Strong and gusty winds knocked down a couple of trees in Colbert County during the afternoon hours.
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Strong and gusty winds knocked down a couple of trees in Colbert County during the afternoon 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 Apr 8, 1:47 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 247 PM CDT Thu Apr 8 2021 .NEAR TERM...(Tonight) Issued at 248 PM CDT Thu Apr 8 2021 Skies are finally scattering out this afternoon as a weak cold front, characterized more by lower dewpoints than temperatures or a wind shift, pushes southeast through the TN Valley. Clearing skies and relaxed winds will make for a pleasant evening as low temperatures drop into the low to mid 50s. .SHORT TERM...(Friday through Saturday) Issued at 248 PM CDT Thu Apr 8 2021 An active period awaits us in the short term. The cold front from earlier today will stall over central Alabama. Its parent low and associated upper level cutoff low will continue to track northeast as they rotate around a second shortwave trough over the High Plains. A split flow jet structure aloft creates a complex synoptic pattern with an even more complex severe weather setup. On Friday, the subtropical jet will push a shortwave trough from California into the Southern Plains in more zonal flow aloft. As this trough tracks toward the Southeast, a surface low will generate over Texas. With the tightening low level pressure gradient, southerly surface winds will gust near 20 mph tomorrow afternoon. Additionally, the northern stream jet will push the High Plains shortwave trough into the Central Plains and intensify it into another cutoff low. The trickiest part of this forecast is how this new cutoff low interacts with the shortwave trough, and unfortunately, there is not very high confidence in a solution at this time. What we are able to identify at this time is that the environment will be primed for severe weather over the TN Valley. In spite of lacking deep southerly flow, moisture availability will be more than sufficient for deep, moist convection. Additionally, an elevated mixed layer (EML) will accompany the Texas-originated surface low as it tracks into the Southeast, providing steep mid-level lapse rates, large values of CAPE, and introducing a threat for large hail. Lastly, an intensifying southwesterly low level jet on the magnitude of 50-60 kts will precede the surface low and its attendant cold front. This will elongate hodographs and allow the large CAPE from the EML to be surface-based. An initial and smaller MCS will track through the Deep South based on the track of the shortwave trough on Friday evening. This is currently our greatest source of uncertainty, because global guidance, ensemble guidance, and CAMs show this line tracking anywhere from along the Gulf Coast to directly over the TN Valley. Threats with this first round will be large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes. There is higher confidence in a second, much larger QLCS tracking through the Southeast late Friday night into Saturday morning. Regardless of the track of the initial MCS, this second line will be severe with damaging winds, potentially over 70 mph, large hail, and again tornadoes will be possible. This line of storms looks to enter Northwest AL as early as midnight Saturday, but most likely around 4 AM, and then not exit northeast AL until Saturday around mid-morning, but potentially as late as noon. Showers will be possible through Saturday evening, as the cold front itself does not push through until Saturday night. With multiple rounds of heavy rainfall, most areas will see at least 2" of rainfall, with some areas seeing higher amounts. Due to mostly saturated soils, flash flooding will be possible. Now for the important part: what could go wrong? It is worth noting that any guidance that pushes that initial MCS south of our area has a weaker, yet still severe, second QLCS that tracks through the TN Valley. Additionally, it is possible that should the initial MCS track through the TN Valley, it creates a rain-cooled environment that is not surface-based and reduces the severity of the second round QLCS. Regardless, it is important to treat this as though both rounds will be severe. Careful mesoscale analysis of corfidi vectors, steering flow, and any theta e ridges will be essential as we try to predict with a few hours' notice where the MCS may track. As we have seen multiple instances of in the summer, MCS tracks are often not well represented in CAMs and will need to be relied upon more with careful observational analysis. .LONG TERM...(Saturday night through Wednesday) Issued at 248 PM CDT Thu Apr 8 2021 With great relief, the cold front will push through the region overnight on Saturday and usher in a pleasant end to the weekend and beginning of next week. As the cutoff low lifts into the Great Lakes region, surface high pressure slides in from the west, keeping skies mostly clear. Slight upper level ridging will cause temperatures to warm from the low 70s on Sunday into the upper 70s on Monday. A weaker cutoff low and surface low over the Great Lakes will send a cold front through the Southeast early next week. Fortunately, limited moisture and return flow will keep the forecast dry, and we will cool back down to near seasonal normals with highs in the low 70s on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rain chances increase late next week. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Friday afternoon) Issued at 1241 PM CDT Thu Apr 8 2021 Towering cumulus will stay north and east of both terminals, with mostly clear skies over HSV and MSL. Gusty southwest winds continue through this evening, and then become light overnight with clear skies. Gusty south winds pick up again tomorrow, with the chance for isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Coverage will be too low to warrant a mention in the TAF at this time. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && NEAR TERM...30 SHORT TERM...30 LONG TERM...30 AVIATION...30 For more information please visit our website at weather.gov/huntsville.
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Huntsville AL 239 PM CDT Thu Apr 8 2021 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-091045- Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan- Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN- 239 PM CDT Thu Apr 8 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north Alabama and portions of southern middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...Tonight... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday... Additional heavy rainfall and thunderstorms are likely to begin late Friday, as another cold front approaches from the west. Some of these storms may become strong to severe late Friday night into Saturday ahead of a cold front that will move eastward across the region. Damaging winds will be the main threat with any severe storms, but some large hail and a few tornadoes cannot be ruled out. Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall may also result in localized or minor flooding on some roads and in low lying areas. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management personnel is not anticipated at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were knocked down at 4261 Cross Lane and 1040 Ligon Springs Road.
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