Wind chill temperatures dropped into the 5 above to 1 above zero range.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Wind chill temperatures dropped into the 5 above to 1 above zero range.
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 Jan 31, 11:57 PM CST, 3 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 1157 PM CST Sat Jan 31 2026 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 813 PM CST Sat Jan 31 2026 - A Cold Weather Advisory is in effect until Noon Sunday for dangerously cold wind chills between -5F and +5F. - Winds diminish on Sunday with just a few areas reaching above freezing briefly during the afternoon. - Medium to high chances of rain on Tuesday into Tuesday night, but with milder air arriving. && .NEAR TERM... (Rest of tonight and Sunday) Issued at 813 PM CST Sat Jan 31 2026 A potent upper low has now pivoted into GA and SC. This is producing strong deep layer northerly flow across the TN valley. A long and widening fetch of clouds extends north from AL and GA through the OH Valley. A few pockets of flurries persists in this band despite Td depressions of 10-18F at the surface and cloud bases of 030-050agl. There are a few ceilings lower than 030agl in TN which will drop south this evening. The good news is, the clouds will keep temperatures in the teens for overnight lows and north winds are beginning to diminish somewhat as the pressure gradient relaxes slowly. High pressure over Oklahoma will drop into southeast TX and LA by Sunday morning, and into the northwest Gulf of America by Sunday evening. Meanwhile, a 5h clipper wave will drop southeast through the mid MS Valley, with an associated warm front shifting east into the OH and lower TN Valley Sunday afternoon. Warm air advection will generate a band of mid level clouds and perhaps light precipitation to our northwest and north. The clouds will clip our area, but our lower atmosphere appears far too dry to generate precipitation. The lower clouds over the area tonight will linger into early Sunday, eroding from south to north. Depending on these cloud trends, sunshine abundance may dictate whether areas reach above freezing Sunday afternoon. The higher elevations will likely stay below freezing. && .SHORT TERM... (Sunday night through Tuesday Night) Issued at 813 PM CST Sat Jan 31 2026 After overnight lows in the upper teens to lower 20s, Monday will see yet more improvement in temperatures. Northwest flow from 8h-5h will occur in advance of a ridge axis over the south central U.S. 8h temperatures will warm into the 0-4C range over the TN Valley. Surface high temperatures will reach the upper 40s to lower 50s as a result (Lower 40s atop the Cumberland Plateau). The ridge axes shift east Monday night into the Tuesday, followed quickly by a southern stream wave along the Gulf Coast and a northern stream clipper wave dropping quickly through the Lower MO Valley and Ozark Plateau Tuesday afternoon. The resulting multi-wave surface cyclogenesis takes place over the southern Plains and Ozarks, which should merge across the mid South Tuesday afternoon. A 40-50kt 8h jet will coexist with a thermal/moist axis along and ahead of the low and attendant cold front. Widespread showers are expected along this axis, shifting southeast of the area Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning. Milder highs on Tuesday in the lower to middle 50s are forecast with dew points rising into the 40s. && .LONG TERM... (Wednesday through Saturday) Issued at 813 PM CST Sat Jan 31 2026 On Wednesday a cold front will be pushing southeastward through portions of AL and into GA bringing an end to the light rain from overnight. With an upper level trough digging into the Southeast during the middle of the week, we remain on the cooler side with afternoon highs in the lower 40s both Wednesday and Thursday. Overnight lows will be chilly in the lower 20s, especially Wednesday night when winds gusting 15-20 mph at times bringing wind chills down into the lower teens. However, by Friday this trough will lift to the northeast keeping both the cold air and the precip well to our north. Weak ridging will slowly build into the Tennessee Valley on Friday and Saturday, but northwest flow aloft will limit any massive warmup. That being said, afternoon highs Friday and Saturday return to the upper 40s to lower 50s, which is near climatological normals for this time of year. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1155 PM CST Sat Jan 31 2026 Cloud deck streaming southward is producing light snow flurries at KHSV. KMSL is currently on the edge of the cloud deck but with current satellite trends, expect MSL to see some flurries over the next few hours as well. Northwesterly winds will finally slack overnight and cloud cover will scatter out late in the morning to keep conditions VFR through the end of the TAF period. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...Cold Weather Advisory until noon CST Sunday for ALZ001>010-016. TN...Cold Weather Advisory until noon CST Sunday for TNZ076-096-097. && NEAR TERM...17 SHORT TERM....17 LONG TERM....GH AVIATION...JMS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
The wind chill temperature dropped as low as 1 degree above zero.
The wind chill temperature dropped as low as 1 degree above zero.
The wind chill temperature dropped as low as 4 degree above zero.
The wind chill temperature dropped as low as 4 degree above zero.
The wind chill temperature dropped as low as 4 degree above zero.
The wind chill temperature dropped as low as 1 degree above zero.
The wind chill temperature dropped as low as 2 degree above zero.
The wind chill temperature dropped as low as 1 degree above zero.
The wind chill temperature dropped as low as 1 degree above zero.
The wind chill temperature dropped as low as 2 degree above zero.
The wind chill temperature dropped as low as 4 degree above zero.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2026Every state in 2026This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, February 2026
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1304629, 1304630, 1304631, 1304633, 1304634, 1304636, 1304637, 1304639, 1304640, 1304635, 1304632.