A thunderstorm that developed along a boundary across the area, produced flash flooding along Highway 72 in east-central Limestone county.
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A thunderstorm that developed along a boundary across the area, produced flash flooding along Highway 72 in east-central Limestone 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 Sep 11, 12:07 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 107 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2014 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1129 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2014/ SFC LOW PRESSURE IS NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT DOWN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AND INTO AR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN W TN...AR AND N MS AND ARE SLOWLY MOVING E. THE UPPER LEVEL WIND FLOW IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF QUICK MOVEMENT TODAY AS THEY ARE NEARLY PARALLEL TO THE FRONT. ISOLATED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN PARTS OF THE HUN CWA THIS MORNING ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OF THE STORMS TO OUR NW AND IN A WEAK CONVERGENCE AREA ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF OUR COUNTIES. INCREASED THE POPS FOR THIS MORNING TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT AND SFC FEATURES IN PLACE. STILL EXPECTING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TOWARDS THIS EVENING. A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER LAYER OF DRIER AIR IS IN PLACE AS SEEN IN THE REDSTONE SOUNDING COMPARED TO THE BMX SOUNDING AND IN WATER VAPOR SATELLITE. THE PWATS ARE HIGH...OVER 1.5 INCHES AND CAPE VALUES ARE OVER 1500 J/KG SO GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WHEN STORMS DO MOVE INTO THE AREA. INCREASED CLOUD COVER FOR TODAY AS BLOW OFF FROM THE LARGE CLOUD SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT IS MOVING IN AND LOW CLOUDS ARE STILL LINGERING IN NE AL. ALSO ADJUSTED WIND/WIND GUSTS FOR CURRENT AND EXPECTED TRENDS. LOCATIONS THAT WERE ABLE TO GET PEEKS OF SUN TODAY HAVE BEEN GUSTING AT TIMES. AS FOR TEMPS...COULD STILL GET INTO THE UPPER 80S TO 90. THIS COULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS BUT IF THE CLOUD SHIELD CONTINUES TO HOLD JUST LIKE IT HAS ALL MORNING OFF TO OUR NW WE COULD CONTINUE TO WARM FAVORABLY. IF IT PICKS UP AND MOVES INTO THE CWA THEN THESE TEMPS MAY BE A LITTLE HIGH. JMS && .AVIATION... FOR 18Z TAFS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE TERMINALS. STORMS COULD CAUSE MVFR CONDITIONS WITH LOWER VIS AND CIGS OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE SUNSET. MAJORITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT AFTER 01-03Z WHEN MVFR CIGS AND TRAILING VCSH WILL BEGIN. MVFR CONDITIONS COULD LAST TILL THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD IF CLOUD COVER HOLDS. JMS && .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 159 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2014 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-121000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 159 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHWARD OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY REGION. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT IS EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO FRIDAY...WITH THE COLD FRONT MEANDERING ACROSS THE REGION. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH FRIDAY EVENING...AS SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR BEGINS TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE WEST. GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORM CELLS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED AGAIN ON MONDAY AND INTO MONDAY EVENING...AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. .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
114 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2014
ALZ005-006-TNZ096-111900-
MADISON AL-LIMESTONE AL-LINCOLN TN-
114 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON...
NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE AND SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM
CDT...
AT 114 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER HARVEST...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF MADISON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHERN HUNTSVILLE...ATHENS...MOORES MILL...MERIDIANVILLE...HAZEL
GREEN...ARDMORE...HARVEST...ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY...LINCOLN AND
TAFT.
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 3505 8645 3474 8648 3479 8694 3499 8686
3499 8684 3501 8683 3506 8664
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 277DEG 19KT 3486 8678
TTThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:16 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding resulted from two feet of water reported over the road near an embankment at the intersection of Highway 72 and McCulley Mill road near French Mill, Alabama.
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