A strong to severe thunderstorm developed during the evening hours over southern Lincoln County. The storm produced damaging winds in the Flintville area.
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A strong to severe thunderstorm developed during the evening hours over southern Lincoln County. The storm produced damaging winds in the Flintville 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 Aug 29, 5:25 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 625 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024 ...New AVIATION... .NEAR TERM... (Rest of Today and Tonight) Issued at 141 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024 We will remain under high pressure influence through the duration of the afternoon as the 500-mb high pressure center remains just to our NE. This is what is currently supporting our high temps through the afternoon in the mid to high 90s. This, coupled with dew points in the mid to high 60s is amounting to heat indices in the 98-105 degree range with a Heat Advisory in effect through 9 PM this evening. Make sure to take proper sun and heat safety precautions if participating in outdoor activities. Diurnally driven scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue through the afternoon and dissipate near sun set with the loss of daytime heating. Without much shear nor a significant forcing mechanism severe storms are not expected. Gusty winds and frequent lightning will be the main threats. Overnight conditions will be calm yet soupy. While we can appreciate that there is no impact weather tonight, the humid airmass will remain unchanged. && .SHORT TERM... (Friday through Sunday) Issued at 141 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024 The short term will mark a pattern change but not before one last day of hot and humid conditions. Friday the airmass will remain mostly unchanged with a very similar forecast as today. The biggest difference on Friday will be the slightly lower high temps keeping us out of Heat Advisory criteria. Scattered diurnal showers and storms will develop through the afternoon. While gusty winds and frequent lightning will be the main threats no widespread severe weather is forecast. Friday night, high pressure will begin to erode and push to the east as a trough begin to dig east across the CONUS. The approaching low pressure and attached cold front is what will bring our pattern shift. The approaching cold front along with diurnal heating will support medium to high (40-70%) rain chances each afternoon. The lack of shear through the weekend will significantly limit severe storm potential with threats likely being limited to gusty winds and frequent lightning. Prior to the passage of the cold front, the better coverage of showers will limit high temps on Saturday to the mid 90s. The front looks to pass on Sunday limiting high temps to the high 80s to low 90s, giving us a glimpse of cooler weather to come. && .LONG TERM... (Sunday night through Wednesday) Issued at 159 AM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024 Mean troughing extending southward from SE Canada will result in overall lower heights over this region, and cooler temperatures. The trough should flatten more as we go into the mid week. At the surface, a cold front now over the Intermountain West and northern Great Plains will advance to the SE, and reach the Tennessee Valley sometime on Sunday. This front will help bring more clouds, and better chances for much needed rainfall. Going with model and blend averages, the front moving across the area Sunday, along with daytime heating and higher instability should bring scattered showers/thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon and evening. The front should become stationary to our south Sunday night into Monday. Another front north of that will also move southward across the area and become stationary over us or just to our south. Upper level systems moving along the front will make for an unsettled early half of the week, with mostly low/medium rain chances. The blends have went with likely rain chances Wednesday afternoon as a disturbances passes. The GFS/Canadian runs were showing possibility more than the ECMWF. In comparison to the previous week, it will be closer to seasonable warmth with high/low temperatures for the first half of next week. Highs on Sunday, Labor Day, and Tuesday should rise into the upper 80s/near 90, and lows in the mid 60s to around 70. Wednesday should be a bit cooler given higher rain chances - highs in the low/mid 80s and lows in the 60s. Areal rainfall totals into the mid week should range from 1/4 to 1/2 of an inch. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 625 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024 VFR conditions are prevailing across the region outside of scattered thunderstorms that recently impacted the area. This activity will continue to lessen with the loss of diurnal heating, and dry conditions are expected overnight. Scattered high clouds are forecast to persist through much of the TAF period, with chances for showers/storms increasing again by 15-16z. Have covered this threat with PROB30 groups at both terminals through the afternoon hours tomorrow, with reductions to MVFR vsbys possible in heavier showers. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...Heat Advisory until 9 PM CDT this evening for ALZ001>007-016. TN...None. && NEAR TERM...RAD SHORT TERM....RAD LONG TERM....RSB AVIATION...25
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
127 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024
ALZ003-291900-
Franklin AL-
127 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY
THROUGH 200 PM CDT...
At 127 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Phil Campbell, or 11 miles northwest of Haleyville, moving northeast
at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Phil Campbell and Spruce Pine.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3431 8781 3444 8780 3439 8756 3431 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 235DEG 5KT 3434 8776
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
09Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
137 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024
ALZ002-003-291900-
Franklin AL-Colbert AL-
137 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL COLBERT AND NORTH
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM CDT...
At 137 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles west of Littleville, or 8 miles northwest of Russellville,
moving northeast at 5 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Littleville, Posey Loop, New Bethel, and Crooked Oak.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3453 8784 3460 8792 3472 8781 3457 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 235DEG 5KT 3460 8782
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
09Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
223 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024
ALZ016-291945-
Cullman AL-
223 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CULLMAN COUNTY
THROUGH 245 PM CDT...
At 223 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Dodge City, or 13 miles south of Cullman, moving northwest at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Dodge City, Colony, Wilburn, Bremen, Black Bottom, and Smith Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3396 8707 3411 8690 3398 8681 3393 8686
3394 8688 3392 8689 3391 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 128DEG 12KT 3398 8691
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
09The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees were knocked down and a shed was flipped over. Time estimated by radar.
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