Thunderstorm Wind — Lowndes, Alabama

2022-07-21 · near Letohatchee, Lowndes, Alabama

Event narrative

Multiple trees uprooted in the town of Letohatchee.

Wider weather episode

A MCS over Tennessee during the morning hours of July 21 pushed an outflow boundary into north Alabama in the afternoon. The air mass was very unstable south of the outflow boundary with surface based CAPE 3500-4500 J/kg and DCAPE 1300-1500 J/kg. The storms that initiated in the afternoon organized into QLCS that produced widespread damaging winds, large hail, and flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1045862. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.