| Event |
Frost/Freeze |
| State |
ALABAMA |
| County/Area |
COLBERT |
| WFO |
HUN |
| Begin Date |
04/07/2007 03:00:00 CST-6 |
| End Date |
04/07/2007 07:00:00 CST-6 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect |
0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect |
0/0 |
| Property Damage |
0.00K |
| Crop Damage |
|
| Episode Narrative |
An arctic blast of unseasonably record cold produced an unprecedented hard freeze to the entire Tennessee Valley on the mornings of April 7 and 8, and either freezing or near freezing conditions on the preceding (6th) and following day (9th). This resulted in total losses of area fruit crops including strawberries, blueberries, and peaches. Pecans, corn and wheat crops were also damaged. Economic losses totalling in the millions of dollars are anticipated. Lows in many areas dropped into 20s both mornings. The coldest temperature reports were 23 degrees Fahrenheit at Belle Mina and Valley Head. Many locations, especially rural, experienced temperatures below 32 degrees Fahrenheit from 20 to 30 hours over the span of the 6th through 10th.|Normally, the probability of temperatures dipping into the 20s this late in the season is 10 percent or less. Also of note, NASA MODIS remote sensing satellite imagery over the central Tennessee Valley revealed distinct changes from green vegetative and tree color before to an auburn and brown color, especially notable atop the Cumberland Plateau region of northeast Alabama and southern middle Tennessee. |
| Event Narrative |
An arctic blast of unseasonably record cold produced an unprecedented hard freeze to the entire Tennessee Valley on the mornings of April 7 and 8, and either freezing or near freezing conditions on the preceding (6th) and following day (9th). This resulted in total losses of area fruit crops including strawberries, blueberries, and peaches. Pecans, corn and wheat crops were also damaged. Economic losses totalling in the millions of dollars are anticipated. Lows in many areas dropped into 20s both mornings. The coldest temperature reports were 23 degrees Fahrenheit at Belle Mina and Valley Head. Many locations, especially rural, experienced temperatures below 32 degrees Fahrenheit from 20 to 30 hours over the span of the 6th through 10th.
Normally, the probability of temperatures dipping into the 20s this late in the season is 10 percent or less. Also of note, NASA MODIS remote sensing satellite imagery over the central Tennessee Valley revealed distinct changes from green vegetative and tree color before to an auburn and brown color, especially notable atop the Cumberland Plateau region of northeast Alabama and southern middle Tennessee. |
