2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 23, 2:15 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 315 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2004 .DISCUSSION... SFC FRONT HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY...AND WAS LOCATED ROUGHLY ALONG A TRI-BNA-MEM-PBF LINE AT 20Z. VERY LITTLE PUSH BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SOME ERLY (EVEN SRLY) WINDS NOTED NORTH OF THE FRONT. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A BROAD TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE SRN PLAINS WITH MOIST SWRLY FLOW ACROSS THE GULF COAST/DEEP SOUTH. CONVECTION CONTINUES TO ERUPT FROM THE NWRN GULF INTO CENTRAL AL/GA THIS AFTN. FURTHER TO THE NORTH...CLOUDS HAVE KEPT THE LOW LEVEL AIRMASS FAIRLY STABLE...BUT HAVE STILL SEEN SOME LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIP IN WARM TOPPED SHOWERS. EXPECT MAIN FOCUS FOR PRECIP TONIGHT TO BE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE REGION AS UVM IS MAXIMIZED IN ADVANCE OF S/W TROUGH AND H8-H7 JET MAX. THE 12KM ETA DOES SHOW SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT DEVELOPING AGAIN OVERNIGHT...SO WOULD EXPECT AT LEAST SOME SHRA REDEVELOPMENT. UPPER TROUGH BEGINS TO LIFT NE ON THU...WITH MAX UVM ACROSS THE TN VLY IN THE THU AFTN/EVENING TIME FRAME. THE TRACK OF THE H7-H5 LOW WOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY PRECIP ACROSS THE REGION. PREFER THE ETA QPF OUTPUT...WHICH WOULD INDICATE A GENERAL 0.75 TO 1 ACROSS THE HUN CWFA. THE GFS PRECIP LOOKS A BIT OVERDONE. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...WILL CONTINUE FAIRLY HIGH POPS INTO THU NIGHT INTO EARLY FRI AS THE UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE 12KM ETA SAGS THE FRONT SOUTH TEMPORARILY ON FRI...BUT NEVER REALLY PUSHES THE FRONT THROUGH (WHILE THE GFS PUSHES THE FRONT QUITE A BIT SOUTH). GIVEN MODEL HISTORY AND TIME OF YEAR...AND INCLINED TO LEAN TOWARD THE LESS AGGRESSIVE ETA. LONGER TERM...DESPITE THE PASSAGE OF THE S/W TROUGH LATE IN THE WORK WEEK...THE GFS MAINTAINS A TROUGHY PATTERN ACROSS THE ERN 1/3 OF THE NATION. THERES NOT BEEN A LOT OF RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY IN THE GFS...SO ITS HARD TO DISCERN MUCH SPECIFICS IN THE SAT-WED TIME FRAME. WILL CONTINUE WITH 30-40% POPS AND SLIGHTLY BELOW CLI TEMPS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 65 85 67 82 / 20 20 40 50 SHOALS 66 86 67 82 / 20 20 40 50 CULLMAN 66 86 68 83 / 20 20 40 50 FAYETTEVILLE 65 84 65 82 / 20 10 40 50 FT PAYNE 65 85 67 82 / 20 20 40 50 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && 15
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 103 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2004 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-241000- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 103 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER OVER SOUTHERN TENNESSEE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH PLENTIFUL MOISTURE AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO PROVIDE FOR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. THAT COMBINED WITH THE LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL RESULT IN MORE SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL LINGER INTO THE WEEKEND AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO LINGER ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 09
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:18 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
A few power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
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: 5406202, 5406203.