A weak upper level disturbance moved through the area with an isolated severe storm occurring in DeKalb County, Alabama.
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A weak upper level disturbance moved through the area with an isolated severe storm occurring in DeKalb County, Alabama.
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 10, 11:27 AM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1227 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1050 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2015/ A WEAK CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY...REMNANTS OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT BROUGHT US RAIN AND SOME SEVERE WEATHER MONDAY NIGHT...CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TO JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA. A WEAK LOW AT 850 MB CAN BE SEEN IN 12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA AS WELL. THIS IS CREATING CLOUDY CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA...WITH CLEAR SKIES AND SOME DISSIPATING PATCHY MORNING FOG OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DEVELOP NEAR THIS WEAK 850 MB LOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...FROM CULLMAN COUNTY NORTHWARD ONLY EXPECT ISOLATED COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS TO 35 OR 40 MPH...BUT WILL MAINLY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. SCATTERED ACTIVITY...FROM THE WEAK 850 MB LOW...COULD MAKE IT INTO CULLMAN COUNTY BY THIS EVENING...BUT THAT IS CURRENTLY OUTSIDE OF THE UPDATE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES AT 10 AM ARE ALREADY IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. SINCE EXPECTING MAINLY PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...TEMPS COULD CLIMB TO 90 TO 95 DEGREES IN MOST LOCATIONS. EXPECT HUNTSVILLE AND MUSCLE SHOALS COULD CLIMB TO 95 OR 96 DEGREES. THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE FORECAST GRIDS. OTHERWISE TWEAKED POPS...TO KEEP ISOLATED OUT OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY AND LINCOLN/MOORE COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE. KTW && .AVIATION... FOR 18Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. MODELS HINT AT SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION THIS EVENING UNTIL AROUND 11/06Z. HOWEVER...DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE THIS ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP THAT FAR NORTH IN THE VICINITY OF THE TERMINALS...LEAVING IT OUT OF TAFS FOR NOW. A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN VSBYS COULD OCCUR TONIGHT DUE TO LIGHT WINDS...BUT EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDINESS TO CURTAIL THAT...SO ONLY DROPPING VSBYS TO 6 SM AROUND DAYBREAK. KTW && .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 140 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-111100- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 140 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THERE WILL ONLY BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... DAILY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY. THERE WILL ONLY BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AFTER SUNDAY. THE STRONGER STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .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
321 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015
ALZ008>010-102100-
MARSHALL AL-DE KALB AL-JACKSON AL-
321 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MARSHALL...DE KALB AND
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 318 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING WITH SUDDEN LIGHTNING STRIKES. THESE STORMS WERE
CENTERED AROUND RAINSVILLE...AND MOVING VERY LITTLE.
BRIEF WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND LIGHTNING STRIKES...CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBERTVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...BOAZ...RAINSVILLE...LITTLE
RIVER CANYON NATIONAL PRESERVE...HENAGAR...COLLINSVILLE...CROSSVILLE
AND SYLVANIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LIGHTNING MAY OCCUR OUTSIDE RAIN AREAS...SO BE SURE TO TAKE SHELTER
IF YOU HEAR THUNDER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH
TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A
THUNDERSTORM.
&&
LAT...LON 3448 8558 3444 8558 3437 8563 3436 8566
3426 8577 3426 8581 3424 8581 3424 8584
3420 8585 3420 8611 3419 8611 3418 8620
3458 8616 3480 8582 3484 8558 3453 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 279DEG 8KT 3452 8583
KULAThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:39 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Photos were forwarded by broadcast media indicating that a tin roof was peeled from a garage due to thunderstorm winds.
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