2 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Feb 25, 10:43 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED WWA SECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1043 PM CST WED FEB 25 2004 .DISCUSSION... WELL...THE REFINED WSW HAS BEEN ISSUED AND BASICALLY WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO...AFTER CONSIDERABLE CONSIDERATION AND COORDINATION WITH ATL...HPC...BHM...MRX...AND ESPECIALLY BNA (THANKS BB) WAS TO ADJUST AMOUNTS. THE ADVISORY GROUP IS STILL THE SAME BUT HAVE LOWERED AMOUNTS TO AROUND 1/2 INCH ON GRASSY SURFACES...AND AROUND 1 INCH ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRINDLEY MTN AND MONTE SANO. THE WARNING ZONE GROUP HAS 1-3 IN VALLEYS OVERNIGHT...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE MTNS...WITH PERHAPS 1 INCH BETWEEN 12-16Z...SO PERHAPS 5 INCHES IN SEWANEE AND LOOKOUT MTN ARE REASONABLE. THE KEY FEATURES TO THIS EVENT...ARE SURFACE AND BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS...DEFORMATION ZONE ALIGNMENT...AND WILL ENOUGH QPF BE AVAILABLE BEFORE THE COLD AIR REALLY GETS HERE. THE NEW ETA SUGGESTS PEAKS SNOW EFFICIENCY TIME FRAME IS 9-13Z. WITH THE UPPER LOW COLD POOL MOVING CLOSER...MESOSCALE BANDS WITH DECENT EFFICIENCY RATES ARE POSSIBLE. *** THE PEACH TREE CITY OFFICE WILL LAUNCH A RADIOSONDE AT 05Z...WHICH SHOULD GIVE A BETTER REPRESENTATION OF THE WEDGES EFFECT...ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER TEMP PROFILE. SPECIAL THANKS TO FFC.*** && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MARSHALL...DEKALB...AND JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 10 AM THURSDAY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MADISON...MORGAN...CULLMAN...LIMESTONE COUNTIES THROUGH 10 AM THURSDAY. TN...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH 10 AM THURSDAY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES THROUGH 10 AM THURSDAY. && JDG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1023 PM CST WED FEB 25 2004 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-261100- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1023 PM CST WED FEB 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(OVERNIGHT)... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA WILL DRAG COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE THE RAIN TO MIX WITH OR TURN TO SNOW ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY MAINLY AFTER 3 AM...AROUND MIDNIGHT IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL POTENTIAL EXISTS EAST OF A WINCHESTER TO GUNTERSVILLE LINE WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AND SEWANEE...UP TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FOR HUNTSVILE...DECATUR...CULLMAN...ATHENS...FAYETTEVILLE AND LYNCHBURG...ONLY A HALF OF AN INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON GRASSY AREAS.. IN HIGHER ELEVATION SUCH AS MONTE SANO...GREEN AND BRINDLEY MOUNTAINS AROUND ONE INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. CAUTION IS ADVISED WHEN TRAVELING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR A FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET...FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND STATEMENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY... HOWEVER ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY TENNESSEE AND JACKSON AND DEKALB COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TONIGHT FOR COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA...AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Two inches of snow occurred in the Boaz area of the county in the higher elevations.
Two inches of snow occurred in the Powell area of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, February 2004
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: 5383289, 5383288.