Dry conditions and gusty winds helped a wildfire rapidly spread along DeKalb County Road 169 near the Alabama and Georgia state line. Around 100 acres were burned.
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Dry conditions and gusty winds helped a wildfire rapidly spread along DeKalb County Road 169 near the Alabama and Georgia state line. Around 100 acres were burned.
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 Apr 1, 11:01 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1201 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1021 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014/ A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH AHEAD OF A DRY-SLOTTED LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES STILL EXTENDS FROM EXTREME EASTERN TN SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH MADISON AND INTO FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN ALABAMA. THIS BOUNDARY BROUGHT US A FEW SPRINKLES THIS MORNING...BUT PRIMARILY PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS. THIS BOUNDARY IS PUSHING EAST...BUT CLOUD COVER HAS BACKBUILT ALONG THE BACK EDGE OF IT SO FAR THIS MORNING A BIT. AT ITS CURRENT MOTION THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD PUSH SOUTHEAST OF MUCH OF THE AREA BY 18Z. THEREFORE...HAVE LEFT MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HYTOP TO HUNTSVILLE TO WEST POINT. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST BY MODELS TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN LOUISIANA AND WESTERN MS LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THIS COULD BRING INCREASED CLOUD COVER AGAIN TO NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS FIELD SUGGEST MAYBE MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS IN NW AL. HOWEVER...DUE TO LIMITED DEPTH OF MOISTURE ...WILL ONLY FORECAST PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY INTO THE 65 TO 70 DEGREE RANGE IN MANY LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES ADVECTION IS PRETTY NEUTRAL BASED ON UPPER AIR ANALYSIS...SO BELIEVE MAINLY DIURNAL HEATING WILL DRIVE HIGH TEMPERATURES. ONLY TWEAKED TEMPERATURES UP A DEGREE OR TWO. MAINLY 76 TO 81 DEGREE IN NW AL AND 75 TO 80 ELSEWHERE. LOWERED RH VALUES AND DEWPOINTS A LITTLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN OUR SE COUNTIES. KTW && .AVIATION... FOR 18Z TAFS... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE ENTIRE TAF PERIOD. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. KTW && .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 1221 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-021100- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1221 PM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE STARTING LATE WEDNESDAY ...AS AN UPPER DISTURBANCE PULLS OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AND ORGANIZE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...AS A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PUSH EASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire burned around 100 acres on DeKalb County Road 169 near the Alabama and Georgia state line. Gusty winds helped the fire spread. Relative humidity lowered to between 25-35 percent during the afternoon. No structures were impacted.
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