A tornado outbreak occurred during the evening hours of the 29th into the early morning hours of the 30th just to the south in north Alabama. Only one report of thunderstorm wind damage occurred in Lincoln County Tennessee.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A tornado outbreak occurred during the evening hours of the 29th into the early morning hours of the 30th just to the south in north Alabama. Only one report of thunderstorm wind damage occurred in Lincoln County Tennessee. A very mild and unstable air mass was in place along with a strong southwesterly upper level jet. These ingredients combined with a cold front and pre-frontal trough sweeping from west to east across the area sparked scattered supercell thunderstorms during the evening, a few of which were tornadic. This was followed by a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) that occurred with the trough, which also was responsible for severe weather. Beneficial rainfall occurred with this system with 2-5 inches reported.
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 Nov 29, 8:34 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 834 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2016 .NEAR TERM...(Tonight) Issued at 830 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2016 Looks like the warm front is now just moving out of our cwa and is heading into mid TN. Meanwhile a slow moving cdfnt in now extending over sern MO. Models are still showing a lot of low level shear this evening and into the overnight hours. However with the warm front progged to be out of our cwa overnight, the threat of svr wx should begin to weaken a little after midnight. As the boundary layer cools and becomes a little more stable overnight, the svr wx threat should become more of a hvy rain event with some flash flooding possible. Otherwise the current fcst looks good and see no reason to make any changes attm. .SHORT TERM...(Wednesday through Thursday) Issued at 136 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2016 Convection, perhaps near-severe in sports or slowly diminishing, will still be ongoing across our eastern counties at 12z on Wednesday. The upper trough axis will push across by early afternoon ushering in the "cooler" air. Will taper pops from west to east and also temporally with all areas rain free by afternoon. Weak surface high will build across the region Wednesday night into Thursday with sunny and slightly below normal temperatures anticipated. .LONG TERM...(Thursday night through Monday) Issued at 136 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2016 Fairly strong cold air advection will continue to advect drier air into the area Thursday/Thursday night, via northwesterly flow. In addition, light winds will continue over the Tennessee Valley, as the surface high will not have moved much. This will allow for a very good radiational cooling event by Friday morning. It should allow lows to drop to near dewpoints to around 30 degrees. Temperatures should rebound to near normal highs during the day on Friday. Models all develop a more zonal flow aloft originating from Texas, as the high pressure remains over the area through Friday night. This will be in response to a cut-off low that develops over the southwestern U.S. This should keep highs and lows through Friday night near normal/slightly above normal (normal highs mid to upper 50s/normal lows mid to upper 30s). Models do advect deeper moisture eastward into the Tennessee Valley ahead of it Saturday through Sunday. How far north the deeper moisture gets and thus rainfall is the difference in the model forecasts. At this point, including a blend for the forecast. Saturday night through Sunday are keeping a 30 to 60 percent chance of rain in the forecast. This likely will be the best time for more widespread precipitation, but how much greatly depends on which model solution is correct. Early next week remains active, as the cut-off low kicks northeast along the jetstream into Arkansas and into Kentucky. There could be some stronger thunderstorm potential with this system, but too far off to address at this point. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Wednesday evening) Issued at 525 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2016 A warm front will move north across the cwa tonight while a slow moving cold front will finally push across the TN valley by Wednesday aftn. This wx scenario will produce a good chc of shra and tsra over the taf sites tonight thru much of Wednesday mrng. The best chc of strong to severe tsra will be tonight. The shra and tsra activity will begin to taper off by Wednesday aftn. Otherwise vfr conditions until 02z...after 02z expect mainly ifr conditions thru 18z with vfr conditions after 81z. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && NEAR TERM...007 SHORT TERM...15 LONG TERM...KTW AVIATION...007 For more information please visit our website at weather.gov/huntsville.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 704 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-301200- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 704 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, AND BRIEF TORNADOES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAUDERDALE...COLBERT AND FRANKLIN ALABAMA COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM CST. THE REST OF NORTHERN ALABAMA AND OUR TENNESSEE COUNTIES HAS A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT AFTER MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY BUT MAINLY FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA AS THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXITS TO OUR EAST. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS STARTING SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS IN PROGRESS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
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914 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
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0910 PM HAIL NE SMITH 34.60N 87.43W
11/29/2016 E0.88 INCH LAWRENCE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
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936 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
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0900 PM TSTM WND DMG W CRANE HILL 34.09N 87.06W
11/29/2016 CULLMAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 946 IN CRANE HILL.
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952 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
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0940 PM FLASH FLOOD SW RUSSELLVILLE 34.50N 87.73W
11/29/2016 FRANKLIN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
FOUR TO FIVE FEET OF WATER REPORTED ALONG THE
INTERSECTION OF TUSCALOOSA STREET AND WASHINGTON AVENUE.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1013 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
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0930 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNW BROWNSBORO 34.76N 86.46W
11/29/2016 MADISON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTED AROUND CENTRAL SCHOOL IN
RYLAND. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
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1019 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
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0920 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNW HUNTSVILLE 34.75N 86.60W
11/29/2016 MADISON AL TRAINED SPOTTER
POWERPOLE REPORTED DOWN ALONG OAKWOOD AVENUE IN
HUNTSVILLE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. RELAYED VIA HAM OPERATOR.
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1030 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2016
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0940 PM TORNADO 4 ENE MOORES MILL 34.87N 86.46W
11/29/2016 MADISON AL TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO SPOTTED ON THE GROUND FROM BUCKHORN HIGH SCHOOL
LOOKING NORTHEAST. RELAYED BY HAM RADIO OPERATORS.
&&The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:37 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was knocked down onto an abandoned home causing significant damage. Power lines were also reported down in the area.
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