North winds gusted from 30 to 40 mph behind an Arctic cold front during the afternoon hours of the 12th. A tree was blown down onto power lines in northwest Huntsville causing a brief power outage.
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North winds gusted from 30 to 40 mph behind an Arctic cold front during the afternoon hours of the 12th. A tree was blown down onto power lines in northwest Huntsville causing a brief power outage.
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 Nov 12, 11:36 AM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1136 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2013 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 826 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2013/ COLD FRONT IS THROUGH NORTH ALABAMA AS OF 8AM CST. WINDS ARE PICKING UP BEHIND THE FRONT WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 20-30KTS SEEN. TEMPS RANGE FROM 52F AT ALBERTVILLE /8A0/ TO 39F IN WINCHESTER TN /BGF/. LOW CLOUDS AND SPOTTY LIGHT PRECIP WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF -SN MIXING WITH -RA ACROSS MIDDLE TN. COULD SEE A FEW SNOWFLAKES MIX IN WITH THE -RA ACROSS SRN MIDDLE TN...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...BUT DO NOT EXPECT ANY MAJOR IMPACTS/TRAVEL CONCERNS AS PRECIP WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AND LIGHT. A FEW QUICK ADJUSTMENTS TO SHOW TEMPS FALLING THIS MORNING...THEN BECOMING NEARLY STEADY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE UPR 30S TO LWR 40S AS SUNSHINE RETURNS /DESPITE STRONG LOW LVL COLD AIR ADVECTION/. WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY AS GUSTS EXPECTED TO APPROACH AND BRIEFLY EXCEED 35 MPH. DJN.83 && .AVIATION... FOR 18Z TAFS...BACK EDGE OF MVFR CIGS FAST APPROACHING KMSL AND KHSV. CLOUDS ALREADY BREAKING UP IN KMSL AND THIS WILL LIKELY OCCUR AT KHSV BY 19Z. SCT-BKN CIGS BETWEEN 025-035 MAY LINGER/REDEVELOP EVEN BEHIND THIS INITIAL CLEARING LINE BUT CLEARING TREND IS UNDERWAY. OTHER MAIN STORY WILL BE THE WIND. SEEING SUSTAINED WINDS AREAWIDE FROM THE NORTH BTWN 13-21KTS WITH GUSTS BTWN 22-28KTS. WITH TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT...EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE THROUGH 22-00Z. SUNSHINE COULD BRIEFLY ENHANCE WIND GUSTS AS STRONGER WINDS IN 925-850MB LYR MIX DOWN TO SFC. BY 03Z...EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO DIMINISH AND SUSTAINED WINDS SHOULD BE IN THE 5-10KT RANGE. VFR CIGS/VSBY WILL PREVAIL. DJN.83 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALZ001>010-016. TN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR TNZ076-096-097. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1010 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2013 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-130015- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1010 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FILTER ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND RIDGETOPS COULD SEE SLIGHTLY STRONGER WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKS EAST AND INTERACTS WITH INCREASING GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. DJN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown onto power lines on Timberland Avenue in northwest Huntsville. This caused a brief power outage.
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