A weak upper level system moved through the region, producing strong thunderstorms that produced isolated wind damage in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
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A weak upper level system moved through the region, producing strong thunderstorms that produced isolated 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 Apr 27, 5:19 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 619 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016 .UPDATE... FOR 00Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 228 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016/ THE 19Z SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT MID 60S DEWPOINTS WERE POOLING SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AND MOVING INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA. A CONTINUED EAST-NORTHEAST MOVEMENT OF SHRA/TSRA WAS INDICATED BY KGWX RADAR RETURNS AND WILL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON INCREASED DEVELOPMENT. LATEST LAPS/MSAS AND RELATED MESOSCALE DATA INDICATED THAT MLCAPE VALUES WERE INCREASING FROM 1000-1500 J/KG RANGE IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND INTO WESTERN ALABAMA. EXPECT THAT SHRA/TSRA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE WITH AT LEAST LIKELY POPS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO INDICATE THAT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN SLIGHT-MODERATELY UNSTABLE THROUGH 06Z WITH LIFTED INDICES IN THE -4 TO -7 RANGE. CAPE VALUES WILL ONLY GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM AROUND 1500 J/KG TO NEAR 750 J/KG BY 06Z TONIGHT. THE HRRR AND RAP MODELS BOTH INDICATE THAT AN AREA OF SHRA/TSRA WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING AND WILL LIKELY NOT MAKE IT NORTHEAST-EAST OF THE AREA UNTIL AROUND 06Z TONIGHT. THE GFS/ECMWF MODELS ARE MORE PRONOUNCED WITH THE SOUTHEASTWARD PUSH OF A WEAK COLD FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA BY 18Z THURSDAY... COMPARED TO THE SLOWER SOLUTION DEPICTED BY THE NAM MODEL. WILL TREND MORE TOWARD THE GFS/ECMWF MODEL SOLUTION INVOLVING THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND WILL LESSEN POPS THROUGH THE DAY DUE TO EXPECTED DRYING THROUGH THE LAYERS BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE AT SURFACE AND ALOFT IS PROGGED BY THE MODELS TO PROGRESSIVELY MOVE EAST TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY 12Z FRIDAY. THE NEXT SHORTWAVE WILL SHIFT EASTWARD QUICKLY DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY...WITH SHRA/TSRA EXPECTED TO MOVE PROGRESSIVELY EASTWARD FROM EASTERN ARKANSAS BY 18Z FRIDAY...INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA BY 00Z SATURDAY. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE FURTHER SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON/SATURDAY NIGHT...AND WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY POPS DUE TO PROXIMITY OF SYSTEM TO THE REGION DUE TO INSTABILITY AND PWAT VALUES APPROACHING 1.4 INCHES. BY SUNDAY...THE MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN ITS SOUTHWARD TRACK OUT OF THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY REGION INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY 00Z MONDAY. A SECONDARY BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION ON MONDAY WITH MORE DRY AIR EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHWARD OUT OF THE OHIO VALLEY REGION. WILL CONTINUE WITH A CHANCE OF SHRA FROM TUESDAY AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AS A SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH THE UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE REGION. WILL CONTINUE WITH COOLER TEMPS THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIODS DUE TO THE NORTHWEST FLOW SETTING UP AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH LOWER OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION. TT && .AVIATION... FOR 00Z TAFS...THE LINE OF SHRA/TSRA THAT WAS APPROACHING THE CWA EARLIER THIS AFTN HAS SPLIT INTO TWO BANDS OF PCPN. ONE BAND IS NORTH OF THE CWA AND THE OTHER BAND IS SOUTH OF THE AREA. THE UPPER LOW IS NOW OVER ERN NE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE TN VALLEY TO GET DRY SLOTTED TONIGHT. THUS REMOVED THE CHC OF PCPN IN TAFS FOR NOW. TIME SECTIONS AND MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW MVFR CEILINGS BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z. OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST PERIOD. 007 && .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 445 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-281245- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 445 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THE BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NOW LOOK TO BE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY FOR THIS EVENING. THE CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS HAVE ALSO DECREASED OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY STILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. STORMS BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD COULD BECOME STRONG...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE MAIN THREATS. AN UNSETTLED PERIOD IS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND... AS SERIES OF SYSTEMS TRAVERSE THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS PERIOD... INCLUDING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. HOWEVER... THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARD TO EXACT TIMING OF THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .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
538 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
ALZ005-006-TNZ096-272315-
MADISON AL-LIMESTONE AL-LINCOLN TN-
538 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON...NORTHERN
LIMESTONE AND SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 538 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ATHENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATHENS...ARDMORE...HARVEST...ELKMONT...LESTER...BLANCHE...LEGGTOWN...GOOD
SPRINGS...TAFT AND MCBURG.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3496 8658 3473 8709 3488 8722 3500 8721
3499 8684 3521 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 240DEG 49KT 3487 8710
LNSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
610 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
ALZ005-006-TNZ076-096-272345-
MADISON AL-LIMESTONE AL-MOORE TN-LINCOLN TN-
610 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON...
NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE...WEST CENTRAL MOORE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 609 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ARDMORE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATHENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...ARDMORE...PETERSBURG...HARVEST...TAFT...MIMOSA...MOLINO...
MCBURG...BELLEVIEW AND COLDWATER.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3536 8654 3535 8652 3523 8639 3483 8679
3499 8696 3499 8684 3526 8683 3525 8675
3531 8668 3533 8660 3537 8660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 214DEG 37KT 3499 8681
LNSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
643 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
TNZ076-096-280015-
MOORE TN-LINCOLN TN-
643 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MOORE AND CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 643 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LYNCHBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...LYNCHBURG...PETERSBURG...TIMS FORD LAKE...MIMOSA...CHESTNUT
RIDGE...MOLINO...BELLEVILLE...HOWELL AND KELSO.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3539 8628 3538 8625 3537 8628 3535 8624
3534 8627 3532 8624 3528 8627 3528 8628
3506 8651 3526 8677 3525 8675 3531 8668
3533 8660 3537 8659 3536 8649 3533 8646
3532 8642 3535 8641 3536 8633 3541 8626
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 236DEG 37KT 3527 8645
LNThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was downed onto a power line by strong thunderstorm winds.
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