7 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Jun 17, 8:45 AM CST, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 945 AM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003 SKIES ONLY PARTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING...MORNING SKIES CLEARED MUCH EARLIER THAN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO A DAY AS WARM...MAYBE WARMER...THAN YESTERDAY. AS A RESULT...THE ERN COUNTIES MIGHT TOP 90 IN A FEW SPOTS THIS AFTERNOON. WILL MONITOR THROUGH NOON FOR NEED TO RAISE TODAYS MAXES. OTHERWISE...STORMS SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIRE THIS AFTERNOON OFF OLD BOUNDARIES FROM YESTERDAYS ACTIVITY. NO UPDATES FOR NOW. .HUN...NONE. JE/23
ALZ001>010-016-181000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1258 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR THE FORMATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PEAS...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...AS DISTURBANCES CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THIS MOISTURE RICH AREA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. RSB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
two streets with several inches of water over road.
several trees and power lines down.
flash flooding with several inches of water over frankfort road.
several trees down.
penny size hail reported.
50 foot trailer overturned on highway 24 and several trees down.
several inches of water over road.
flash flooding with culvert washed out on county road 61.
several inches of water over county road 61.
flash flooding with water over horton road.
flash flooding with water over county road 64.
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, June 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: 5363809, 5363810, 5363811, 5363812, 5363813, 5363814, 5363815, 5363818, 5363816, 5363817, 5363819.