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 Jun 18, 2:05 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 305 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2003 ANOTHER REASONABLY ACTIVE AFTERNOON IN STORE AS SHRA HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE WRN HALF OF THE CWFA AND ARE SLOWLY PROPAGATING EASTWARD. SO FAR WERE REMAINING BELOW FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE...BUT FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS VERY VERY LOW. .SHORT TERM... TONIGHTS POPS WILL BE BASED ON RADAR TRENDS AND EXPECTED PRECIP AFTER 00Z. A FIRST GUESS IS PROVIDED IN THE PRELIM DIGITS BELOW. CURRENTLY KGWX 88D SHOWS DEVELOPING SHRA/TSRA OVER NRN MS THAT SHOULD MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. GIVEN THE LOW FF GUIDANCE...FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN RE-ISSUED FOR TONIGHT. IT COULD VERY WELL BE CANCELLED EARLY IF RAIN COMES TO AN END ONCE WE LOSE THE DAYTIME HEATING. PERSISTENCE WILL DO FOR TEMPS TONIGHT. PRECIP CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG (FOR JUNE) SURFACE FRONT SWEEPS SOUTHWARD. IN OTHER WORDS...WITH THE FRONT NOT THROUGH...TOMORROW WILL BE ONE MORE REPEAT PERFORMANCE. CONSIDERED LIKELY POPS BUT I THINK BEST DYNAMICAL ENHANCEMENT WILL BE JUST TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF OUR AREA...SO WILL GO WITH 50 POPS THU...TAPERING TO LOW CHC THU NIGHT. FRONT COMES THROUGH FRIDAY...WILL HOLD SLT CHC WITH FROPA. THEN... .EXTENDED... ALMOST COULDNT ASK FOR A BETTER LATE JUNE WEEKEND. WITH DRY AIR MOVING IN...AND CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...LOWS IN THE COLDER VALLEYS FCST TO DROP INTO THE 50S () BOTH MORNINGS. EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE NEAR 60 OR LOWER 60S. DAYTIME HIGHS WILL BE WARM WITH DRY AIR AND NEAR-FULL SUN...BUT IT WILL BE REASONABLY LESS HUMID. SRLY FLOW REESTABLISHES FOR THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...SO WILL KEEP SLT CHC POPS FOR MONDAY...AND CHC FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .FAST FACT... NEITHER HSV NOR MSL HAVE BEEN WARMER THAN 90 DEGREES SO FAR (THOUGH THAT COULD CHANGE IN THE NEXT WEEK). THE LAST TIME IT TOOK THIS LONG OR LONGER TO REACH 90 DEGREES WAS IN 1997. FFC/BMX...THANKS FOR COLLAB. .PRELIM DIGITS... MUSCLE SHOALS 68/84/67/85/60/88 553200 HUNTSVILLE 68/83/67/84/60/88 553200 FORT PAYNE 68/83/67/84/55/88 553200 CULLMAN 69/84/68/85/60/89 553200 HUN...FLOOD WATCH ALL ZONES (ALZ001>010-016) THROUGH TONIGHT. JE/23
ALZ001>010-016-191000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1255 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS...COUPLED WITH A BROAD UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES...WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS MOST LIKELY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. STORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE SHOALS AREA OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA HAVE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED HEAVY RAINS...ALONG WITH SOME FLASH FLOODING OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOOD PROBLEMS. THUS...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHERN ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THE LAST IN A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL SWING ACROSS THE REGION BY EARLY FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...WITH A FEW STORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND BRINGING A BRIEF BREAK FROM THE WET WEATHER. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT NORTHERN ALABAMA EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST. .CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RSB
ALZ001>010-016-182100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 230 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST SLOWLY AT 10 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM HUNTSVILLE TO DECATUR THROUGH 4 PM. LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 4 PM WILL INCLUDE...TUSCUMBIA... FLORENCE...LEXINGTON...MOULTON...RUSSELVILLE...AND HARTSELLE. RAINFALL AMOUNT WILL REMAIN LESS THAN 1/2 OF AN INCH...WITH LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 1 INCH IN STRONGER STORMS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE AVAILABLE IN THE ATMOSPHERE COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN ALABAMA. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. KTW
ALZ001>010-016-182200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 407 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2003 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST SLOWLY AT 10 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM STEVENSON TO CULLMAN THROUGH 5 PM. LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 5 PM WILL INCLUDE...TUSCUMBIA... FLORENCE...ELKMONT...RUSSELVILLE...CULLMAN...AND HARTSELLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN 1/2 OF AN INCH...WITH LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 1 INCH IN STRONGER STORMS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY PASS THROUGH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE AVAILABLE IN THE ATMOSPHERE COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN ALABAMA. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. KTW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
flash flooding occurring across large portion of county with several county roads with several inches of water over roads.
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
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