A quasi-linear convective system produced gusty winds during the late morning of the 16th. A heavy shower within the line knocked a large tree down onto a county road in DeKalb County near the town of Mentone.
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A quasi-linear convective system produced gusty winds during the late morning of the 16th. A heavy shower within the line knocked a large tree down onto a county road in DeKalb County near the town of Mentone.
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 15, 11:40 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1140 PM CST MON NOV 15 2010 .UPDATE... 06Z AVIATION FORECAST. && .AVIATION... OVERCAST SKIES...WITH MVFR OR LOWER CEILINGS SHOULD CONTINUE THIS FORECAST PERIOD...AS A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW MOVES OVER THE AREA ON TUE. ADDITIONAL SHOWER ACTIVITY...ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT KMSL AROUND 09Z...REACHING KHSV AROUND 12Z. MVFR VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE...WITH REDUCTIONS WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWER ACTIVITY. SOME VERTICAL WIND SHEAR...JUST BELOW ISSUANCE CRITERIA... WILL OCCUR FROM BEFORE DAYBREAK THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. THE SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD END DURING TUE EVENING AS THE SYSTEM EXITS TO THE EAST. && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 926 PM CST MON NOV 15 2010/ FOR MOST SPOTS WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR...A TEMPORARY BREAK IN THE SHOWER ACTIVITY CONTINUED...AS A SPEED MAX EXITED TO THE NE. HOWEVER...ANOTHER SPEED MAX AND REGION OF MAXIMIZED LIFT IS PROGGED TO AFFECT THE VALLEY DURING THE LATE OVERNIGHT. IN A RATHER COMPLEX PATTERN ACROSS THE LOWER 48 THIS EVENING...AN UPPER LOW OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF OK/TX WAS SLOWLY MOVING EAST...PUSHED BY ANOTHER JET MAX MOVING TO THE SE FROM THE PACIFIC-NW. INCREASING UPWARD MOTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND LOW PRESSURE FORMING OVER TX/LA WAS CAUSING CONVECTION FROM SE OKLAHOMA...FAR EASTERN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA. FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...THE BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS SHOULD CONTINUE FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR...WHERE OROGRAPHIC LIFT AND BETTER MOISTURE CONVERGENCE FOR THE MOST PART WILL CONTINUE. ADDITIONAL SHOWER ACTIVITY (NOW MOVING ACROSS MISSISSIPPI WEST OF I-55) WILL REACH OUR WESTERN AREAS DURING THE OVERNIGHT. TIMING PER NEW RUC AND NAM HAS SHOWER ACTIVITY RESTARTING AROUND 3 AM OVER NW ALABAMA... THEN RAPIDLY FILLING IN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA (COURTESY OF STRONG UPGLIDE FROM 290-300K). THIS UPWARD MOTION...ALONG WITH DECENT SRH VALUES GREATER THAN 200 M/S DOES SUPPORT ISOLATED CONVECTION. DESPITE IT BEING NIGHTTIME...STRONG ENOUGH DYNAMICS SHOULD SURVIVE THE TRIP TO THIS REGION. NEW 00Z NAM BUFFER SOUNDINGS HAVE COME AROUND TO THE 18Z GFS...SHOWING POSITIVE CAPES AND SLIGHTLY NEGATIVE LIFTED INDEXES BEGINNING AROUND 3 AM. STORM COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED AT BEST...WITH THE PRIMARY RISK BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. ON-GOING FORECASTS HAVE THE BIG PICTURE COVERED WELL. HAVE MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS...THE MAJOR ONE BEING INCLUDING FAR NW ALABAMA IN CATEGORICAL POPS FOR THE 06-12Z PERIOD. UPDATES ARE FORTHCOMING SHORTLY. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && RSB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 942 PM CST MON NOV 15 2010 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-161130- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 942 PM CST MON NOV 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...AS AN AREA OF CONVECTION NEARS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE PRIMARY RISKS ARE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY...HOWEVER NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. RSB
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:39 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down onto Highway 117 near Mentone.
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