An area of thunderstorms moving through Lincoln county, Tennessee, early in the morning on July 14th, produced lightning that destroyed two homes in the county.
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An area of thunderstorms moving through Lincoln county, Tennessee, early in the morning on July 14th, produced lightning that destroyed two homes in the county.
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 Jul 14, 2:04 AM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 304 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 .DISCUSSION... WILL GO WITH A BLEND OF GFS/ECMWF AND NAM FOR THIS FCST PACKAGE. WILL LEAN MORE TOWARDS THE NAM THRU MONDAY AND GO WITH A BLEND OF GFS AND ECMWF FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST. TODAY/TONIGHT...SINCE NOT A LOT OF CHANGE IN THE OVERALL WX PATTERN...WILL STICK NECK OUT AND ASSUME TODAY WILL BE A LOT LIKE YESTERDAY. FOR NOW WILL GO WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER NW AL AND 60 POPS...WITH PARTLY CLOUDY ELSEWHERE AND HIGH CHC POPS. ALSO EXPECTING MAINLY SCT AFTN/EVENING SHRA/TSRA DUE TO WEAK UPPER TROF...DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND ANY OLD SFC BOUNDARIES HANGING ARND. WITH WEAK WIND SHEAR AND MID/UPPER WINDS...NOT EXPECTING ANY SVR WX TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER THERE IS ENOUGH CAPE/HUMIDITY THAT STILL COULD GET SOME STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALIZED HVY RAIN. SUNDAY/MONDAY...LOOKS LIKE A WEAK UPPER RIDGE TRIES TO BUILD ACROSS THE CWA. THIS SHOULD LOWER THE CHC/COVERAGE OF ANY SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPMENT. WILL KEEP SLIGHT POPS FOR THIS PERIOD. NO SVR WX IS EXPECTED. TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER WEAK UPPER TROF IS PROGGED BY GFS TO STICK ARND THE TN VALLEY WITH SCT SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE. AGAIN NO SVR WX IS EXPECTED. THURSDAY/FRIDAY...GFS AND ECMWF HINTS THAT A CDFNT MAY APPROACH THE TN VALLEY WILL A LITTLE BETTER CHC SHRA/TSRA. IT LOOKS LIKE THE CDFNT MAY STALL SOMEWHERE OVR OUR CWA. DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE WITH THIS SCENARIO ATTM. BOTTOM LINE...TEMPS THRU OUT THE FCST LOOKS TO BE NEAR SEASONABLE WITH HIGHS ARND 90 AND LOWS NEAR 70. CANT RULE OUT SOME SCT SHRA OR TSRA EACH DAY...BUT ATTM THE BEST CHC FOR PCPN WILL BE TODAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE CHC OF ANY WIDESPREAD SVR WX IS LOW BUT STILL CAN NOT RULE OUT SOME STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HVY RAIN. 07 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1240 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012/ FOR 06Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST OVER THE NEXT 3 HOURS WITH SCT SHRA IN THE AREA. A CLEARING SKY, LIGHT WINDS, AND AMPLE MOISTURE FROM RECENT RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FOG FORMATION ACROSS N AL/S MIDDLE TN, BEGINNING AT 09Z AND CONTINUING UNTIL 13Z. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE CONDITIONS TO DROP/OSCILLATE BTWN MVFR AND IFR. INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FOR BOTH TERMINALS FOR THIS DROP. AFTER 13Z, VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD THEN PREVAIL THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD WITH VCTS INDICATING THE POSSIBILITY OF -TSRA BTWN 18Z AND 02Z. SL.77 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 90 72 91 71 92 / 50 30 20 20 20 SHOALS 90 73 92 72 92 / 50 30 20 20 20 VINEMONT 89 72 90 72 91 / 50 30 20 20 20 FAYETTEVILLE 89 70 91 71 91 / 50 30 20 20 20 ALBERTVILLE 89 71 91 70 91 / 50 30 20 20 20 FORT PAYNE 89 70 90 70 91 / 50 30 20 20 20 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 123 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-142015- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 123 AM CDT SAT JUL 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TODAY. VISIBILITY MAY DROP BELOW 2 MILES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN SHELTERED VALLEY LOCATIONS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. CCC
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:28 UTC.
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a three story home and ignited a fire that resulted in the home being totally destroyed.
Lightning struck a home and ignited a fire, resulting in extensive damage.
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