A strong thunderstorm produced penny sized hail and knocked down a tree in central Lauderdale County.
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A strong thunderstorm produced penny sized hail and knocked down a tree in central Lauderdale 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 Aug 3, 1:52 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 252 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016 .DISCUSSION... The 19z mesoscale analysis indicated that northwest Alabama would continue to be the favorable area for continued scattered shra/tsra development through late afternoon. Expect that the scattered to widely scattered shra/tsra should weaken and dissipate by around 02z tonight and have reflected this thinking in tonight's forecast. Temps look generally good and have not made much in the way of changes to the forecast for tonight, other than adding in some patchy fog across the area by between 09z-10z, continuing until around 14z Thursday. By Thursday morning, the short term models such as the RAP/HRRR and the Hi-Res are all indicating that a weak short wave should be rotating east-southeast through middle Tennessee. This disturbance should bring enough support to go along with higher PWAT and CAPE values present to provide for a continued slight chance/chance pop on Thursday for the forecast area. The same timing should be generally accepted involving ending the scattered shra/tsra on Thursday evening. By Friday, weak ridging will build more northeast toward the forecast area, so will continue with low chance mainly afternoon/early evening pops for the forecast area. By early Saturday, the GFS/ECMWF models are in fair agreement involving shifting a weak cold front southeast through the lower Ohio valley into middle Tennessee by Saturday afternoon. As scattered shra/tsra develop and move southeast into the forecast area by Saturday afternoon, have upped pops slightly into the higher end of the chance category. The GFS/ECMWF models settle the weakening cold front through southern middle Tennessee by Sunday, and will continue with widely scattered shra/tsra as the models hint that the mid-upper support and southward push of the boundary will be halted near the forecast area. By Monday and through the rest of the extended forecast period, the models differ somewhat related to the southward movement of drier air through the forecast area. Will continue with mainly afternoon/early evening low chance pops through the end of the extended forecast period. Have decided to go with a compromise between the higher temps associated with the ECMWF model guidance and cooler GFS temps for next week. TT && .AVIATION... (Issued 1226 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016) For 18Z TAFs: MVFR sky conditions are still present at some locations (KDCU) and could see that occur at KHSV over next 4 hours. As a result, have left a tempo group in the forecast. The primary threat will actually be -TSRA at KMSL over the next 4 hours as a weak outflow boundary moves across NW AL. There could still be isolated -TSRA at KHSV btwn 03/18Z-3/22Z, but have only included VCTS at this time. Fog formation is also possible again tonight and have included a prevailing MVFR VIS at both TAF sites to account for this possibility btwn 04/09Z-04/12Z. SL.77 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Huntsville 73 94 73 95 / 30 30 20 30 Shoals 72 93 71 95 / 30 30 20 30 Vinemont 71 92 71 93 / 20 40 20 30 Fayetteville 71 91 70 92 / 30 40 20 30 Albertville 71 92 71 92 / 20 30 20 30 Fort Payne 71 91 71 90 / 20 40 20 40 && .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 135 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-041000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 135 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS, WITH THE COVERAGE OF STORMS EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY GREATER ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH, LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THIS ACTIVITY. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON, WITH HEAT INDEX READINGS IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH DAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK, WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIODS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S, WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE FOR NORTHWEST AND MOST OF NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. .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 323 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016 ALZ001-002-032100- LAUDERDALE AL-COLBERT AL- 323 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LAUDERDALE AND SOUTHEASTERN COLBERT COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 322 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE AND FLORENCE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA...KILLEN... LITTLEVILLE...LEIGHTON...ST. FLORIAN... UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE AND SPRING VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3492 8779 3497 8761 3469 8745 3459 8775 TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 336DEG 9KT 3484 8771
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
One tree was knocked down along CR 2 near Highway 20.
Penny sized hail was reported just north of Florence.
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