A heat fatality occurred on the 2nd of June in Madison County. A male died of a heart attack attributed in part to dehydration due to the hot weather.
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A heat fatality occurred on the 2nd of June in Madison County. A male died of a heart attack attributed in part to dehydration due to the hot weather.
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 2, 11:34 AM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1234 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011
.UPDATE...FOR 18Z TAFS.
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD. SOME PATCHY
FOG MAY DEVELOP AT BOTH TERMINALS TOWARD DAYBREAK. KMSL COULD DROP TO
MVFR VSBYS CRITERIA...BUT WILL LEAVE VFR FOR NOW. WINDS WILL REMAIN
LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD...BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1043 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011/
UPDATE...TO TWEAK TEMPERATURES AND RAISE DEWPOINTS.
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. HOWEVER...A
WEAKLY CONVERGENT BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST
WEST INTO GA AND NE ALABAMA CAN BE SEEN IN SURFACE OBSERVATIONS.
THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON
THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE AFORE-MENTIONED HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM.
JET DYNAMICS SUPPORTING THIS BOUNDARY OVER NE AL NEAR THE EDGE OF
THE RIDGE ARE FAIRLY WEAK AND WILL REMAIN PRIMARILY OVER GA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA. THEREFORE...BELIEVE COVERAGE WITH ANY SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE VERY
ISOLATED OVER OUR FORECAST AREA. THE CONCERNING THING THOUGH...IS THE
WINDEX VALUES FOR NE AL AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TN...WHICH ARE 65 TO 69
KTS. THEREFORE...IF ANY STORM DEVELOPS...WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT A
VERY POTENT...BUT VERY ISOLATED SEVERE MICROBURST THREAT.
FOR THE FORECAST HAVE RAISED POP A BIT IN NE AL AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TN
TO 20 PERCENT...BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE AFORE-MENTIONED
BOUNDARY. ALSO...TWEAKED HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE SHOALS AREA TO 98
DEGREES. BASED ON HOURLY OBSERVATIONS...HAVE ALSO RAISED DEWPOINTS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THIS IS ONE THING
THAT IS MAKING THE MICROBURST THREAT SO POTENT.
&&
.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COLBERT...CULLMAN...FRANKLIN AL...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...
LIMESTONE...MADISON...MORGAN.
TN...NONE.
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20HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1251 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-030300- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1251 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY IN PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...WHICH WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. A HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS THROUGH 7 PM. ELSEWHERE...HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE AROUND 100 DEGREES. THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. IF STORMS INDEED DEVELOP...THEN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE MICROBURST WINDS. HOWEVER...THIS THREAT IS DEPENDENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT APPEARS TO BE VERY LOW AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. DESPITE THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 98 AND 103 DEGREES ON FRIDAY. THE HEAT WAVE WILL EXTEND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES MAY OCCUR ON SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...APPROACHING 100 DEGREES AGAIN. TEMPERATURES MAY BE A FEW DEGREES LOWER BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. DUE TO THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF RELATIVELY HOT TEMPERATURES...AN INCREASED RISK FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS ACTIVITY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 20
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A heat fatality occurred on the 2nd of June in Madison County. A male died of a heart attack attributed in part to dehydration due to the prolonged hot weather period.
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