An isolated thunderstorm produced wind damage in northwest Marshall County during the early evening hours.
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An isolated thunderstorm produced wind damage in northwest Marshall County during the early evening hours.
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 1, 5:31 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 631 PM CDT Fri Jun 1 2018 .UPDATE... For 00Z TAFS. && .NEAR TERM...(Tonight) Issued at 300 PM CDT Fri Jun 1 2018 QLCS has swiftly moved southeast of the area, providing a stabilizing effect to the low level atmosphere. After a coordination call with SPC and surrounding offices, we have opted to keep the severe thunderstorm watch out of our counties. The newly forming cluster of thunderstorms in northern Mississippi will have steering vectors taking it just to our southwest along the instability gradient into central AL. Will watch it closely, but we have increasing confidence that the thunderstorm threat for our area is diminishing, especially for our far north AL and southern TN counties. Fog may become an issue late tonight, but given the amount of high level anvil clouds, will leave out of the forecast for now. .SHORT TERM...(Saturday through Sunday night) Issued at 300 PM CDT Fri Jun 1 2018 Saturday should be a good weather day overall as a narrow upper ridge amplifies through the lower OH and TN valleys. I can't rule out an isolated thunderstorm, but will leave a dry forecast/silent 10-14% in for now. This ridge is followed quickly by another trough pushing into the Great Lakes with a trailing shortwave into the lower MS/TN valley late Saturday night into Sunday. The NAM digs this wave and MCS activity much further southwest of our area on Sunday than the GFS which is less amplified. Will side with the GFS in this regard, but overall, keep a chance PoP in, mainly for Sunday morning. Then, we see cold front bring a welcomed relief from the high dew points in the 70s. Dew points should fall into the 50s Sunday night. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Thursday) Issued at 300 PM CDT Fri Jun 1 2018 At the start of the long term portion of the forecast, the long wave upper flow pattern will be characterized by troughing along the NW Coast and in the Great Lakes/NE, with ridging extending from the Rio Grande Valley northward through much of the Grt Plains. A small shortwave trough is evident in the global models (the remnants of the current closed low off the Baja peninsula) in the Central Plains on Monday. This feature will likely move SEWRD across the TN Valley on Tuesday, but the low /mid-level airmass in place will be relatively dry, and probably too warm/capped for much if any development of showers or storms. This is per an analysis of fcst soundings/thermal profiles. So, the small POPs/wx suggested by a synthesis of MOS guidance was removed from the small area in our western counties for Tuesday. The relatively dry low/mid-level airmass in place across the region will remain through mid-week with surface dew point temperatures in the 50s. However, surface moisture will gradually increase through late in the week as a Bermuda High builds in the western Atlantic and low-level winds in our region gradually shift from the south. Meanwhile a significant upper ridge appears likely to build once again in the Rio Grande Valley and the Southern Plains regions. Our sensible weather impacts for later in the week will depend on the specific extent and flow characteristics around the NE-E flank of this ridge. Currently, the global models and ensembles are fairly split between patterns. Some favor a rather W-E elongated upper ridge and a resulting upper flow pattern that would tend to direct showers and storms to our north and east, while others favor a more NW flow pattern across our area that would favor occasional bouts of showers and storms. Due to this continuing uncertainty, the long term period of the forecast will continue to maintain generally low chance POPs for Wednesday night through Friday. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Saturday evening) Issued at 631 PM CDT Fri Jun 1 2018 For the start of the TAF, left VCSH going into the early evening, as some models (and visible satellite) indicated possible redevelopment to the WNW of the area in the early evening. Otherwise with cooler night time temperatures and a more stable atmosphere, shower activity should end in the late evening. Residual moisture from recent rains, along with light winds and few/sct clouds could lead to patchy fog before daybreak Saturday - continued MVFR VIS reductions at daybreak Sat. Drier air filtering in from the NW should help limit shower formation during Sat afternoon. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && NEAR TERM...17 SHORT TERM...17 LONG TERM...KDW AVIATION...RSB For more information please visit our website at weather.gov/huntsville.
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Huntsville AL 247 PM CDT Fri Jun 1 2018 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-021100- Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan- Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN- 247 PM CDT Fri Jun 1 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north Alabama and portions of southern middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...Tonight... The risk of severe weather has diminished. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are still possible early this evening south of a Moulton to Fort Payne line. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday... Scattered thunderstorms are expected late Saturday night into Sunday with the approach and passage of a cold front. A few strong thunderstorms are possible with gusty winds and small hail the main hazards. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management personnel is not anticipated.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
916 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2018
ALZ006-008-020300-
Marshall AL-Madison AL-
916 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MARSHALL AND
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT...
At 915 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Morgan City, or 10 miles north of Arab, moving east at 20 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Guntersville, Owens Cross Roads, Grant, Union Grove, Columbus City
and Lake Guntersville St Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike several miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a
safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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LAT...LON 3438 8658 3456 8655 3459 8615 3455 8615
3454 8614 3453 8614 3432 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 272DEG 17KT 3447 8652
RSBThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:41 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were knocked down along with power lines on Shirt Tail Bend Road south of New Hope. A barn was damaged by a tree falling onto it. Time estimated by radar.
Numerous trees were knocked down on Simpson Point Road near Grant. Time estimated by radar.
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