Afternoon, scattered thunderstorms developed producing a strong thunderstorm which knocked a tree down in Lauderdale County 3 miles northeast of Florence.
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Afternoon, scattered thunderstorms developed producing a strong thunderstorm which knocked a tree down in Lauderdale County 3 miles northeast of Florence.
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 Jul 24, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 245 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016 .DISCUSSION... Afternoon convection once again developing across parts of the area in response to latent heating, as temp trends climb into the lower to perhaps mid 90s. Heat indices for the most part are right around 100F, although these will likely climb a couple of more degrees in locations which do not receive any rainfall this afternoon. Activity is mainly low topped/water loaded convection, with very little in the way of lightning thus far. This will likely change though over the next few hrs as weakly sheared updrafts gain a little more momentum. This can certainly translate into a few strong tstms capable of gusty outflow winds and brief heavy rainfall, before overall activity diminishes early this evening with the loss of max heating. Overnight lows will again fall into the lower/mid 70s for most areas under partly cloudy/mostly clr skies. The latest model suites are still hinting at a weak frontal boundary out of the OH Valley/Midwest states dropping into the region during the day Mon, but likely stalling just n of the local area. What this means is another unseasonably hot/humid day Mon and again Tue, as Gulf moisture pools s of the boundary and temps climb well into the lower/mid 90s during the afternoon periods. A few areas, mainly over nw AL, may approach the 105F heat index mark during max heating. But this is not xpcted to be for a large area nor for a long period of time. With a slight increase in vertical shear, this may also result in a few more strong tstms with gusty winds and brief heavy rainfall the main hazards. The latter half of the global model spreads are still showing the area under a general weakness aloft by mid week, with an upper ridge axis located w and e over the Desert SW and the ern Gulf region. This looks to result in perhaps a few more showers/tstms during the day, with max temps trending a little closer to normal values/or right around 90F thx to an overall increase in rain/cloud cover. Most of the convection still looks to wane in the evening hrs, with lows more in the lower 70s for most locations into next weekend. 09 && .AVIATION... (Issued 1133 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016) For 18Z TAFs: Scattered thunderstorms will occur this afternoon into early evening. These may affect both KMSL and KHSV vicinities through ~01Z. Gusty winds up to 35kt, heavy downpours reducing visibility to the IFR category for a brief period, and frequent cloud to ground lightning can be expected with the stronger thunderstorms. These thunderstorms should diminish or dissipate after 01Z. Outside of thunderstorms, VFR conditions are anticipated during the period. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Huntsville 73 96 74 95 / 20 30 20 30 Shoals 74 97 74 95 / 20 30 20 40 Vinemont 73 93 73 92 / 20 30 20 40 Fayetteville 70 91 72 91 / 20 40 20 40 Albertville 72 92 73 92 / 20 40 20 40 Fort Payne 71 92 71 91 / 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...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1103 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-251130- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1103 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. HIGHER COVERAGE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. .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
104 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016
ALZ003-241830-
FRANKLIN AL-
104 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 130
PM CDT...
AT 104 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
RED BAY...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED BAY...VINA...HALLTOWN...PLEASANT SITE...ATWOOD...POGO...
LITTLE BEAR CREEK RESERVOIR AND CEDAR CREEK RESERVOIR.
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 3458 8814 3458 8798 3457 8796 3431 8794
3431 8795 3432 8796 3432 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 173DEG 13KT 3449 8814SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 420 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016 ALZ001-002-242200- LAUDERDALE AL-COLBERT AL- 420 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAUDERDALE AND EAST CENTRAL COLBERT COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 420 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MUSCLE SHOALS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA...LEIGHTON... ST. FLORIAN...UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...CLOVERDALE... NORTHWEST ALABAMA REGIONAL AIRPORT AND BARTON. 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 3479 8745 3464 8754 3474 8791 3495 8778 TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 117DEG 12KT 3476 8762 KDW
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:45 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was knocked down on Mall Road north of Florence Boulevard.
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