A line of thunderstorms pushed north-northeast during the early evening hours. The storms knocked down trees and power lines.
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A line of thunderstorms pushed north-northeast during the early evening hours. The storms knocked down trees and power lines. One tree was knocked down onto a car injuring a child.
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 Aug 14, 6:01 PM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 701 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016 .UPDATE... For 00Z TAFs. && .DISCUSSION... (Issued 237 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016) The 19z surface analysis and 88-D imagery indicated that scattered shra/tsra was moving northward out of northeast Mississippi and west central Alabama toward northwest Alabama. Temps across the forecast area ranged from the upper 80s to lower 90s under generally mostly sunny skies. In the short term tonight, will continue with chance shra/tsra pops into northwest Alabama and slight chance pops especially along and east of Interstate 65 until around 05z based upon radar and short term model trending. Skies should become mostly clear after 05z across most of the forecast area with temps overnight near guidance values. The upper low that has been responsible for the afternoon scattered shra/tsra the past few days will continue to shift northward through Arkansas and should open up tonight. The adjoining weak surface low pressure area is analyzed to move north along an old frontal boundary across Arkansas and into Missouri by Monday. PWAT values are progged by forecast soundings for Monday afternoon to remain at around 1.70 inches. Will continue with chance afternoon shra/tsra pops as heating, instability and low level moisture should result in scattered shra/tsra again forming. By Tuesday, the area of low pressure should move northeast to near the Great Lakes region, and will assist involving shifting the old frontal boundary across the lower Ohio valley slightly further southeast. This boundary is progged by the models to continue its slow southeast movement into middle Tennessee by Wednesday. Will see increasing precip chances from the north to south across the forecast area between Tuesday and Wednesday. The ECMWF and GFS models are similar involving the placement of the nearly stationary frontal boundary generally southwest to slightly northeast across the forecast area by Thursday. Will continue with likely chances for shra/tsra and expect higher end chance pops for shra/tsra from Friday through next Sunday as the stalled out boundary should remain across the region through the end of the extended forecast periods. As far as temps are concerned, followed closer to the ECMWF temps. TT && .AVIATION... For 00Z TAFs: Radar data confirms a bkn band of shra/tsra currently poised to impact the HSV terminal, and will include VCTS thru 15/02Z with lingering lgt shra psbl at MSL. Otherwise, a difficult convective forecast in store for the area during the next 24-hrs, with several potential instigators of shra/tsra to impact the region. A weak sfc trough extending swd from a low moving thru the Ozarks has recently led to an increase in tsra across n cent MS and although this activity will likely remain to the west of MSL overnight, threat for tsra may increase if trough axis pushes into our region. Additional shra/tsra associated with an upper-lvl wave approaching from the southeast may begin to impact HSV and points to the s/e early Monday morning, but majority of this activity should occur after 12-15Z as wave lifts nwd across the area. Outside of convection, expect VFR conds to prevail -- although a tempo for MVFR stratus was included btwn 10-14Z based on persistence. Sfc winds will remain from the sse, with speeds of 7-9 kts overnight and 10G18 kts tomorrow. 70/DD && .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 148 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-151100- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 148 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP WILL TAPER OFF TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A WARM AND VERY MOIST AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY 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 400 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016 ALZ002-003-142145- COLBERT AL-FRANKLIN AL- 400 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN COLBERT AND WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 400 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RED BAY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RED BAY...CHEROKEE...VINA...HODGES...ATWOOD...MYNOT... LITTLE BEAR CREEK RESERVOIR...HALLTOWN... CEDAR CREEK RESERVOIR AND PLEASANT SITE. 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 3476 8812 3476 8790 3431 8790 3432 8817 TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 179DEG 23KT 3439 8812 STUMPF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
437 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016
ALZ001-002-142200-
LAUDERDALE AL-COLBERT AL-
437 PM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN LAUDERDALE AND WESTERN
COLBERT COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
AT 436 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IUKA
TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF CHEROKEE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELLVILLE...
AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA...J P COLEMAN STATE
PARK...CHEROKEE...ST. FLORIAN...UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...WATERLOO AND
CROOKED OAK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8760 3457 8771 3457 8786 3459 8796
3469 8813 3489 8810 3492 8816 3500 8820
3501 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 183DEG 37KT 3474 8812 3464 8796 3459 8781
STUMPFThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:22 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
EMA reported a tree fell on a car and caused a minor injury to an 8 year old female passenger.
EMA reports a tree down near CR11 and CR139 near Cloverdale.
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