A mid level shortwave moved southeast across the Tennessee Valley region during the early morning of June 26th. This upper level system produced a cluster of thunderstorms across a portion of southern middle Tennessee, with lightning causing damage to a home.
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A mid level shortwave moved southeast across the Tennessee Valley region during the early morning of June 26th. This upper level system produced a cluster of thunderstorms across a portion of southern middle Tennessee, with lightning causing damage to a home.
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 27, 1:29 AM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 229 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 .DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE TN VALLEY REMAIN FAIRLY WARM ATTM...RANGING FROM THE LOWER/MID 70S ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA TO NEARLY 80 DEGREES ACROSS OUR TN CO AND FAR NW AL. THIS RANGE IN TEMPERATURES IS PARTLY DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN CLOUD COVER PROVIDED BY THE APPROACHING MCS ACTIVITY TO THE N. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HRS...TWO SEPARATE AREAS OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY HAVE BEEN SLIDING SOUTH ACROSS KY/TN AND HAVE BEEN PRODUCING STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS. ONE AREA OF STORMS IS GENERALLY LOCATED NEAR KNOXVILLE TN WHILE THE OTHER IS DRAPED FROM NEAR PADUCAH TO THE NORTHERN EDGE OF OUR CWA...WITH ADDITIONAL CONVECTION RECENTLY BEGINNING TO BUILD ALONG THE OUTFLOW BETWEEN THE TWO. CLOUD TOPS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MCS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN WARMING FOR THE PAST 2 HRS AND THE LL JET SUPPORTING EARLIER DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND SLIDE PREDOMINANTLY EAST THROUGH 12Z. BULK SHEAR VECTORS ARE TURNING TO BECOME MORE NW-SE ORIENTED...WHICH IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE ORIENTED ALONG THE LINE OF CONVECTION. THIS SHOULD HELP KEEP THE SEVERE THREAT MUCH LOWER ACROSS THE TN VALLEY FOR THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THERE IS A PORTION OF THE LINE THAT HAS BECOME MORE NNW-SSE ORIENTED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HRS THOUGH. CONSIDERING THAT THE FORWARD PROPAGATION AND THE BULK SHEAR ARE BOTH ALIGNED ALONG THIS...SOME AREAS COULD SEE TRAINING OF STORMS AS THE LINE SLIDES INTO THE CWA. THE NOSE OF WARMER TEMPS REACHING INTO N MS/W CENTRAL TN MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO KEEP THIS PORTION OF THE LINE GOING AS IT MOVES SOUTHWARD. THEREFORE...MAY HAVE TO MONITOR MORE FOR A FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL IF THE LINE HOLDS TOGETHER AS IT REACHES US. THIS LINE SHOULD SLIDE SOUTH OF THE CWA DURING THE MORNING AND IS THEREFORE EXPECTED TO ALLOW FOR SOME CLEARING BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH A LACK OF A PUSH OF COOL/DRY AIR BEHIND THE SYSTEM...AFTERNOON CONVECTION MAY BUBBLE UP...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NE PORTION OF THE CWA. NW AL WILL LIKELY SEE THE GREATER TEMP RECOVERY BEHIND THE LINE THOUGH...AND COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS AROUND 70 WILL LIKELY SEE HEAT INDEX VALUES PUSH TOWARD THE 100 DEGREE MARK. LOOKING ON THE LARGER SCALE FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...THE MID LEVEL RIDGES OVER THE ROCKIES/WESTERN CONUS AND THE ATLANTIC WILL BOTH STRENGTHEN WHILE THE EASTERN CONUS TROF DEEPENS. THIS WILL KEEP THE TN VALLEY IN LARGELY NW FLOW THROUGH LATE FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT SHOULD THEN SLIDE ACROSS THE OH/TN VALLEYS FRIDAY...BRINGING YET ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS. WE SHOULD NOT EXPECT MUCH OF A DRY PERIOD BEHIND THE FRONT AS THE MID LEVEL LOW SPIRALS SOUTH TOWARD THE AREA AND BECOMES SLIGHTLY SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN FLOW. OUR PROXIMITY TO THE LOW WILL PROVIDE COOLER TEMPS FOR SUNDAY/MONDAY (HIGHS IN THE LOWER/MID 80S) AND WAVES OF PVA AROUND THE LOW ENHANCING THE POTENTIAL FOR SHRA/TSRA. THE ATLANTIC RIDGE WILL THEN START BUILDING IN EARNEST...DRIVING THE LOW/TROF TO RETROGRADE THROUGH LATE WEEK. THIS WILL SHIFT US OUT OF OUR SLIGHTLY COOLER TREND AND ALLOW FOR A WARMING PERIOD DURING NEXT WEEK. IN ADDITION...IT WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR MORE DIURNAL CONVECTION AS DEWPOINTS ALSO START SURGING ONCE AGAIN TOWARD THE 70 DEGREE MARK. CCC && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1205 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013/ FOR 06Z TAFS... STORMS ARE APPROACHING FROM WEST CENTRAL TN WHICH WILL LIKELY IMPACT AT LEAST NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THUS, HAVE INCLUDED A DROP TO MVFR WITH THE HEAVIER TSRA FOR BOTH TERMINALS. POST TSRA SHOWERS ARE THEN POSSIBLE BTWN 10-19Z. THEN, A SFC COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED AFTER 19Z WHICH SHOULD BRING THE -SHRA ACTIVITY TO AN END WITH GUSTY NW WINDS. SL.77 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 91 73 94 70 / 40 20 60 30 SHOALS 94 72 94 69 / 20 20 50 30 VINEMONT 90 71 91 68 / 40 20 60 40 FAYETTEVILLE 91 72 90 68 / 40 20 60 30 ALBERTVILLE 88 69 92 70 / 50 20 60 40 FORT PAYNE 89 68 91 68 / 50 20 60 40 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 611 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-271000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 611 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... A STORM SYSTEM WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO A PASSING UPPER WAVE. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE...WITH BRIEF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS ON FRIDAY...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AGAIN THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
224 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
ALZ006-009-TNZ096-270815-
MADISON AL-JACKSON AL-LINCOLN TN-
224 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MADISON...NORTHWESTERN
JACKSON AND SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM CDT...
AT 221 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST
OF ARDMORE TO HUNTLAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MERIDIANVILLE TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINCHESTER...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOORES MILL...MERIDIANVILLE...HAZEL GREEN...NEW MARKET AND SKYLINE.
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 3502 8632 3499 8632 3499 8624 3478 8609
3479 8670 3491 8679 3499 8678 3499 8684
3504 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 308DEG 28KT 3501 8673 3499 8629
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 249 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 ALZ001-002-004-005-270815- LAUDERDALE AL-LAWRENCE AL-COLBERT AL-LIMESTONE AL- 249 AM CDT THU JUN 27 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LAUDERDALE...NORTHERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN COLBERT AND NORTHWESTERN LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 AM CDT... AT 248 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEXINGTON...OR 14 MILES EAST OF UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TOWN CREEK...ROGERSVILLE...KILLEN...LEIGHTON...LEXINGTON...NORTH COURTLAND...COURTLAND...HILLSBORO...ANDERSON AND LESTER. 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 3500 8708 3461 8713 3460 8759 3500 8757 TIME...MOT...LOC 0748Z 356DEG 29KT 3495 8746 07
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:56 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a tree, resulting in it falling onto a home along Highway 231 about a mile north of the Tennessee and Alabama border in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
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