During the late evening hours of the 30th, strong and gusty winds behind a cold front tore off a portion of a metal roof of a shed and knocked trees down in DeKalb County.
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During the late evening hours of the 30th, strong and gusty winds behind a cold front tore off a portion of a metal roof of a shed and knocked trees down in DeKalb 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 Jan 30, 9:24 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 924 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 .UPDATE... EVENING FORECAST UPDATE && .DISCUSSION... THE SECOND COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO SLIDE ACROSS THE REGION...BRINGING PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. WIND GUSTS OF ANYWHERE FROM 25 TO MORE THAN 40 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE CWA OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AS THIS LEADING EDGE OF THE STRONG COLD ADVECTION TRACKS EASTWARD. AS EACH LINE OF SHOWERS PASSES IT SEEMS THAT GUSTS INCREASE AGAIN...WITH EVEN THE LIGHT RAIN EVIDENTLY HELPING DRAW DOWN THE STRONGER WINDS JUST OFF THE DECK. WITH PRESSURE RISING RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT...COLD TEMPERATURES HAVE ALSO STARTED TO FILTER INTO THE AREA. TEMPS AS OF 23Z WERE CLOSE TO 50 DEGREES WHILE THE 03Z OBS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN TO THE LOW 40S/UPPER 30S. (DEWPOINTS HAVE SIMILARLY FALLEN QUICKLY WITH VALUES ALREADY BELOW FZG VS 4 HOURS AGO WHEN TD READINGS WERE LARGELY IN THE MID 40S). GOING WITH CURRENT TRENDS...POCKETS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH CLOSER TO 3AM. HAVE THEREFORE INCREASED THE MENTION OF POPS SLIGHTLY THROUGH THAT TIMEFRAME. THE STRONG COLD ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE AND ALLOW TEMPS TO DROP BELOW FREEZING BY EARLY MORNING...BUT AM ANTICIPATING THAT MOST OF THE PRECIP WILL HAVE MOVE EASTWARD BEFORE WE REALIZE THE FZG TEMPS. COULD A FEW OF OUR HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS STILL SEE A FEW FLURRIES BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE BRIEFLY IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS? POSSIBLY. BUT AM MORE CONFIDENT IN THE DRYING OCCURRING BEFORE THE SUBFREEZING AIR ARRIVES. MADE MINOR CHANGES TO THE TEMP AND DEWPOINT TRENDS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SLIGHTLY FASTER ARRIVAL OF COOL/DRY AIR VS. THE GOING FORECAST...AND ALSO INCREASED WIND GUSTS THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. BUT AFTER ABOUT 3AM THE GUSTS SHOULD STILL START TO SLACKEN A BIT MORE AS SUBSIDENCE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. CCC && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 546 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013/ FOR 00Z TAFS...OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE ACROSS AND EAST OF THE TERMINALS...BRINGING A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY STRONG WESTERLY GUSTS AND MVFR CIGS WITH LT RAIN. AFTERWARDS...WINDS SHOULD REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY OUT OF THE WEST THROUGH THE EVENING BUT AM EXPECTING SFC WIND GUSTS TO DECREASE IN THE EARLY MORNING AND LEAD TO BORDERLINE LLWS AT BOTH TERMINALS. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE GUSTS WILL NOT SLACKEN THOUGH...WHICH WOULD MINIMIZE THE CHC FOR LLWS CONDITIONS. EITHER WAY...BLUSTERY CONDITIONS WILL PICK BACK UP DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TOMORROW. CCC && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 149 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013/ NOT MANY CHANGES WERE NEEDED TO THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. THE DEEPENING UPPER TROF WILL BECOME MORE ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE ERN CONUS AND CANADA. AN ARCTIC FRONT IS STILL SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE THURSDAY EVENING WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF -SHSN POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, MOISTURE DEPTH DECREASES SUBSTANTIALLY UPON ARRIVING IN THE TN VALLEY. WILL MAINTAIN THE SCHC -SHSN IN THE FORECAST FOR NOW FOR SRN TN AND NRN AL, BUT THE CHC APPEARS TO BE DECREASING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL TRANSLATE QUICKLY SEWD ON FRIDAY THRU THE REGION BEFORE ANOTHER UPPER WAVE ARRIVES ON SATURDAY. THIS TIME, ARCTIC AIR WILL HAVE RETREATED AND WEAK TO MODERATE WARM ADVECTION IN ADVANCE OF THE SYSTEM SHOULD KEEP PCPN ALL LIQUID. WE HAVE BUMPED POPS JUST A BIT MORE INTO THE CHC RANGE ON SATURDAY WITH FAIRLY GOOD CONSISTENCY AMONGST THE GFS/ECWMF AND SUFFICIENT -DIVQ TO IMPLY UVV NECESSARY. AK && .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 925 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-311115- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 925 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... THE COMBINATION OF BREEZY CONDITIONS AND DRY AIR MOVING INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL EVAPORATE MOISTURE FROM MOST AREA ROADS. HOWEVER...A FEW PATCHES OF BLACK ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AS AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. A BRIEF LIGHT DUSTING MAY BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHEST TERRAIN OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. OTHERWISE...ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 70/DD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 628 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-310430- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...RUSSELLVILLE... MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...GUNTERSVILLE... SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE... WINCHESTER 628 PM CST WED JAN 30 2013 OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...THE COLD FRONT BRINGING THE PUSH OF MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. WIND GUSTS ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...IMPACTING LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. LOCATIONS IN HIGHER TERRAIN WILL LIKELY SEE STRONGER WINDS. PERIODS OF LIGHT RAINFALL WILL ALSO PERSIST ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN ADDITION...ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE...INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A metal roof was partially torn off of a shed on County Road 127 on Lookout Mountain in Fort Payne, Alabama. Several trees were also reported knocked down throughout the county, but no specifics were provided.
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