A strong thunderstorm developed in north central Alabama, producing lightning that did some damage to a house after a large tree limb (after being struck by the lightning) fell on it.
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A strong thunderstorm developed in north central Alabama, producing lightning that did some damage to a house after a large tree limb (after being struck by the lightning) fell on it.
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 May 30, 2:40 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 340 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2014 .DISCUSSION... THE LARGELY STAGNANT PATTERN OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY CONTINUES. THE CUTOFF LOW HAS RETROGRADED SLIGHTLY TO RIGHT OVER THE ARKLATEX BORDER. HOWEVER, A LACK OF ORGANIZED FORCING HAS LED TO CONVECTIVE INITIATION OVER THE UNDULATING TERRAIN OF EAST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA, WHICH HAS GRADUALLY PROPAGATED WESTWARD ACROSS JACKSON AND DEKALB COUNTIES. MEANWHILE, CUMULUS FINALLY HAVE ERUPTED INTO THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA AS WELL. BASED ON RADAR TRENDS THIS AFTERNOON, THE FORECAST WILL INCLUDE HIGHER POPS OVER NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA THIS EVENING. PATCHY FOG WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED OVERNIGHT, AS DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS WILL FALL TO NEAR ZERO AND MOISTURE WILL BE ADDED BY THE SHOWERS AND STORMS. HOWEVER, FOG COVERAGE AND DENSITY WILL DEPEND ON LINGERING CLOUD COVER. MODEL AGREEMENT OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS IS FAIRLY GOOD. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO RETROGRADE, GETTING SHOVED TO THE SOUTHWEST, THEN SOUTH, EVENTUALLY ENDING UP IN THE TROPICAL PACIFIC REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL PLACE THE TENNESSEE VALLEY IN BETWEEN RIDGES SUNDAY-MONDAY, THEN NEAR--BUT NOT DIRECTLY UNDER--A BUILDING SUBTROPICAL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THIS LIKELY MEANS CONTINUED MAINLY DIURNAL SHOWERS AND STORMS AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH SYNOPTIC-SCALE FORCING, BUT THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH CONVECTIVE INHIBITION OR SUBSIDENCE EITHER. THEREFORE THE FORECAST WILL CONTINUE TO INCLUDE POPS ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY BUT NOT NECESSARILY AS HIGH AS SOME OF THE MOS VALUES. IT IS A VERY TYPICAL STORY FOR THE TENNESSEE VALLEY IN EARLY JUNE. THERE WILL BE SOME CONVECTIVE ENHANCEMENT SUNDAY AS A SO-CALLED BACKDOOR FRONT OR WEDGE FRONT PUSHES IN FROM THE EAST. THIS MIGHT ENHANCE CONVERGENCE AND STORM COVERAGE, DESPITE HAVING AN UPPER HIGH PARKED OVER THE LOWER APPALACHIANS. ANOTHER MINOR INCREASE IN POPS IS WARRANTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS A FAIRLY ROBUST SHORTWAVE SKIMS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES, BUT NEVER MAKES ANY PROGRESS SOUTHWARD. THIS WILL DRIVE A WEAKENING FRONT INTO TENNESSEE, BUT IT WILL WASH OUT WEDNESDAY MORNING. MODELS DIVERGE MID TO LATE WEEK. THE ECMWF IS STRONGER AND DEEPER WITH THE RIDGE, AND THUS STRONGER WITH THE SUBSIDENCE AND DRIER AND HOTTER OVERALL, WHEREAS THE GFS KEEPS THE REGION ON THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE. HIGH TEMP FORECASTS WILL BE BUMPED UP A FEW DEGREES IN LINE WITH THIS SCENARIO, TAKING MUCH OF THE AREA SOLIDLY INTO THE 90S BY WEDNESDAY. BOTH MODELS BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN THE RIDGE TO SOME EXTENT NEXT WEEKEND IN RESPONSE TO A SHORTWAVE TRACKING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. BCC && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 111 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2014/ FOR 18Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL OUTSIDE OF ANY REDUCTIONS DUE TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE TAFS HAVE INDICATED MVFR VIS REDUCTIONS...ALTHOUGH IFR CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH STRONGER STORMS. WINDS WILL SLACKEN AFTER SUNSET AND DEPENDING ON RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND CLOUD COVER....LIGHT FOG MAY OCCUR. WITH LOW CONFIDENCE...DID NOT INCLUDE IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. JMS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 67 87 67 87 / 20 40 20 40 SHOALS 67 87 66 88 / 20 40 20 40 VINEMONT 64 84 64 84 / 20 40 20 40 FAYETTEVILLE 64 85 66 84 / 20 40 20 40 ALBERTVILLE 65 85 67 84 / 20 40 20 40 FORT PAYNE 62 84 63 83 / 20 40 20 40 && .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 155 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2014 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-311030- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 155 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. PATCHY FOG FORMATION IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AND BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OR NEAR AREAS THAT RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A MORE TYPICAL SUMMER-LIKE PATTERN OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING STORMS IS EXPECTED EACH DAY FROM SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SUDDEN CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH THIS ACTIVITY. .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
1236 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2014
ALZ009-301800-
JACKSON AL-
1236 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY
UNTIL 100 PM CDT...
AT 1235 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HIGDON...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRIDGEPORT...MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 10 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRIDGEPORT...STEVENSON...HIGDON...LONG ISLAND...FLAT ROCK...FABIUS
AND NEW HOPE.
LAT...LON 3483 8563 3479 8564 3475 8567 3475 8569
3471 8572 3491 8590 3499 8569 3499 8561
3497 8560 3486 8559
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 054DEG 8KT 3490 8564
BCCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
218 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2014
ALZ006-008-009-301945-
MARSHALL AL-MADISON AL-JACKSON AL-
218 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL...
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON AND WESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...
AT 217 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM HYTOP TO SCOTTSBORO...MOVING WEST AT 20
MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTTSBORO...OWENS CROSS ROADS...HOLLYWOOD...SKYLINE...GURLEY...
SECTION...WOODVILLE...PLEASANT GROVES...LANGSTON AND PAINT ROCK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE
LIMBS...ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL UNSECURED ITEMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3448 8601 3453 8617 3453 8619 3454 8620
3461 8645 3495 8628 3472 8590
TIME...MOT...LOC 1917Z 108DEG 18KT 3474 8612
JMS/BCCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 331 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2014 TNZ096-302100- LINCOLN TN- 331 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 330 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FAYETTEVILLE...LINCOLN...TAFT...KELSO...CAMARGO...FLINTVILLE... BLANCHE...SKINEM...HARMS AND BELLEVIEW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS...ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL UNSECURED ITEMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. 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 3511 8635 3499 8640 3499 8680 3525 8671 TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 106DEG 18KT 3506 8648 07
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
356 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2014
ALZ007-302130-
MORGAN AL-
356 PM CDT FRI MAY 30 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MORGAN UNTIL 430 PM
CDT...
AT 356 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PRICEVILLE...OR NEAR HARTSELLE...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DECATUR...HARTSELLE...PRICEVILLE...TRINITY...FALKVILLE...
SOMERVILLE...BASHAM...DANVILLE AND NEEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE
LIMBS...ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL UNSECURED ITEMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
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 3439 8711 3459 8711 3466 8709 3464 8701
3459 8693 3457 8687 3455 8683 3455 8676
3457 8674 3456 8672 3438 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 100DEG 18KT 3449 8683
07The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:07 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning knocked a very large tree limb down onto a home on east upper river road in the Sandy Acres subdivision, near Priceville, Alabama. Winds around 35 mph also damaged a trampoline.
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