1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jul 10, 1:20 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 220 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2003 SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ENHANCES THE INSTABILITY AND DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE AREA. AT TIMES SKIES HAVE BEEN ALMOST CLEAR...BUT AT OTHER TIMES CLOUDY SKIES HAVE PREVAILED. CLOUDS SHOULD (AGAIN) INCREASE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES WITH COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA ALSO INCREASING. .SHORT TERM... IN THE IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM...THE FORECAST IS TRICKY. HOW FAR WILL THIS AXIS GET THROUGH THE AREA...AND WILL THERE BE SHRA BEHIND IT? TONIGHTS POPS ARE TO BE BASED ON RADAR TRENDS...BUT ARE LIKELY TO BE AT OR ABOVE GUIDANCE. TOMORROWS POPS WILL BE TRENDED ONLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST...WITH CHC POPS EAST AND SOUTH AND SLT CHC ELSEWHERE. POPS IN THE NORTHWEST WILL NOT BE STATED IN ZONES. WILL LEAVE FRIDAY NIGHT DRY. ETA BRINGS OUT QUITE A BIT OF PRECIP ON FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT AS THIS MODEL IS THE OUTLIER AT THE MOMENT...WILL LEAVE DRY WITH A 15 POP. AM GOING TO ADD SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ON SATURDAY. THE ATTENDANT FRONT IS STILL TO OUR NORTH...SO I CANT RULE OUT A STRAY SHRA/TSRA. AGAIN...SOME OF THE MODELS BRING OUT A LOT OF PRECIP...SO STAY TUNED. THE FRONT FINALLY GETS INTO THE FORECAST AREA ON SUNDAY AS THE U/L TROF SETS UP AND PUSHES IT THROUGH. WE WONT SEE MUCH AIRMASS CHANGE (DO WE EVER IN JULY??) AND WILL HOLD IN THE CURRENT CHANCE POPS. .EXTENDED... TYPICAL SUMMERTIME WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH HIGHS AND LOWS NEAR CLIMATOLOGY...AND AT LEAST A CHANCE OF RAIN EACH DAY. LITTLE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN CHANGE IS EXPECTED AS STRONG U/L RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWEST CONUS. .PRELIM DIGITS...(FIRST PERIOD POPS VERY PRELIM) QUAD CITIES 72/87/66/87/68/85 511223 HUNTSVILLE 71/86/67/89/68/85 621223 FORT PAYNE 71/85/65/90/67/86 841223 CULLMAN 72/88/68/91/69/87 841223 .HUN...NONE. 23/JE
ALZ001>010-016-111000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1125 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...ALONG WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY POSE A HAZARD WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE WEATHER INITIALLY WILL BE NORTHWEST ALABAMA DURING THE AFTERNOON PEAK HEATING...THEN SHIFTING EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. CBD
ALZ006-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 415 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN MADISON COUNTY... A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MADISON COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH INCLUDE...HARVEST... MADISON...HUNTSVILLE AND MOORES MILL. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND RAINFALL RATES UP TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL POSE A HAZARD FOR THOSE OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. CBD
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:34 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
several trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
several streets were flooded with several inches of water covering them.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2003
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: 5373433, 5373434.