A tree fell onto a day care in Florence at 1106 N Wood Avenue at 16:22.
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A tree fell onto a day care in Florence at 1106 N Wood Avenue at 16:22.
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NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 2, 1:08 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 208 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025 ...New NEAR TERM... .NEAR TERM... (Tonight) Issued at 208 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025 Afternoon Update: Recent high-res model trends have indicated an increasing risk for discrete supercells forming across northern MS and potentially extending east into northern AL. While overall confidence in this is low, any storms that are able to form will be in an environment with SBCAPE values between 2500-3000J/kg and bulk shear between 40-50kts. This will support a risk for all types of severe weather- damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes. The main timing for this threat will be between 4-7pm. Residents will need to monitor the forecast through the afternoon and early evening hours in case the risk for severe storms increases quickly. Previous Discussion: Upper ridging will continue to build over the eastern CONUS today as high pressure sits over the western Atlantic. This high will compete with a trough over the north/western CONUS that will in turn lead to multiple days of severe weather and flooding to our west. Conditions will remain dry today with the exception of a low chance for an isolated storm or two this afternoon. Synoptic forcing remains very limited for the Tennessee Valley today and tonight, and we do believe that the majority, if not the entire forecast area will remain dry through at least this evening. Afternoon highs will reach the low to mid 80s with very breezy southerly winds. A Wind Advisory remains in affect from 10AM this morning to 1AM tomorrow. The Storm Prediction Center has maintained an Enhanced Risk (level 3 of 5) for far NW portions of AL for the overnight hours. Recent high-res guidance trends remain in agreement that the worst of the storms today and tonight will remain to our west, but there is some evidence that the line of storms responsible for severe weather over the lower MS River today may clip portions of far NW AL during the early morning hours on Thursday. Given the environment in place, these storms could maintain intensity even through the overnight hours and will pose a risk for all severe hazards. We will need to closely monitor trends throughout the day today, but the past 24 hours have consistently shown the line getting held up near or just west of the AL/MS State line. && .SHORT TERM... (Thursday through Friday) Issued at 1118 AM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025 Not much has changed from the previous discussion for the late work week. A similar pattern will continue Thursday, Thursday night, and Friday, with the ridge winning out over much of the Southeast and the frontal boundary remaining stalled to our northwest, and even retreating further north on Friday. Should this trend be realized, it would significantly limit PoPs and the threat for any strong/severe storms, once again keeping the threat to our west. Daytime highs in the mid to upper 80s will be common both days due to the mainly dry conditions. Have maintained low to medium (20-40%) PoPs along and west of I-65, but this is a very conditional threat. Thus, confidence in severe weather is low at this time and trends will need to be monitored in future forecast updates. && .LONG TERM... (Friday night through Tuesday) Issued at 1013 PM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025 By Saturday and Sunday, a deepening upper-low ejecting from the Great Basin onto the Southern Plains will attempt to phase with another trough over the Great Lakes, finally sending the cold front through the Tennessee Valley during a Saturday night into Sunday timeframe. There remains a wider range of possibilities with the evolution of parent storm system and the timing of the front which will have an impact on the magnitude of any potential severe weather threat this weekend. Still, guidance is honing in on some favorable thermodynamics to support the potential for strong to severe storms sometime during this timeframe. This, combined with better shear and forcing would support an environment capable of all modes of severe weather -- and this is something that we'll have to watch closely as we draw closer to this event. A cooler/drier air mass will filter into the region behind the front as highs will notably drop back into the upper 50s to lower 60s on Monday. A much cooler day is forecast Monday and Tuesday (highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s) -- and potentially a widespread frost and/or light freeze Monday night and Tuesday night of next week. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 116 PM CDT Wed Apr 2 2025 VFR conditions have mostly returned to the region with occasional lowering to MVFR cigs at times. Gusty southerly winds will continue through at least the early overnight hours with gusts as high as 35kts at times. There is a low chance for a few afternoon showers/storms but confidence is too low to include in TAFs at this time. Storms become a little more likely over NW AL (KMSL) early tomorrow morning where a line of severe storms may push into the area. With low confidence on where exactly this line of storms will be stalled at, kept a PROB30 group in from 7-10z for light showers. This will likely be adjusted in future updates. && .CLIMATE... Issued at 207 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025 Moderate and/or High Risk for Much Below Normal Temperatures: The Climate Prediction Center has included the Tennessee Valley in a Moderate risk for Much Below Normal Temperatures for April 9th. Temperatures have a good chance of falling into the 30 to 36 degree F range during this period. More information on the CPC U.S. Hazards Outlook can be found at: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/threats/threats.php && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...Wind Advisory until 1 AM CDT Thursday for ALZ001>010-016. TN...Wind Advisory until 1 AM CDT Thursday for TNZ076-096-097. && NEAR TERM...25 SHORT TERM....25 LONG TERM....AMP AVIATION...25
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1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree fell onto a day care in Florence at 1106 N Wood Avenue Wind gusts of over 40 mph were measured in the area at the time.
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