Isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms occurred. One of these storms produced damaging winds that knocked down a tree in the Cherokee area.
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Isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms occurred. One of these storms produced damaging winds that knocked down a tree in the Cherokee 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 30, 4:24 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 524 PM CDT Thu Jun 30 2022 ...New AVIATION... .NEAR TERM... (Remainder of today and tonight) Issued at 241 PM CDT Thu Jun 30 2022 There have been no significant changes to forecast reasoning for the remainder of the afternoon since the previous update, with surface observations indicating that temperatures are slowly approaching predicted highs in the u80s-l90s. The coverage of shower and thunderstorm activity has thus far been most concentrated to our south/west, where a small convectively-induced vort max embedded within a broad weakness in the subtropical ridge has likely enhanced synoptic scale ascent. However, modest south- southeasterly steering flow should allow some of this activity to spread northward into the local area later this afternoon, and we will maintain a chance POP in the grids through the early evening hours. With forecast soundings displaying weak vertical wind shear and MLCAPE in the 1500-2500 J/kg range, we expect the main threats from the strongest cells to be gusty outflow winds in the 40-50 MPH range and frequent lightning. As skies begin to partially clear late this evening, light/variable flow in the boundary layer will allow temps to slowly fall into the u60s-l70s, and this could support the development of patchy mist and fog (some of which could be locally dense in locations that receive evening precipitation). && .SHORT TERM... (Friday through Saturday night) Issued at 241 PM CDT Thu Jun 30 2022 Short term model consensus suggests little change in the synoptic pattern through the first half of the weekend, as a relative weakness in the mid-level height field will remain positioned from south TX northeastward into the TN Valley. Although we expect convection to be largely initiated by mesoscale outflow boundaries and closely tied to the diurnal warming cycle, weaker subsidence aloft compared to points to our east and west should allow for a greater coverage of storms on both Friday and Saturday afternoon, and we have indicated POPs in the 40-50% range each period. A thermodynamic environment similar to today's may yield brief gusty winds and frequent lightning with the strongest storms both days. Given weak steering flow and precipitable water values in the 1.75-2 inch range, locally heavy downpours could also result in ponding of water and minor flooding in a few locations. Highs will remain in the u80s-l90s, with lows in the u60s-l70s, and patchy mist/fog will be a nightly occurrence, especially in the vicinity of heavier rainfall swaths. && .LONG TERM... (Sunday through Thursday) Issued at 241 PM CDT Thu Jun 30 2022 Global models suggest that the Atlantic subtropical ridge will begin to slowly retrograde into the Gulf of Mexico this weekend, and should both expand across the Gulf coast states and strengthen early next week in response to the motion of a northern stream trough across the Pacific Northwest. Although strengthening subsidence aloft in this regime will lead to a gradual decreasing trend in the coverage of afternoon/evening shower and thunderstorm activity early next week, we will maintain a fairly low POP in the updated grids to reflect an increasingly moist and unstable airmass featuring dewpoints in the l-m 70s and precipitable water in the 2-2.25 inch range. There are some indications that the center of the subtropical ridge may migrate further westward into the southern Plains by the end of the extended period, which would result in moderately strong north- northwest flow aloft across the TN Valley by Wednesday/Thursday. This could potentially allow for a greater coverage of convection by the middle of next week as clusters of thunderstorms may spread southeastward into the region ahead of a slow-moving cold front, but due to uncertainty in this scenario, we have kept POPs in the low chance range. Highs will steadily warm into the l-m 90s, which may also lead to Heat Advisory criteria being reached across portions of the region on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday. Lows will respond to the increase in dewpoints, with temperatures expected to only fall into the l-m 70s at night. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 524 PM CDT Thu Jun 30 2022 Isolated to scattered SHRA and TSRA will occur through at least 02Z with brief gusty winds in and near TS. Otherwise, VFR conditions are expected through tonight into early Friday. Then, additional SHRA and TSRA will be possible once again. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...None. TN...None. && NEAR TERM...70 SHORT TERM....70 LONG TERM....70 AVIATION...17
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Huntsville AL 313 PM CDT Thu Jun 30 2022 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-011130- Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-Lawrence-Limestone-Madison-Morgan- Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-Cullman-Moore-Lincoln-Franklin TN- 313 PM CDT Thu Jun 30 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Alabama, northeast Alabama, northwest Alabama and southern middle Tennessee. .DAY ONE...Remainder of today and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms will be possible across the outlook area this afternoon and evening, with storms expected to dissipate around or shortly after Midnight. Brief wind gusts of 40-50 MPH, frequent lightning and locally heavy downpours will be possible with the strongest cells. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Scattered thunderstorms will be possible each afternoon and evening through Wednesday, with the greatest coverage expected to occur on Friday and Saturday. Gusty winds, lightning and locally heavy rainfall will be possible with this activity. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. 70/DD
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:34 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reported down near the intersection of 1st Street and Easterwood Street in the Cherokee area.
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