3 thunderstorm wind, 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 13, 9:43 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1043 AM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 .UPDATE... MAIN CONCERN TODAY WILL BE BOUNDARY INTERACTION AND CONVECTION WHICH IS IN PROGRESS...AND NEW DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED. THE STORM COMPLEX TO THE SE OF FA WILL PRODUCE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ALONG WITH THE NEW CONVECTION TO THE SW. STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO FORM BACK IN THE CLEAR AIR BEHIND STORM COMPLEX FROM THIS MORNING. BOUNDARY IN NW TN MOVING TOWARDS FA ALONG WITH MOIST SWLY FLOW OFF THE GULF...AND THE PREEXISTING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL LEAD TO BUSY SCENARIO THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO CIRRUS FROM STORM COMPLEX TO THE SOUTH...THE EASTERN ZONES TEMPS WILL HAVE TO BE LOWERED AND THE CLOUD COVER INCREASED. POPS FOR THE ABOVE AREAS WILL BE RAISED A BIT. WITH BETTER SOLAR ISOLATION FOR NW ALABAMA...THE 12Z RUC WAS SHOWING LIFTED INDICES AND CAPES NEARING -10C AND AOA 3000 J/KG PERSPECTIVELY. UPDATED FORECASTS ARE ON THE WAY... && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && JB/RB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1225 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-140200- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1225 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... THERE WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH ISOLATED GUSTS OF 60 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE FOR THE START OF THE WEEK...AS THE UPPER AIR PATTERN BECOMES A LITTLE MORE UNSETTLED. THE BEST CHANCE OF SUBSTANTIAL RAIN WILL BE ON MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY. DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WORK WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE AND NORTHERLY WINDS TAKE OVER. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BURKS
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a roof at a restaurant in Cherokee.
Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a storage building and damaged another one in the Cherokee community.
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, June 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: 5406193, 5406117, 5406192.