Scattered thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall and frequent lightning, that resulted in a home being struck by lightning in north central Alabama.
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Scattered thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall and frequent lightning, that resulted in a home being struck by lightning in north central Alabama.
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 Aug 8, 11:30 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1230 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1036 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013/ LOW LEVEL CONVERGENT BOUNDARY DRAPED W TO E ACROSS MID TN CONTINUES TO RESULT IN CLUSTERS OF HEAVY RAIN/TSTMS BACKBUILDING/TRAINING FROM THE W. MULTIPLE FLOODING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AROUND THE NASHVILLE AREA. CLOSER TO HOME...MUCH MORE QUIET WX CONDS PREVAIL FOR NOW UNDER A FAIRLY STRONG NOCTURNAL CAP...ALTHOUGH THIS SHOULD BEGIN TO BREAK SHORTLY WITH THE INCREASE IN LATENT HEATING. STILL XPCT CONVECTION TO DEVELOP HEADING INTO THE AFTERNOON HRS GIVEN THE UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE. BETTER COVERAGE LOOKS TO EVOLVE ACROSS THE NRN ZONES CLOSER TO THE LINGERING CONVERGENT BOUNDARY COUPLED WITH PERSISTENT UPPER WAVES OUT OF SRN MO/NRN AR TRAVERSING TO THE E. CONVECTION MAY TREND MORE SCT IN NATURE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA GIVEN THE LACK OF A SIG FOCUS MECH...UNLESS STAGNANT MESOSCALE/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM YESTERDAY'S STORMS ARE STILL PRESENT. THE BIGGEST THREAT FROM ANY STORMS WILL CERTAINLY BE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS/LOCALIZED FLOODING...ALTHOUGH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING REMAIN A POSSIBILITY AS WELL. 09 && .AVIATION... FOR 18Z TAFS...VFR CONDS ARE GENERALLY XPCTED TO PREVAIL AT BOTH MAIN TERMINALS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. SCT CU FIELD INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH MID/HIGH LEVEL DEBRIS CLOUDS STREAMING S/E WILL BE THE GENERAL TREND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON PERIOD...ALTHOUGH CIGS ARE PREDOM XPCTED TO REMAIN ABOVE VFR LEVELS. SCT SHRA/TSRA WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH UNCERTAINTY IN THE PLACEMENT/TIMING OF ANY CONVECTION WARRANTS JUST A VCTS AROUND 21Z AS OF NOW. CONVECTION IS THEN XPCTED TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING...WITH QUIET CONDS PREVAILING INTO THE MORNING HRS FRI. ONLY OTHER CONCERN MAY BE SOME -BR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HRS...ALTHOUGH THIS REMAINS UNCERTAIN AS WELL GIVEN THE LACK OF BR/FG DEVELOPMENT THE PAST COUPLE OF MORNINGS. 09 && .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 155 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-091000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 155 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A VERY MOIST AND WARM AIRMASS WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE INTENSE RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 259 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 ALZ005-006-082100- MADISON AL-LIMESTONE AL- 259 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF ARDMORE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATHENS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MADISON...ATHENS...REDSTONE ARSENAL...HARVEST AND ELKMONT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS...ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL UNSECURED ITEMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS PASSED. HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3499 8662 3465 8665 3470 8709 3497 8698 TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 273DEG 15KT 3495 8694 3471 8704 09
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning damaged a house at the intersection of Sandlin Street and Bethel Road, just east-southeast of Elkmont, Alabama.
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