A strong thunderstorm knocked a tree down onto a power line during the mid morning hours in northern Madison County. This resulted in a brief power outage in the area.
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A strong thunderstorm knocked a tree down onto a power line during the mid morning hours in northern Madison County. This resulted in a brief power outage in the area.
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 5, 8:17 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 917 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019 .NEAR TERM...(Rest of Today) Issued at 917 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019 At 14Z, the surface chart indicated a warm front running south from east of Nashville through eastern AL, then east through central GA. This feature may provide weak convergence this afternoon for convective development as noted in various CAM output. However, instability is a question mark due to the extensive mid and high clouds in place. Temperatures are warming into the u70s-l80s west of the warm front, but remain in the l-m70s further east. So, only about 7-8 degrees warming are needed to reach the current max temp forecast. Thus, will not adjust at this time. .SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Friday night) Issued at 257 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019 Ongoing convection during the day will wan during the early evening hours as we lose our daytime heating. However, an unsettled pattern will begin to take shape overnight as a trough to our west moves into the Southern Plains. As this trough approaches, flow aloft will become more southwesterly, with a fetch of deep Gulf moisture allowing PW values to exceed the 90th percentile for early June (~1.85 inches). Meanwhile, several shortwaves are expected to move through the region from tonight through Friday, bringing multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms. Models continue to differ on the exact timing of the waves and the placement of any heavy precip bands, so the forecast reflects the latest blended guidance. This keeps at least likely PoPs in through Friday night. The highest confidence for widespread showers lies in the Friday through Friday night period, when models generally agree with the eastward movement of the aformentioned trough into the Lower Mississippi Valley. These trends may fluctuate a bit over the next few forecast packages, as better consensus comes into play. Although this is a lower confidence forecast with regard to the timing of precip, one this is for certain, moisture will not be lacking with this event. The above normal PW values will linger through Friday night, leaving the potential for heavy rainfall if any convection is able to develop. There is a concern for storms along the Gulf to cut us off from the deeper instability and thus, kept thunderstorms more scattered. But there will still be plenty of moisture and forcing to provide moderate rainfall even if we are cut off from the instability. Storm total rainfall amounts during the short term period will generally be from 1.5 inches north of the TN River to upwards of 2.5 inches south of the river. Again, these values will fluctuate a bit. The good news is that the area remains fairly dry and can certainly handle this amount of rainfall. So, given the duration will be around 48 hours, there shouldn't be any hydro concerns. Temperatures will be closer to seasonal norms during the short term period, as clouds and rain temper heating. For now, kept highs in the lower to mid 80s across the area on Thursday and Friday, however these may end up being too high if we don't realize any breaks in cloud cover. Overnight lows will be in the mid to upper 60s. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Tuesday) Issued at 257 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019 The wet pattern will continue through the weekend across the TN Valley, as the upper trough axis remains to our east. As was stated in the short term, there will be no shortage of moisture, with PW values nearing their climatological max for this time of year. Thus, numerous showers will persist through Sunday providing an additional 1 to 3 inches of rainfall. This will bring the storm totals from the period Thursday through Monday around 2 to 4 inches, with some areas approaching 5 inches. Again, the exact placement of any heavy bands is hard to determine with any reasonable confidence this far out but if we do realize the higher amounts leading into the weekend, any additional rain could begin to impact the area. This will especially be the case for any instances of heavy rainfall. The upper trough will weaken and finally push eastward and across the area Sunday night, bringing an end to the more widespread rain. Lingering moisture will keep scattered showers and thunderstorms int the area on Monday, before the system moves east of the area Monday night. This will mean dry conditions are expected on Tuesday as zonal flow takes hold of the pattern aloft. Similar to the short term period, temperatures through Tuesday will be right around to slightly below seasonal norms, with highs topping out in the lower to mid 80s and lows in the mid to upper 60s. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Thursday morning) Issued at 620 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019 At least for the first 6 hours of the period, VFR conditions are expected to prevail at the terminals with winds increasing from the southwest to around 10 kts by 18Z. Scattered, diurnally driven convection is expected this afternoon. Although confidence on exact timing/coverage is fairly low, the greatest chance for thunderstorms impacting the terminals will be between 21Z and 23Z and thus have included a PROB30 group with TSRA for this period. Any storms in the area will quickly diminish by 01Z, as daytime heating wanes. However, after this initial break in precip, more widespread showers will approach the area early Thursday morning, reaching KMSL by 10Z. Most of this activity will remain west of KHSV through the end of the period but included the VCSH to account for some uncertainly with timing. Along with this second round of precip, lower cigs are possible. Confidence is a bit too low to include cigs below 3000 feet so SCT was included with this issuance. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && NEAR TERM...17 SHORT TERM...73 LONG TERM...73 AVIATION...73 For more information please visit our website at weather.gov/huntsville.
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Huntsville AL 932 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-061100- Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan- Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN- 932 AM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north Alabama and portions of southern middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight... Thunderstorm redevelopment is possible this afternoon, with the greatest chance generally east of I-65. A strong thunderstorm or two with gusty winds and small hail are possible. After a break in the thunderstorm activity this evening, additional isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible after midnight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday... Thunderstorms will increase in coverage during the day on Thursday, with scattered thunderstorms embedded in widespread showers expected through at least Sunday. The coverage of thunderstorms will decrease Sunday night, with thunderstorms tapering off after midnight on Monday. Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall are expected, which may lead to isolated instances of minor flooding by the weekend. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management personnel is not anticipated at this time.
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was knocked down onto a power line on Floyd Hardin Lane near Highway 231. | This caused a brief power outage in the area. Small hail was reported by the Madison County Sheriff in the same general area. Time estimated by radar.
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