Isolated to scattered thunderstorms produced strong and damaging winds in a few locations.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms produced strong and damaging winds in a few locations.
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 3, 9:49 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Huntsville AL 1049 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016 .UPDATE... Morning Update. && .DISCUSSION... Temperatures across the Tennessee Valley have already warmed into the lower 80s in many locations, with a few spots approaching 85F at this hour. A couple of thunderstorms have developed already this morning and are meandering north/northeastward. Skies are generally clear south of the TN River and are partly/mostly cloudy north of it, depending on the proximity to the widely scattered convection. Upstream (to our south), CU are developing rapidly, with a few more echoes popping up on regional radars across portions of central MS/AL. This trend will continue through the day, with scattered showers and storms expected through the aftn/early evening. There is a stalled cold front to our NW, and a developing sfc low over E TX. While the bulk of the convection will be confined to areas to our west (associated with these features), hi-res models do show diurnally-driven showers/storms popping up through the remainder of the day. The main threats with this activity will be gusty winds, heavy rainfall, frequent lightning, and perhaps some small hail (no widespread severe weather is anticipated). For the morning update: have made minor adjustments to sky,pop, and qpf grids for the rest of today. This was mainly to handle current observational trends, but slight tweaks were needed for the afternoon for expected activity later today. Will freshen wording in the zones and send them shortly. 12 && .AVIATION... (Issued 627 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016) For 12Z TAFs: MVFR fog will continue to impact the KMSL terminal through the next couple of hours, and should dissipate by 14Z. Otherwise, VFR conditions will prevail at the KMSL and KHSV terminals through much of the period. Afternoon thunderstorms will be possible again today, however due to the low areal coverage of storms have opted to only include VCTS in the TAFs for now. Confidence is too low to add prevailing. Any activity that does develop will likely be quick moving and diminish after sunset. 73 && .PREV DISCUSSION... (Issued 627 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016) (Issued 301 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016) While patchy fog dissipates, the central TN boundary will likely be the focus for showers and thunderstorms today while a weak vort max crosses north MS/W TN later this afternoon. As a result of the trajectory of the vort max, have retained the gradient of highest coverage over NW AL with higher chance pops over that area. Analysis of forecast soundings and plan view depiction of instability and wind shear show a moderately diurnally unstable environment with weak shear mainly at its highest during the afternoon. As a result, anticipating isolated to scattered thunderstorm development mainly in the afternoon and possibly into the evening (depending on convective outflow boundary development). Some deep convective updrafts are possible with gusty winds and frequent lightning the primary impacts from these storms. Small hail is a possibility but sustained updrafts into the hail growth zone (13-24kft) appear limited given the environment. Cloud cover will also be a factor in how much INSOLATION occurs which would also impact instability forecast. Despite the cloud cover, daytime highs in the upper 80s look reasonable, and even made slight adjustments to raise the temperature forecast given the possibility of fewer thunderstorms. As any remaining thunderstorms diminish overnight, some breaks in cloud cover may result in patchy fog formation with the low dewpoint depressions and moist topsoils (where rain occurs). Then, temperatures will likely drop off into low 70s. Meanwhile, a mid-level shortwave trough moving within the polar jet stream across the upper Midwest will wobble southeast and begin pushing a cP air mass southeastward. Due to the convergence along the front and PVA aloft, anticipating shower and thunderstorm development along the mid MS river valley on Friday night into early Saturday morning. As the front slowly moves east on Saturday morning, more widespread showers and thunderstorms should develop in the warm sector with wind shear increasing somewhat as the polar jet shifts south. This increase in wind shear in combination with moderately unstable environment will mean more widespread and possibly stronger thunderstorm updrafts. The timing for development/movement of storms across NW AL looks to be late morning into the early afternoon with gradual overspreading across the entire TN valley during the afternoon and evening. Though below severe thresholds, could still see gusty winds up to 50 MPH, small hail, and heavy rainfall. One challenge within the mesoscale environment and potential for vort maxes ejecting off TX upper low as it moves south is the possibility that a couple of rounds of storms may occur. One episode could occur in the late morning into early afternoon while an additional episode occurs just ahead of the front in the late evening/overnight. The slow moving cold front will then provide the focus for storms during the overnight on Saturday night into Sunday. Showers and storms may continue across parts of Northeast AL well into Sunday afternoon before finally diminishing on Sunday night. With the accompanying cloud cover and storm activity, the potential exists for Sunday to be the coolest day with daytime highs in the low 80s. Then, the mid-level shortwave trough that pushed the cold front southeast will continue rotating across the New England states as it merges with an additional shortwave trough deepening into a longwave trough across the eastern half of the country. Meanwhile amplified ridging is expected to dominate the western half of the country. This anomalously deep trough (for this time of year) will provide 'cool', dry weather from Monday through at least Thursday. The 'cool' weather will be the most noticeable with overnight lows and lower dewpoints. Daytime highs look to be in the low to mid 80s while overnight lows drop into the low 60s (about a 5-10 degree difference compared to this weekend). A slight warm-up is expected late in the extended as the surface high pressure system will likely begin to shift east and mean ridging in the upper level flow begins to setup. SL.77 && .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 333 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-032345- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 333 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...GENERALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WITH ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES INCREASE ON SATURDAY...WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS POINT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:26 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was knocked down near the intersection of 11th Street and 11th Avenue in Decatur.
A few trees and powerlines were knocked down along Highway 207 and County Road 93 in Anderson. Time estimated by radar.
Two trees were knocked down along CR 14 in Waterloo.
A few trees and powerlines were knocked down near 2390 CR 14 north of Waterloo. Time estimated by radar.
Nickel sized hail was reported in Green Hill. Time estimated by radar.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2016
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 638802, 638804, 638805, 638806, 638808.