Clusters of thunderstorms developed quickly during the late morning hours and persisted into the early afternoon. Intense rainfall rates resulted in flooded roadways in Madison County.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Clusters of thunderstorms developed quickly during the late morning hours and persisted into the early afternoon. Intense rainfall rates resulted in flooded roadways in Madison County. Severe hail was reported in Lauderdale 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 Jul 23, 8:26 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 926 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 .UPDATE... REMOVED FOG ADVISORY FOR NERN AL...TWEAKED SKY COVER AND POPS. && .DISCUSSION... NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE FCST ATTM...JUST REMOVED THE FOG ADVISORY FOR NE AL. OTHERWISE TEMPS ARE ALREADY IN THE LOW 80S FOR SEVERAL LOCATIONS. LOOKS LIKE A HOT/HUMID DAY COMING UP WITH SCT SHRA/TSRA MAINLY DURING THE AFTN/EVENING HOURS. NO SVR WX EXPECTED BUT CANT RULE OUT GUSTY WINDS/BRIEF HVY RAIN IN A FEW STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. 07 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 601 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014/ FOR 12Z TAFS... PATCHY BR WILL REDUCE VSBY INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY THRU ~15Z. SOME NEARBY LOCATIONS ALONG THE TN RIVER, ESPECIALLY IN NERN AL< WILL EXPERIENCE LIFR CONDITIONS DUE TO FG. SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA WILL DEVELOP THRU THE DAY IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS MAY OCCUR IN THE SHRA/TSRA ALONG WITH SUDDEN LIGHTNING STRIKES, LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS, AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. WITH COVERAGE BEING SCATTERED, HAVE MENTIONED VCSH IN THE PREVAILING FORECAST, BUT AMENDMENTS MAY BE REQUIRED AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE IN THE REGION LATE TONIGHT INCREASING THE COVERAGE OF SHRA AND TSRA. AK && .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 1157 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-241030- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1157 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...LEADING TO SOME ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHWARD INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER STORMS. A MORE TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN WILL RETURN BY SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH DAILY CHANCES OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. .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
1115 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014
ALZ001-005-231700-
LAUDERDALE AL-LIMESTONE AL-
1115 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE AND
WESTERN LIMESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 1200 PM CDT...
AT 1113 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ROGERSVILLE...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATHENS.
THESE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHWEST.
BRIEF WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY
WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROGERSVILLE...ANDERSON...CAIRO...WHITEHEAD...COXEY...GOOD SPRINGS...
ELGIN AND OLIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND
MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT
DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DON'T
DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3487 8711 3476 8721 3476 8724 3475 8729
3477 8732 3480 8735 3480 8738 3483 8748
3497 8722 3498 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 1613Z 062DEG 4KT 3490 8722
15SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1146 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014
ALZ005-TNZ096-231730-
LIMESTONE AL-LINCOLN TN-
1146 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE AND
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT...
AT 1144 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ARDMORE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
BRIEF WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARDMORE...ELKMONT...TAFT...BLANCHE...HOLLAND GIN...CASH POINT AND
CARTWRIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND
MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT
DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DON'T
DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 3503 8669 3499 8677 3499 8678 3496 8678
3490 8681 3482 8706 3490 8713 3500 8698
3499 8684 3513 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 031DEG 12KT 3503 8680
15The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:27 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Around six inches of water was flowing across the road near the intersection of Tillman Mill road and Highway 99, resulting in flash flooding.
Quarter size hail damaged a car windshield.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2014
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