Thunderstorms developed in middle Tennessee and dropped southward into southern middle Tennessee during the early evening hours. Isolated wind damage occurred in Lincoln County.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed in middle Tennessee and dropped southward into southern middle Tennessee during the early evening hours. Isolated wind damage occurred in Lincoln 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 Jun 20, 5:38 PM CST, 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 638 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 .UPDATE... FOR 00Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 338 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013/ SHORT TERM: WATER VAPOR SATELLITE DATA AND UPPER AIR ANALYSES CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF A STRENGTHENING MID-TROPOSPHERIC HIGH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...DOWNSTREAM FROM A STATIONARY UPPER LOW ACROSS WASHINGTON/OREGON. TO THE EAST OF THE RIDGE...A WEAKER MID-LEVEL VORT MAX WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST- SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE LOWER OHIO/UPPER TENNESSEE VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON...AND THIS HAS LIKELY PROVIDED THE NECESSARY FORCING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY SOUTHWESTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. THE MID-LEVEL WAVE IS PROGGED TO WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY AS IT DROPS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT IN NORTHERLY FLOW REGIME EAST OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS MID- LEVEL HIGH. HOWEVER...MOST NWP GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT NORTHWEST FLOW IN THE 700-500 MB LAYER WILL INCREASE TO 15-20 KNOTS AS THE WAVE PASSES...AND THIS MAY ALLOW RESIDUAL AFTERNOON CONVECTION TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE REGION FROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALTHOUGH THE COVERAGE OF STORMS MAY BE A BIT HIGHER IF A COLD POOL CAN ORGANIZE AND SEND A STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD...WILL ONLY MAKE A MINOR UPWARD ADJUSTMENT TO POPS FOR THE SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA COUNTIES. AS IS TYPICALLY THE CASE DURING THE SUMMER...GUSTY WINDS, LIGHTNING, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST CELLS...BUT ANY ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY BY 21/03Z. DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD...A WEAK UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS GEORGIA/SOUTH CAROLINA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RETROGRADE ACROSS THE AREA BY SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT...WHILE GRADUALLY EVOLVING FROM AN INVERTED TROUGH INTO A BROAD WEAKNESS IN THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE. WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE POP FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TOMORROW...AS MID-LEVEL FLOW VEERS TO NORTHEAST -- POTENTIALLY ALLOWING ANY CONVECTION THAT FORMS ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EAST TENNESSEE TO DRIFT SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE AREA. OTHERWISE...WILL ONLY KEEP A SILENT 10 POP IN PLACE FROM FRIDAY NIGHT-SATURDAY NIGHT...AS WEAK FORCING SHOULD RESULT IN LITTLE THREAT FOR CONVECTION DURING THIS PERIOD. HOWEVER...LOW-LEVEL SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE INVERTED TROUGH SHIFTS TO THE WEST OF THE AREA...AND THIS WILL ALLOW DEEPER MOISTURE/CLOUD COVER TO ARRIVE BY SUNDAY MORNING. 70/DD LONG TERM: THE WEAK LOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL EVENTUALLY DRIFT NORTHWARD AND GET REABSORBED INTO THE FLOW EARLY IN THE WEEK, BUT SOME AMOUNT OF WEAK TROUGHING WILL PERSIST OVER THE EASTERN CONUS THROUGH TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SO BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF MOS POPS CONTINUE WITH A 20 AT NIGHT, 30 DURING THE DAY, AND THESE VALUES STILL SEEM REASONABLE IN LIGHT OF THE EXPECTED PATTERN. MEDIUM-RANGE MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT ABOUT A FAIRLY ROBUST SHORTWAVE TROUGH SWINGING ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN CONUS LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. THERE WAS DISAGREEMENT ON DEPTH AND TIMING, BUT 12Z RUNS AND NORTH AMERICAN ENSEMBLES INDICATE GROWING CONSENSUS THAT A FAIRLY LARGE, LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL BE CARVED OUT OVER THE EASTERN CONUS THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. BASED UPON THIS SOLUTION, DECIDED TO GO WITH A SOMEWHAT WETTER FORECAST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. IF THE TROUGH IS AS ROBUST AS INDICATED, THESE POPS WILL NEED TO BE RAISED FURTHER AND TEMPERATURES WILL NEED TO BE LOWERED. GFS AND ECMWF MOS TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED ARE STRONGLY CLIMO-BASED, AND THIS STILL LOOKS REASONABLE. BCC && .AVIATION... FOR 00Z TAFS...VFR CONDS WILL PERSIST THRU THE PERIOD. SCT SHRA/TSRA REMAIN IN THE REGION BUT WITH SUNSET APPROACHING... STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE QUICKLY. BTWN 01-02Z...SHRA/TSRA WILL APPROACH KHSV AND PROVIDE A BRIEF SHIFT TO N WINDS BUT EXPECT PREDOMINANT VFR CIGS/VIS EVEN IF A STORM MAKES IT TO THE TERMINAL BEFORE SUNSET. FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD...EXPECT MUCH OF A REPEAT WITH A QUIET NIGHT AND SCT VFR CU DEVELOPMENT TOMORROW. AFTN SHRA/TSRA MAY AGAIN BUILD BUT WILL LIKELY REMAIN EAST OF THE TERMINALS. CCC && .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 706 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-210400- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 706 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .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
