Severe drought conditions were declared on the 26th for Lincoln and Moore Counties and the northwest half of Franklin County.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Severe drought conditions were declared on the 26th for Lincoln and Moore Counties and the northwest half of Franklin 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 Jun 25, 11:34 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1234 AM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 .UPDATE... FOR 06Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 859 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012/ THE LATEST 0130Z IR SATELLITE IMAGES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THE AREA INDICATE THAT SKIES HAVE BASICALLY BECOME CLEAR ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. WILL BE UPDATING THE ZONES SHORTLY TO IMPROVE AND UPDATE THE WORDING TO THE OVERNIGHT FORECAST. TEMPS LOOK TO BE IN GENERALLY GOOD SHAPE AS FAR AS THE TRENDING IS CONCERNED...SO WILL NOT BE MAKING ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST. TT && .AVIATION... FOR 06Z TAFS...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AT BOTH HSV AND MSL. HAVE KEPT WINDS AT 6 KTS OVERNIGHT AT BOTH SITES AND HAVE INCREASED WINDS SLIGHTLY MORE AT HSV AFTER 14Z ON TUESDAY...COMPARED TO MSL. WINDS SHOULD DECOUPLE AND BECOME LIGHT BETWEEN 01Z AND 02Z THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AT BOTH HSV AND MSL. TT && .FIRE WEATHER... /ISSUED 308 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012/ BASED ON HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON...HAVE GONE AHEAD AND ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR AT LEAST A FEW COUNTIES IN NW ALABAMA. ADDITIONAL COUNTIES MAY NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN A RED FLAG WARNING IF ONE IS ISSUED TOMORROW MORNING. SEE FIRE WEATHER WATCH (HUNRFWHUN) AND FIRE WEATHER FORECAST (HUNFWFHUN) FOR MORE INFORMATION. CCC && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...TN...NONE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 730 PM CDT MON JUN 25 2012 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-261000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 730 PM CDT MON JUN 25 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BEGINNING ON THURSDAY...WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO APPROACH 100 DEGREES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES FORECAST TO BE IN THE 100 TO 104 DEGREE RANGE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .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 were declared on the 26th.
Severe drought (D2) conditions were declared on the 26th.
Severe drought (D2) conditions were declared on the 26th.
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, June 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: 381652, 381653, 381654.