Two pulse thunderstorms produced isolated wind damage in Marshall County, one during the early afternoon and another during the early evening hours.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Two pulse thunderstorms produced isolated wind damage in Marshall County, one during the early afternoon and another during the early evening hours.
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 18, 11:20 AM CST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1220 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1022 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014/ TEMPS IN MANY AREAS HAVE ALREADY CLIMBED INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S RANGE THIS LATE WED MORNING...UNDER A FAIRLY STAGNANT RIDGE PATTERN. LATEST GUIDANCE IS HINTING AT AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S...AND WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL SETUP XPCTED...THIS CERTAINLY SEEMS REASONABLE. SUBTLE EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES ROTATING CLOCKWISE ALONG THE RIDGE AXIS MAY ALLOW FOR A FEW SHOWERS/TSTMS LATER TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE ERN ZONES WHERE SLIGHTLY HIGHER VALUES OF MOISTURE MAY EXIST. ONLY REAL CHANGE NEEDED TO THE FORECAST WAS TO REFRESH SOME OF THE CURRENT GRIDS BASED ON THE LATEST TRENDS. OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR ANOTHER HOT AND MUGGY DAY THIS AFTERNOON OUTSIDE OF ANY SHOWERS/TSTMS THAT MANAGE TO DEVELOP. 09 && .AVIATION... FOR 18Z TAFS...EVEN WITH SCT/BKN MID/HIGH CLOUDS IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...VFR CONDS ARE XPCTED WELL INTO THE EVENING HRS. -BR OR BRIEF/TEMPO MVFR VIS IS THEN POSSIBLE HEADING INTO THE EARLY MORNING PERIOD...BEFORE CONDS QUICKLY IMPROVE BY 14Z. 09 && .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 530 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-191000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 530 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH A SLIGHTLY GREATER COVERAGE EAST OF A LINE FROM WINCHESTER TO SCOTTSBORO. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS GOING INTO THE WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENS OVER THE REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .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 1228 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ALZ008-181800- MARSHALL AL- 1228 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM CDT... AT 1228 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALBERTVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALBERTVILLE...BOAZ...MCVILLE AND HUSTLEVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3433 8613 3425 8612 3420 8625 3435 8626 TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 083DEG 4KT 3428 8616 09
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:34 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A roof was blown off of a 30 by 100 foot outdoor metal building. Dime sized hail was also reported.
A tree was knocked down onto power lines at Guntersville State Park.
A tree was knocked down. The time was estimated by radar.
A tree was knocked down. The time was estimated by radar.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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