Dry conditions and gusty winds helped a wildfire rapidly spread near the town of Littleville. Nearly 500 acres were burned.
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Dry conditions and gusty winds helped a wildfire rapidly spread near the town of Littleville. Nearly 500 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 Mar 14, 10:43 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1143 AM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 811 AM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014/ S-SW WIND FLOW WILL INCREASE TODAY AS THE LOW LEVEL INVERSION BREAKS. MIXING IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN TO 5-6KFT AGL THIS AFTERNOON BASED ON THE 12Z REDSTONE ARSENAL SOUNDING AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS. THIS SHOULD ENABLE MOMENTUM TRANSFER AND GUSTINESS TO INCREASE. GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH ARE QUITE POSSIBLE, MAINLY IN NWRN AL. TEMPS IN THE M-U60S LOOK ON TARGET AT THIS POINT. MID AND HIGH CLOUDS CROSSING THE MS RIVER ARE STILL EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON. AK && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. GUSTY SWLY FLOW WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING AS MID-HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS MOVE IN. VIRGA OR SPRINKLES MAY OCCUR WITH THESE CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE, BUT NO VSBY RESTRICTIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. LOWER VFR CIGS (~035-040AGL) WILL DEVELOP EARLY SATURDAY MORNING (~09-11Z) AND LIKELY REMAIN IN PLACE THRU THE MORNING HOURS. AK && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 811 AM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014/ S-SW WIND FLOW WILL INCREASE TODAY AS THE LOW LEVEL INVERSION BREAKS. MIXING IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN TO 5-6KFT AGL THIS AFTERNOON BASED ON THE 12Z REDSTONE ARSENAL SOUNDING AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS. THIS SHOULD ENABLE MOMENTUM TRANSFER AND GUSTINESS TO INCREASE. GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH ARE QUITE POSSIBLE, MAINLY IN NWRN AL. TEMPS IN THE M-U60S LOOK ON TARGET AT THIS POINT. MID AND HIGH CLOUDS CROSSING THE MS RIVER ARE STILL EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON. AK && .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 1225 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-151100- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1225 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A large wildfire burned nearly 500 acres near the Twin Pines subdivision in Littleville which is very close to the Franklin/Colbert county line. Gusty winds helped the fire spread. Relative humidity lowered to between 25-35 percent during the afternoon. No structures were impacted.
A large wildfire burned nearly 500 acres near the Twin Pines subdivision in Littleville which is very close to the Franklin/Colbert county 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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