A complex of thunderstorms produced numerous lightning strikes across the Tennessee Valley. A few resulted in structure fires or damage.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A complex of thunderstorms produced numerous lightning strikes across the Tennessee Valley. A few resulted in structure fires or damage.
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 28, 11:35 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1235 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 .UPDATE... FOR 06Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 839 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015/ ALL SHOWER ACTIVITY FROM THIS AFTERNOON IS NOW WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA. THE ONLY REMNANTS OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT BROUGHT THOSE SHOWERS IS THE PERSISTENT DECK OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS LOCATED ACROSS N MS/W AL. SATELLITE IMAGERY OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS IS SHOWING THE OVERALL EXTENT OF THE CLOUDS DIMINISHING AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA. MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CLOUD COVER TONIGHT TO ACCOUNT OF THE DECK OF CLOUDS. SKIES THEN CLEAR OUT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING ABOUT THE SAME AS YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS DEWPOINTS ARE ABOUT 20 DEGS LOWER THAN YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME. WITH CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND DRIER AIR IN PLACE...TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP QUICKLY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS TO NEAR FREEZING. LOWS BOTTOM OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S TONIGHT FOR THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT AGAIN TONIGHT. THE REST OF THE FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND NO OTHER UPDATES ARE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. STUMPF && .AVIATION... FOR 06Z TAFS... VFR CONDITIONS WITH VARIABLE WINDS UNDER 5KTS TONIGHT. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA WINDS BECOME S/SE SUNDAY MORNING WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO AROUND 10KTS. SW WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS SUNDAY WILL ALLOW FOR THE MOISTURE RICH AIR LOCATED ALONG THE GULF TO SPREAD BACK INTO THE AREA AND A SCT/BKN DECK AOA 4KFT IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT SOUTH INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AT THE END OF THE CURRENT TAF PERIOD. DUE TO LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN TIMING OF RAIN HAVE OPTED TO GO WITH VCSH AT THIS TIME. STUMPF && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR ALZ001>010-016. TN...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR TNZ076-096-097. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1103 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2015 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-291400- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1103 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 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. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM ON SUNDAY MORNING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO THE FREEZE WARNING MESSAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITHIN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS ALONG AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST SUNDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN POSSIBLE STARTING TUESDAY...AS A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONTS AT THE SURFACE MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. TT
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:22 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning hit a tree in the backyard of a Madison home, and traveled over 100 feet and produced damage to the home.
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