A weak upper level storm system moved through the area and produced some minor snow accumulations on Monte Sano Mountain, in Madison County, Alabama.
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A weak upper level storm system moved through the area and produced some minor snow accumulations on Monte Sano Mountain, in Madison County, 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 Mar 5, 11:40 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1140 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 .UPDATE... FOR 06Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 924 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013/ A POWERHOUSE STORM SYSTEM THAT FORMED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LAST NIGHT HAS ROCKETED TO THE ENE...NOW MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN OHIO TO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA REGION. EARLIER TODAY...IT BROUGHT A BOUT OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. SOME OF THOSE STORMS WERE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS ACTIVITY WAS NOW WELL EAST OF THIS REGION...AFFECTING AREAS FROM SE GEORGIA TO CENTRAL VA/NC. THE WESTERN EDGE OF CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WERE NOW EAST OF A FAYETTEVILLE TO BOAZ LINE. ANOTHER AREA OF MVFR ALTITUDE STRATUS... ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER REFLECTION OF THIS SYSTEM WAS MOVING SE TOWARD THIS REGION FROM IA/MO. MUCH COOLER AIR HAS FILTERED IN FROM THE WEST...WITH 9 PM TEMPERATURES NOW IN THE MID 30S TO AROUND 40... DOWN FROM HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S. WITH A WEAKER PRESSURE GRADIENT...IN PART DUE TO A FASTER EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE SURFACE LOW...WINDS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE DIMINISHED REMARKABLY FROM BREEZY/WINDY CONDITIONS OF THE AFTERNOON. WITH THAT DECREASE IN WIND...HAVE CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT. PER THE CLOUDS MOVING SE FROM THE NW...WINDS SHOULD INCREASE AGAIN BEFORE DAYBREAK WED. THUS WE HAVE THE WIND ADVISORY GOING AGAIN...EFFECTIVE 4 AM THROUGH NOON WED. DRIER AIR CONTINUED MOVING IN AND NEW GUIDANCE CONTINUED THIS TREND...HAVE REMOVED A RAIN MENTION FOR THE EVENING...AND SCALED BACK THE RAIN/SNOW MIX AREAL COVERAGE FOR THE OVERNIGHT. GIVEN THAT AIR TEMPS SHOULD ONLY COOL TO AROUND 30...ONLY SOME ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS OUTDOOR FURNITURE...AN OVERPASS...AND SOME GRASSY SURFACES COULD BE AFFECTED BY VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS BEFORE SUNRISE WED. UPDATED FORECAST/GRIDS HAVE BEEN ALREADY SENT. RSB && .AVIATION... FOR 06Z TAFS... BEFORE TAF ISSUANCE TIME...A LINE OF RAIN/SLEET/SNOW MOVED ACROSS THE REGION...REMAINING JUST EAST OF KHSV. WNW WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IMPULSE INCREASED INTO THE 15-25KT RANGE...WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 35KT. THESE WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE SOMEWHAT OVER THE NEXT HOUR...BUT ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE BEFORE DAYBREAK...AS A STRONGER DISTURBANCE ARRIVES FROM THE NORTH. ALONG WITH INCREASED WINDS...CEILINGS AT KMSL/KHSV SHOULD BE REDUCED TO THE MVFR RANGE FOR MOST OF THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...RETURNING TO VFR IN THE MID AFTERNOON. GUSTY WNW WINDS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO AROUND 5KT SHORTLY AFTER DUSK WED EVENING. RSB && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR ALZ001>010-016. TN...WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR TNZ076-096-097. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 850 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-061115- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 850 PM CST TUE MAR 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...AND SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. AS A RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BEGINNING AT 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE LIKELY...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY...AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. RSB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A light dusting of snow was reported to have occurred on a few cars on Monte Sano Mountain in Madison County, Alabama.
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