An isolated thunderstorm produced wind damage in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
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An isolated thunderstorm produced wind damage in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
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 17, 2:17 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 317 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER VERY WARM TO HOT DAY FOR THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...AS AFTERNOON HIGHS SOAR INTO THE LOW/MID 90S...AND HEAT INDEXES NEAR 100. SOMEWHAT OF A COOLDOWN IS EXPECTED FOR THE SHORT TERM...BEFORE THE HEAT RETURNS WITH A VENGEANCE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. ANALYSIS AT THE SURFACE HAS THE REMNANTS OF TC BILL SPINNING JUST WEST OF THE TEXAS METROPLEX. IT WAS HELPING TO BRING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE NW GULF COAST INLAND TO SW ARKANSAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. CLOSE IN...HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS WAS CONTROLLING OUR SENSIBLE WEATHER. DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE...HOT SURFACE TEMPERATURES WAS PRODUCING STRONG INSTABILITIES OVER THE REGION... WHICH WAS RESULTING IN ISOLATED CONVECTION FORMING OVER THIS PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST. AS OF THIS WRITING...ISOLATED CONVECTION WAS FORMING MAINLY IN AN ARC FROM SOUTH OF JACKSON TN TO SOUTH OF ANNISTON. GIVEN A SHORT-TERM SOUNDINGS FORECAST OF TEMP/DEWPOINT CONVERGENCE IN THE EARLY EVENING AND RESIDUAL EVENTS OF STRONG DAYTIME HEATING... HAVE ISOLATED/10 CONVECTION IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT. QUIET WEATHER SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG DAYTIME HEATING WITH SOMEWHAT HIGHER LEVELS OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...WILL BRING MORE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS WITH THE PREVIOUS FORECASTER...WENT WITH HIGHER POPS EAST AND LESSER TO THE WEST. THE REMNANTS OF TC BILL SHOULD MOVE AROUND THE WEAKENING UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SE...TRACKING MORE ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER. THE PROXIMITY OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING BETTER CHANCES OF RAIN TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON FRIDAY AND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY. GIVEN A STILL FURTHER NORTHWARD POSITIONING OF THE SYSTEM'S MAIN VORT MAX...KEPT THE HIGHEST POPS TO 40 PERCENT ON SATURDAY. RAIN CHANCES DECREASE TO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SUNDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF FORECAST A RETURN OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGING FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THIS RIDGE...HAVE GONE WITH A DRY FORECAST FOR MONDAY ONWARD. DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THIS PERIOD WILL WARM EVEN MORE...COINCIDING WITH THE START OF SUMMER (WHICH STARTS NEXT MONDAY MORNING). DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH AND WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...A DRIER GROUND WOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO WARMER TEMPERATURES. WENT WITH MID AND UPPER 90S FOR THE MON-WED TIME FRAME. THE HOTTER TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY COULD RESULT IN HEAT INDICES NEAR AND EXCEEDING 105...OR THE THRESHOLD FOR HEAT ADVISORY LOCALLY. RSB && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1225 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015/ FOR 18Z TAFS...WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE AT THE SFC AND ALOFT...VFR CONDS ARE XPCTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. MID/HIGH CLOUDS MAY BEGIN TO INCREASE FROM THE SW THU MORNING...AS THE REMNANTS OF T.D. BILL BEGIN TO LIFT INTO THE SRN PLAINS/MID SOUTH REGIONS. 09 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 74 93 73 94 / 10 20 20 30 SHOALS 73 93 72 93 / 10 20 20 30 VINEMONT 73 92 71 91 / 10 20 20 30 FAYETTEVILLE 73 91 72 91 / 10 30 30 30 ALBERTVILLE 72 89 71 89 / 10 30 30 30 FORT PAYNE 71 91 70 92 / 10 30 30 30 && .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 110 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-181030- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 110 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY STORMS ARE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL ALSO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...AND UP TO 104 DEGREES WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S FOR HIGHS AND HEAT INDEX VALUES RISING BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...AND UP TO 104 DEGREES WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL ALSO GRADUALLY INCREASE INTO THE WEEKEND PERIOD...AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND OHIO VALLEY REGIONS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER 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
533 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
ALZ001-002-004-172315-
LAUDERDALE AL-LAWRENCE AL-COLBERT AL-
533 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE...
NORTHERN LAWRENCE AND EAST CENTRAL COLBERT COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM
CDT...
AT 533 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
TOWN CREEK...OR 13 MILES EAST OF MUSCLE SHOALS...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROGERSVILLE...TOWN CREEK...COURTLAND...NORTH COURTLAND...HILLSBORO...
ANDERSON...WHITEHEAD...ELGIN...RED BANK AND NE SMITH.
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 3494 8723 3490 8721 3482 8721 3479 8726
3477 8728 3476 8726 3476 8722 3473 8714
3467 8712 3454 8742 3481 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 251DEG 12KT 3476 8742
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
535 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
ALZ007-008-172300-
MARSHALL AL-MORGAN AL-
535 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL MARSHALL AND
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 535 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES
EAST OF FALKVILLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARTSELLE...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ARAB...MORGAN CITY...EVA...FLORETTE...LACEYS SPRING...VALHERMOSO
SPRINGS...EDDY...RYAN CROSSROADS AND HULACO.
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 3431 8657 3431 8681 3443 8686 3456 8656
3430 8646
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 251DEG 12KT 3437 8674
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
603 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
ALZ001-172345-
LAUDERDALE AL-
603 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 602 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
KILLEN...OR 12 MILES EAST OF FLORENCE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KILLEN...LEXINGTON...WHITEHEAD...CENTER STAR...ELGIN...KINGTOWN AND
GREEN HILL.
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 3500 8725 3480 8737 3480 8743 3481 8746
3481 8748 3483 8752 3482 8759 3500 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 199DEG 17KT 3487 8747
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
631 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
ALZ005-006-TNZ096-180015-
MADISON AL-LIMESTONE AL-LINCOLN TN-
631 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON...
NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE AND SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM
CDT...
AT 630 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ATHENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATHENS...ARDMORE...HARVEST...TAFT...BOONSHILL...FRENCH MILL...
BLANCHE...CASH POINT...CAPSHAW AND HARMS.
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 3517 8662 3470 8681 3478 8700 3500 8693
3499 8684 3526 8683 3526 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 206DEG 27KT 3482 8687
07SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
639 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
ALZ002-003-180015-
COLBERT AL-FRANKLIN AL-
639 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN COLBERT AND
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 638 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES
EAST OF TISHOMINGO STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHEROKEE...BLOODY SPRINGS...SRYGLEY CHURCH...PRIDE LANDING...RED
ROCK...MT HESTER...POGO...MAUD...BARTON AND MYNOT.
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 3467 8813 3484 8802 3475 8785 3474 8784
3474 8781 3470 8774 3447 8801 3455 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 212DEG 22KT 3459 8806
07The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
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