6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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 Jul 25, 9:00 AM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1000 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004 .UPDATE... ABUNDANT NUMBER OF SFC BOUNDARIES LINGERING ACROSS SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING WILL COMPLICATE FCST FOR SHORT TERM. STATIONARY FRONT STRETCHES FROM APPROX NORTHERN LA UP TO AL/TN BORDER...THEN BACK SOUTH TOWARD CHARLESTON SC WHILE ANOTHER BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS CENTRAL AR. SFC LOW WHICH DEVELOPED IN NORTHERN GULF OVERNIGHT HAS PLACED INVERTED TROF ACROSS WESTERN AL. FAIRLY DECENT CONVERGENCE ALONG TROF WITH EASTERLY WINDS IN AL/WESTERLY IN MS MAY SERVE AS FOCUS FOR CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. 850MB ANALYSIS AT 12Z ALSO SHOWING CONVERGENCE ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA...WHICH MAY BE HELPING INDUCE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AT THE PRESENT TIME. YET ANOTHER FLY IN THE OINTMENT WITH S/WAVE ROTATING ACROSS WESTERN TN AS EVIDENT FROM KNQA 88D. THIS FEATURE IS MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND SHOULD HAVE MINIMAL IMPACT ON FA. HOWEVER...PLENTY OF OTHER FEATURES WILL COME INTO PLAY THIS AFTERNOON IN REGARD TO PCPN FORMATION. PW VALUES PER 12Z SOUNDINGS HAVE INCREASED PAST 24 HOURS AND ARE APPROACHING THE 2.00 INCH MARK. DWPTS REMAIN IN THE MID 70S AS OF 14Z WITH TEMPS IN THE LOWER 80S. WILL BE ANOTHER HOT AND MUGGY DAY WITH HIGHS AROUND 90...ALTHOUGH MORE CLOUD COVER EXPECTED TODAY MAY KEEP THEM FROM GETTING OUT OF CONTROL. IF CLOUD COVER DOES NOT INCREASE AS EXPECTED...MAY NEED TO BUMP TEMPS UP TO LOW TO MID 90S IN SOME LOCATIONS. MODEL FCST SOUNDINGS NOT SHOWING ANY REAL SIGNS OF MICROBURST POTENTIAL TODAY AS SOUNDINGS BECOME COMPLETELY SATD BY 18Z AND WINDEX VALUES DROP TO NEAR 20. HOWEVER...THIS IS OFTEN THE CASE IN THESE SITUATIONS AND FEELING IS THAT CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY CLOSE TO WHAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY. THUS POSSIBILITY OF ISOLD MICROBURSTS EXIST AGAIN TODAY WITH UNSTABLE AIR SOUTH OF SFC BOUNDARY...THOUGH FOR THE MOST PART HEAVY RAIN WILL BE BIGGER THREAT AS WEAK WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN SLOW MOVERS. ALL IN ALL...GOING FCST APPEARS TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE AND WILL NEED TO MAKE VERY FEW TWEAKS. WILL DO MINOR UPDATE LATER THIS MORNING TO REMOVE AFTERNOON WORDING AND MONITOR TRENDS FROM THERE. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && PB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1145 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-261000- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1145 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(THROUGH TONIGHT)... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY...COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WILL HELP TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH STARTING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WITH LIGHT WINDS ALOFT...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM MOVEMENT WILL BE QUITE SLOW WHICH COULD ALSO RESULT IN BRIEF BUT LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD SAG THROUGH THE AREA ON MONDAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY WITH ITS PASSAGE. DRIER WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR MUCH OF THE MID WEEK PERIOD BEFORE LOW CHANCES FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN BY THE END OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD. 09
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1245 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004 ALZ001-002-004-251830- COLBERT-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE- 1245 PM CDT SUN JUL 25 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED OVER THE WILSON LAKE AREA IN EXTREME NORTHEAST COLBERT COUNTY WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS WILSON LAKE...JOE WHEELER STATE PARK AND THE TOWN OF RED BANK. STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. SIGNIFICANT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 PM. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE MOVE INDOORS AS THE STORM PASSES. BOATERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER. PB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
A tree and a few power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
Two trees blown down by thunderstorm winds near Brazers chapel.
A few trees were blown down due to thunderstorm winds.
A few trees were blown down due to thunderstorm winds.
A tree and a potato shed and an attached corn bin were destroyed due to thunderstorm winds.
Flash flooding was reported with several inches of water over a few roads in Florence.
Flash flooding was reported with several inches of water over a few roads in Tuscumbia.
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, July 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: 5413366, 5413368, 5413367, 5411944, 5411945, 5411946, 5411947, 5411948.