 3438 8710 3458 8657 3454 8655
3441 8658 3431 8658 3431 8650 3426 8650
3422 8654 3419 8654 3398 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1315Z 246DEG 39KT 3426 8719 3418 8717
3406 8717
KULASPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
747 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010
ALZ016-161415-
CULLMAN-
747 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CULLMAN COUNTY UNTIL 815 AM
CST...
AT 746 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING HEAVY SHOWERS AND
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5
MILES NORTH OF BLACK BOTTOM TO 6 MILES WEST OF MORRIS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
BRIEF WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
HANCEVILLE...GARDEN CITY.
WALTER.
HOLLY POND.
JOPPA...BAILEYTON.
THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE
LIMBS...AND POWERLINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3406 8691 3431 8656 3431 8648 3429 8646
3426 8645 3425 8652 3413 8659 3412 8662
3410 8665 3409 8669 3406 8668 3400 8673
3395 8678 3391 8691 3388 8692 3386 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 1346Z 230DEG 45KT 3403 8684 3375 8690
KULASPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
846 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010
ALZ008-161530-
MARSHALL-
846 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 930 AM
CST...
AT 846 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR GUNTERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
HUSTLEVILLE.
COLUMBUS CITY.
THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND
TREE LIMBS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3437 8648 3457 8615 3453 8614 3451 8612
3453 8610 3453 8609 3448 8609 3448 8607
3444 8611 3442 8611 3441 8613 3440 8611
3434 8611 3422 8636
TIME...MOT...LOC 1446Z 237DEG 33KT 3435 8633
KULAThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down onto Highway 117 near Mentone.
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