A strong low level jet moving across the tennessee valley ahead of a cold front produced some minor non-thunderstorm related wind damage in northeast Alabama.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A strong low level jet moving across the tennessee valley ahead of a cold front produced some minor non-thunderstorm related wind damage in northeast 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 Jan 10, 8:12 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 812 PM CST THU JAN 10 2013 .UPDATE... EVENING UPDATE. && .DISCUSSION... MILD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS EVENING, WITH TEMPS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S AT THIS HOUR. (THIS IS A FAR CRY FROM NORMAL LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S AND DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.) THE MILD AIR IN PLACE OVER THE SOUTHEAST IS THANKS TO AN UPPER LOW EJECTING NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE TX/OK BORDER TO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY, SENDING A PLUME OF MOISTURE NORTHWARD ACROSS OUR CWA THIS EVENING. AT THE SFC, THE WARM FRONT IS WELL NORTH OF THE AL/TN BORDER AS OF THIS WRITING, WITH THE COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE ARKLAMISS. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IS DISSIPATING CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHWESTERN AL, WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF GUSTY WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE ACTIVITY. EARLIER ACTIVITY DISSIPATING OVER TUPELO, MS PRODUCED A 43MPH WIND GUST, SO WILL MONITOR THIS THREAT AS THE ACTIVITY APPROACHES OUR LOCAL AREA. FOR TONIGHT, A FEW CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE PUBLIC FORECAST. OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE INCREASED A FEW DEGREES, AND AS SUCH, HOURLY GRIDS WERE TWEAKED AS WELL. GIVEN THE LACK OF INSTABILITY, HAVE PARSED OUT THE THUNDER WORDING TO ISOLATED FOR THE AREA TONIGHT. ALSO, GIVEN THE TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AS THE LOW APPROACHES TO THE NORTHWEST, WINDS HAVE INCREASED ACCORDINGLY, SO GRIDS WERE TWEAKED TO MATCH CURRENT/EXPECTED OBS AS WELL. UPDATED ZONES ALREADY SENT. 12 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 604 PM CST THU JAN 10 2013/ FOR 00Z TAFS... SHOWERS WILL LINGER IN THE VICINITY OF THE TERMINALS THROUGH MUCH OF THE TAF PERIOD, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF VICINITY THUNDER OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES TOWARD THE AREA. OTHERWISE, SHOWERS WILL BE PRESENT FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES OFF TO THE NORTH AND EAST. BY THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD, CEILINGS WILL IMPROVE SOME, WITH AN OVC 3KFT DECK (MVFR/VFR) EXPECTED BY THIS TIME TOMORROW. 12 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 346 PM CST THU JAN 10 2013/ UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUED ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...AS A STORM SYSTEM THAT AFFECTED MUCH OF TX/LA/MS AND THE ADJACENT GULF COAST FINALLY MOVES TOWARD THE NE. THE 500MB REFLECTION OF THIS SYSTEMS LOW WAS SPINNING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AS OF DAYBREAK...WAS NOW FURTHER TO THE NE ACROSS THE CENTRAL TX/OK RED RIVER. A LARGE FETCH OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE PACIFIC EAST OF HAWAII WAS MOVING THIS DIRECTION. THE SURFACE REFLECTION OF THIS SYSTEM HAD A WEAK LOW OVER OKLAHOMA...WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST TO KY/TN. GIVEN THAT HAS PLACED THIS REGION IN THE 'WARM SECTOR'...HIGH TEMPS ACROSS THE VALLEY SO FAR CONTINUE WELL ABOVE SEASONABLE NORMS...NOW IN THE LOWER 60S WITH 5-10 MPH SE WINDS. AN AREA OF CONVECTION THAT HAS AFFECTED PARTS OF THE GULF COAST AND REGION FROM TX/LA BORDER...NOW TO THE SOUTHERN MS/AL LINE. OTHER MORE ISOLATED/SCATTERED CONVECTION WERE MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN/CENTRAL AL/GA. OUTPUT FROM THE GFS/ECMWF/RAP AND OUR LOCAL WRF WERE IN GOOD AGREEMENT BRINGING MORE SHOWERS AND SOME T-STORMS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL BE GUSTY WINDS IN THE 30-40 MPH RANGE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN ITEM...WITH LOCALLY AN INCH OR SO POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAINS APPEAR WILL BE MAINLY ACROSS NW AND MAY BE NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. RAIN CHANCES SHOULD DIMINISH SOMEWHAT DURING FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...AS THE AREA OF RAIN MOVES TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE REGION. EVEN THOUGH RAIN CHANCES WILL LOWER SOMEWHAT TOMORROW...PERSISTENT AND RATHER DEEP MOISTURE WILL KEEP CLOUDS IN THE PICTURE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. ANY SUN BREAKING THROUGH WILL BE A RARE EVENT IN THIS STAGNANT PATTERN. RAIN CHANCES HOWEVER PICK UP AGAIN LATTER IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS A COLD FRONT FINALLY MAKE ITS WAY THIS DIRECTION FROM THE NW. FOR THE PERIOD FROM SUNDAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK... STAYED CLOSER TO THE ECMWF. RUNS FROM THE GFS HAD BEEN ADVERTISING A STRONG FRONTAL PASSAGE...WHICH APPARENTLY WILL BE DELAYED MORE (THAN ITS CURRENT RUN IS SHOWING). WITH THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE...A COOLER TREND IN TEMPERATURES IS FORECAST BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THE ECMWF THIS GO AROUND WAS ALSO STALLING THE FRONT OVER/IN THE VICINITY OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. HAVE LOWERED RAIN CHANCES FOR TUE-THU AS THE FRONT LOOKS TO PUSH A BIT TO THE SOUTH OF HERE...BUT WILL KEEP SOME MENTION OF RAIN IN THE FORECAST GIVEN THAT IT WILL NOT MOVE TOO FAR TO THE SOUTH. DEPENDING UPON THE EXACT POSITION OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL REMAINS IN THE CARDS. WITH THE AXIS OF THE HEAVIEST RAINS REMAINING WEST OF HERE...WILL HOLD OFF ON A HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT THIS ISSUANCE. IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE... HYDRO ISSUES COULD ARISE THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. RSB && .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 736 PM CST THU JAN 10 2013 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-111100- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 736 PM CST THU JAN 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWEST OF THE AREA. SOME STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. DUE TO HIGH SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...SOME PONDING OF WATER AND BRIEF URBAN FLOODING MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... AN UNSETTLED AND WET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AS UNSEASONABLY MILD AND HUMID AIR FLOWS INTO THE REGION. SOME STORMS WILL AGAIN BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE THREAT FOR MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT SETTLES INTO THE REGION. NEAR STEADY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK...WITH THE COLD FRONT REMAINING NEARLY STAGNANT ACROSS THE AREA. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS THEN EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AS THE FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS MAY REACH 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS MUCH RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED RUNOFF WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS...AND POSSIBLY SOME INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING. .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.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A small tree and several large limbs were downed due to strong non-thunderstorm winds along highway 65 near Princeton Alabama to highway 72.
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