Severe drought (D2) conditions continued into early to mid July over Franklin, Lincoln and Moore Counties, but ended on the 23rd.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Severe drought (D2) conditions continued into early to mid July over Franklin, Lincoln and Moore Counties, but ended on the 23rd.
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 30, 11:10 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1210 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012
.UPDATE...
FOR 06Z TAFS.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED AT 950 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012/...AFTER A RECORD HOT DAY
ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WHERE NEARLY ALL LOCATIONS SAW
TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 100F AND 105F...TEMPERATURES STILL RANGE FROM
THE MID 80S TO LWR 90S. A WEAK UPR LVL DISTURBANCE IS SENDING SOME
MID/HIGH CLOUDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST REGION BUT NO
ORGANIZED CONVECTION EXISTS AT THIS TIME...AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL ACROSS NRN AL/SRN MIDDLE TN THROUGH THE NIGHT. A WARM/HAZY
OVERNIGHT CAN BE EXPECTED WITH TEMPS BOTTOMING OUT IN THE LWR TO MID
70S.
MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DIURNAL TEMP/DWPTS GRIDS AND
TWEAKED SKY COVER GRIDS...OTHERWISE CURRENT FORECAST REMAINS ON
TRACK.
DJN.83
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR 06Z TAFS...LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS /00Z/ FORECAST.
HOT/STAGNANT AIRMASS IN PLACE WITH POOR AIR QUALITY AND BASED ON
KMSL ALREADY DOWN TO 8SM...A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR CONDITIONS /DUE TO
HAZE - LOW VSBY/ IS LIKELY TO OCCUR BETWEEN 11-13Z. OTHERWISE...VFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. ONE MODEL NOTE...THE 00Z/01 NAM IS VERY
AGGRESSIVE DEVELOPING CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL MS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY
AND SPREADING IT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTN. NOT BUYING OFF ON THIS
SOLN ATTM...AS IT SEEMS TO BE OUTLIER WITHOUT ANY REAL FOCUS FOR
FORCING. SOMETHING TO WATCH HOWEVER IF THINGS CHANGE OVERNIGHT.
DJN.83
&&
.CLIMATE... RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE VALUES FOR HUNTSVILLE /HSV/ AND
MUSCLE SHOALS /MSL/ THROUGH MONDAY:
HUNTSVILLE (RECORD HIGH TEMPS/DATE SET)
SUN (7/01): 102F/1954
MON (7/02): 104F/1925
MUSCLE SHOALS (RECORD HIGH TEMPS/DATE SET)
SUN (7/01): 101F/1914
MON (7/02): 103F/1897
FOR ADDITIONAL HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS...PLEASE REFER TO THE PUBLIC
INFORMATION STATEMENT /HUNPNSHUN/.
&&
.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR
ALZ001>007-016.
HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR ALZ008>010.
TN...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR
TNZ076-096.
HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR TNZ097.
&&
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 800 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-011015- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 800 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THE RECORD OR NEAR RECORD HEAT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINING IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...AND A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALSO RETURN TO THE AREA SUNDAY. ORGANIZED OR WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS. .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.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought (D2) conditions continued into early to mid July but ended on the 23rd.
Severe drought (D2) conditions continued into early to mid July but ended on the 23rd.
Severe drought (D2) conditions continued into early to mid July but ended on the 23rd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, July 2012
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: 385944, 385945, 385946.