A line of strong thunderstorms moved east across north Alabama during the early to late evening hours. Strong winds along the gust front knocked down a tree at multiple locations.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A line of strong thunderstorms moved east across north Alabama during the early to late evening hours. Strong winds along the gust front knocked down a tree at multiple locations.
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 13, 2:13 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 313 PM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022 .NEAR TERM...(Tonight) Issued at 313 PM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022 Partly sunny skies and unseasonably warm temperatures prevailed across the greater Tennessee Valley this afternoon. Temperatures have warmed into lower 80s. A strong pressure gradient over the region as a strong front approaches from the west has resulted in breezy to windy conditions, with S-SW winds of 15-25 mph, at times 20-30 mph with gusts between 35-40 mph. Given the strong winds, we have issued a Wind Advisory for our areas near and west of I-65 until 1 AM Thu morning. The aformentioned cold front continued plowing to the east, moving over the Mississippi Valley approx from central WI/IL to the NW Ozarks and eastern Texas. Regional radars have a leading edge of showers and thunderstorms, from southern Illinois, to near Memphis and Natchez. This line should begin impacting far NW Alabama around 7 PM, then advance across the area from west to east during the course of the evening and late night. The stronger to severe storms will have better chances of occurring more to the west, especially with more instability and shear to work with, and the timing of the showers when still relative warm surface temperatures are expected. The main threat will be damaging wind gusts over 60 mph. Large hail and maybe a tornado or two cannot be ruled out as a QLCS type line passes across the area. Storm intensity should wane as the convection moves further eastward, and the parent low over the Great Lake moves further to the north. As the front passes, much cooler air will filter in from the NW, with shower coverage diminishing from west to east during the late night. Temperatures will plummet, ranging from the mid 40s west to lower 50s east. .SHORT TERM...(Thursday through Saturday) Issued at 313 PM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022 Lingering morning showers over our far eastern areas should end by daybreak Thursday, with clouds decreasing from west to east during the day. The effects of the colder air in place will be noticeable. High temperatures will only rise into the upper 60s to lower 70s. Winds will be from the north 5-10 mph. Clear skies and cooler conditions will continue Thu night with lows in the low/mid 40s. The surface high west of the front will build more to the east rather than south, keeping conditions warmer than they were last weekend. Highs on Good Friday should recover back into the upper 70s. Clouds will increase Fri night as another system nears from the west. It will bring more chances of showers and thunderstorms for the upcoming weekend. A return southerly flow should produce lows in the mid 50s. A tad cooler Saturday with highs in low/mid 70s with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Overall storm strength looks to be "general" in intensity at this time. .LONG TERM...(Saturday night through Tuesday) Issued at 313 PM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022 A cold front will continue to dive southward into the Mid South/mid TN Valley regions Sat night into early Sun, with iso/sct showers, along with a few tstms, developing along/just ahead of the oncoming front. A potent upper trough axis out of the northern Plains will also take on a negative tilt as it rotates eastward thru the Great Lakes during the day Mon. This will result in an active WNW flow pattern developing across much of the region heading into the new work week. Additional showers, along with a few elevated tstms, are possible Sun night as a sfc wave develops along the western edge of the front, before the sfc low traverses ENE thru the western/central Gulf states into early Mon. Lingering showers will then taper off to the east Mon evening, as the sfc wave exits to the NE. High pressure out of the Plains states will then build into much of the eastern CONUS starting late Mon night, with dry wx expected thru the day Tue. Even with the passage of the cold front, overall temps look to remain fairly seasonable, with afternoon highs mainly in the mid/upper 60s, while overnight lows trend more in the upper 40s/near 50F. The only exception may be Tue night, where the influx of drier air may result in lows falling into the lower/mid 40s. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Thursday afternoon) Issued at 1251 PM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022 VFR weather prevailed across the area early this afternoon. Breezy to strong gradient winds were occurring as a strong cold front now west of the MS River nears. Area winds were SSW in the 15-25kt range, higher at times stronger gusts. Lower level moisture moving northward from south of I-20 should bring an increase in clouds in the early evening along with the approaching front. Showers/t-storms are expected to impact the area this evening. CIG/VSBY reductions to MVFR, possibly lower are possible with convection along with erratic gusty winds. Winds will gradually veer to the west then NW late in the evening as the cold front pushes across the area. Winds should also gradually diminish to below 10kt by daybreak Fri with VFR weather returning. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...Wind Advisory until 1 AM CDT Thursday for ALZ001>007-016. TN...Wind Advisory until 1 AM CDT Thursday for TNZ076-096. && NEAR TERM...RSB SHORT TERM...RSB LONG TERM...09 AVIATION...RSB For more information please visit our website at weather.gov/huntsville.
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Huntsville AL 314 PM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-141200- Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan- Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN- 314 PM CDT Wed Apr 13 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north Alabama and portions of southern middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...Tonight... A line of thunderstorms will move through the area this evening into the overnight hours along an approaching cold front. Some of these storms could be strong to severe with the primary threat being damaging winds. Hail and a tornado or two will also be possible. Strong gradient wind will increase into the 20 to 30 mph range, with gusts of 35 to 40 into the evening. These winds will mainly impact areas near and west of the Interstate 65 corridor. A Wind Advisory remains in effect until 1 AM Thursday morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday... Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are possible from Friday night through Sunday night. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management personnel is possible this evening and in the overnight.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:07 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was knocked down on Riverton Rose Trail. Time estimated by radar.
A tree was knocked down on North Pike.
A tree was knocked down on a power line on White Pike Road.
A tree was knocked down onto a house on Thach Road. Time estimated by radar.
Trees and power lines were knocked down near the Five Points area.
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