432 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
TNZ097-202215-
FRANKLIN TN-
432 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 515
PM CDT...
AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DECHERD...OR 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WINCHESTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEWANEE...DECHERD...ESTILL SPRINGS AND COWAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING
ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3534 8603 3533 8602 3531 8600 3532 8598
3528 8591 3522 8587 3522 8586 3519 8587
3511 8605 3528 8616 3534 8605 3534 8603
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 204DEG 4KT 3523 8605
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
524 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
TNZ097-202315-
FRANKLIN TN-
524 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 615
PM CDT...
AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WINCHESTER...WHICH WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...SEWANEE...DECHERD AND COWAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING
ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3509 8586 3502 8586 3501 8623 3521 8619
3523 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 189DEG 5KT 3516 8611
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
613 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
ALZ009-210000-
JACKSON AL-
613 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL
700 PM CDT...
AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
WEST OF SOUTH PITTSBURG TO BRIDGEPORT AND WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT
10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRIDGEPORT AND STEVENSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3474 8571 3485 8596 3499 8589 3499 8576
3495 8560 3487 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 036DEG 11KT 3500 8587 3495 8570
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
636 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
TNZ076-097-210000-
MOORE TN-FRANKLIN TN-
636 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL MOORE AND CENTRAL
FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ESTILL
SPRINGS TO LYNCHBURG...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH
OF MANCHESTER TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...LYNCHBURG...DECHERD AND ESTILL SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3534 8603 3534 8603 3531 8600 3532 8598
3523 8588 3522 8590 3509 8630 3527 8642
3534 8621 3533 8620 3535 8619 3536 8617
3535 8616 3536 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 309DEG 15KT 3533 8611 3524 8636
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
700 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
TNZ076-097-210045-
MOORE TN-FRANKLIN TN-
700 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOORE AND CENTRAL
FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LYNCHBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...COWAN AND HUNTLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING
ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3511 8590 3500 8627 3505 8632 3513 8632
3512 8633 3513 8635 3515 8635 3512 8636
3513 8637 3514 8637 3519 8638 3530 8627
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 309DEG 15KT 3519 8628
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
729 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
ALZ006-009-TNZ096-097-210100-
MADISON AL-JACKSON AL-LINCOLN TN-FRANKLIN TN-
729 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MADISON...
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN
COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HUNTLAND...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUNTLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING
ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3513 8635 3512 8633 3513 8631 3500 8604
3479 8624 3501 8649 3513 8637 3512 8636
3513 8636 3514 8636 3515 8635
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 309DEG 15KT 3504 8636
07The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large 100-year old trees between Flintville School Road and Red House Road near Elora. The back of a shed was blown out around this area. Time estimated by radar.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 2013
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