4 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 25, 2:18 AM CST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 318 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004 .DISCUSSION... 5H TROF OVER ARKANSAS STILL PROVIDING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER THE CWA...ATTM NO TSRA/LIGHTNING. AT THE SFC CAN DEFINITELY PICK OUT COLD FRONT OVER MO...CLOSER TO HOME LOOKS TO BE A WEAK LOW OVER CENTRAL MS AND ANOTHER LOW RIDING ALONG THE MS/AL GULF COAST. LOOKING AT RADAR AND STLT...CAN SEE WHAT LOOKS TO BE A DRY SLOT TRYING TO FORM OVER CENTRAL MS/WRN AL AS A 30-40 KT 5H JET PUSHES INTO THIS AREA. AFTER GOOD COORDINATION WITH BHM/JAN AND HPC DOWNGRADING THEIR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TO ISOLATED...WILL NOT ISSUE A FFA. HOWEVER WILL MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAINLY IN THE MORNING IN ZONES AND SPS. AS FOR TEMPS SHOULD STAY AROUND THE UPPER 70S FOR HIGHS TODAY. WILL GO CATEGORICAL WITH POPS. SPC DOES HAVE ERN ZONES IN SLIGHT RISK TODAY WITH 8H WINDS AROUND 25 KTS AND SOME LOW LEVEL SHEAR. BUT WITH TEMPS IN THE 70S AND THICK CLOUD COVER...NOT EXPECTING ANY WIDESPREAD SVR WX MAY BE A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. MODELS HAVE COLD FRONT MOVING THRU CWA BY TONIGHT WITH MID 60S DEWPOINTS ON TAP FOR SATURDAY. WILL PUT CHANCE POPS IN ZONES FOR TONIGHT...MAINLY DURING THE EVENING. THINK THAT AFTER MIDNIGHT PCPN IS HISTORY IF NOT SOONER. CLOUDS COULD BE SCT/BKN TONIGHT SO FOG COULD BE A PROBLEM BY SATURDAY MORNING...ATTM WILL LEAVE MENTION OF FOG OUT AND LET DAY SHIFT ADD IF NECESSARY. WENT AHEAD AND REMOVED THE CHANCE OF PCPN SATURDAY DURING THE DAY AS FRONT IS SOUTH OF CWA. SATURDAY NIGHT...AS FRONT TRIES TO MOVE BACK NORTH...WILL ADD A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSRA. THE FRONT LOOKS TO HANG AROUND A WHILE AND COMBINED WITH ANY DISTURBANCE THAT FLOATS BY...GOT TO KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS IN FOR THE REST OF THE EXTENDED FCST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 78 66 83 65 / 100 50 10 20 SHOALS 79 67 84 66 / 100 50 10 20 CULLMAN 78 68 84 67 / 100 50 10 20 FAYETTEVILLE 77 65 84 64 / 100 50 10 20 FT PAYNE 77 65 83 64 / 100 50 10 20 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && 07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 500 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-251800- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 500 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THIS PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...RESULTING IN SOME MINOR FLOODING AND RUNOFF CONCERNS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...TO GENERALLY LESS THAN 1 INCH ELSEWHERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... DRIER WEATHER WILL MAKE A BRIEF RETURN ON SATURDAY. THEN EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO RETURN FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS NEAR THE AREA. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MR
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 400 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-251700- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 400 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ...PERSISTENT WET PATTERN COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED RUNOFF PROBLEMS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS MORNING... OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...MANY LOCATIONS HAVE SEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN...WITH SOME SPOTS BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES. ADDITIONAL MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL APPROACH 1 INCH ACROSS MUCH OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...WITH SOME ISOLATED AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. THUS...A FEW LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE ENOUGH RAINFALL OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED RUNOFF AND MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR ANY LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL BE OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WHERE RAINFALL HAS BEEN MOST PERSISTENT RECENTLY. THE LOWEST POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA...WHERE RAINFALL AMOUNTS REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL OVERALL...AND ONLY ISOLATED STORMS HAVE PUT A DENT IN RAINFALL DEFICITS SO FAR. PERSONS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ARE URGED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS ANY DRAINAGE DITCHES OR CULVERTS. BE SURE TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR A FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET...FOR FURTHER WEATHER AND HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION. MR
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:00 UTC.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding was reported with several inches of water over a few roads near Mt. Hector Road.
Flash flooding was reported with numerous roads closed in Athens.
Flash flooding was reported county-wide with numerous roads county-wide closed due to several inches of water over county roads.
Flash flooding was reported with several inches of water over road.
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: 5406205, 5406206, 5406207, 5406208.