5 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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 5, 10:55 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1055 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004 .DISCUSSION... WILL BE UPDATING ZONES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR TO DROP WIND ADVISORY FOR THE FORECAST AREA (FA). WILL BE SHORTLY ISSUING NPW STATEMENT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. OTHERWISE...LITTLE CHANGES NOTED IN ZONES OTHER THAN DECREASING WINDS AND SHIFTING WINDS AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST IN WESTERN ZONES DUE TO WIND SHIFT AS FRONT IS APPROACHING WESTERN PART OF THE FA. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT. FLOOD WATCH ALL OF NRN AL OVERNIGHT. TN...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. FLOOD WATCH OVERNIGHT. && TROUTMAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1140 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-061100- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1140 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(OVERNIGHT)... A VERY SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL CREEP EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. THE LARGE RAIN BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...THE FOCUS OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL STEADILY SHIFT TO THE EAST. NORTHWEST ALABAMA WILL SEE MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS...WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY CONTINUES WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. DANGEROUS FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS THE RAIN SHIFTS EASTWARD...NOT ONLY WITH SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS...BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF LARGE MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE ELK RIVER NEAR FAYETTEVILLE...THE FLINT RIVER AT CHASE...AND THE PAINT ROCK RIVER NEAR WOODVILLE. COUNTYWIDE FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... MOST OF THE WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL DEPART THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...RESIDUAL FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...ESPECIALLY WHERE RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO CREST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS COLD AIR BEHIND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM INTERACTS WITH LEFT OVER MOISTURE. THE AREA WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO DRY OUT OVER THE WEEKEND...AS THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN IS NOT UNTIL TUESDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS REQUESTED OVERNIGHT TO DEAL WITH CONTINUED FLOODING. 27
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1045 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004 ALZ010-060515- DE KALB- 1045 PM CST THU FEB 5 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN DEKALB COUNTY... AT 10:45 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE DEKALB ETOWAH COUNTY LINE NEAR COLLINSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR FORT PAYNE BY 11:15 PM...AND VALLEY HEAD BY 11:30. STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL EASILY TOSS AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. 27
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Shoals creek flooded the basements of several houses in the St. Florian area.
One to two feet of water over the road in the henagar area with bridges under water on lonview, fleming and weaver streets.
Portions of county road 12 was covered by several inches of flood water.
Flooding was occurring county wide with several roads closed due to high water.
Flooding was occurring county wide with several roads with several inches of water over them.
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: 5382879, 5382880, 5382881, 5383279, 5383280.