5 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 Nov 23, 9:40 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 940 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 .UPDATE... WILL BE AMENDING ZONES ASAP AS ENTIRE FA IS NOW IN TORNADO WATCH TIL 10Z AS LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE TSRA CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST OUT OF MISSISSIPPI TOWARD THE FA. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 AM CST WED AND FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY ALZ001>010-016. TN...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4 AM CST WED AND FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY TNZ076-096-097. && TROUTMAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 750 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-241100- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 750 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(THROUGH TONIGHT)... THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS EVENING ALONG A NORTHWARD MOVING WARM FRONT. THE BIGGEST THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS COULD AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING THAT WAS EXPERIENCED THIS AFTERNOON...THUS A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ACROSS THE AREA. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING...IN ADDITION TO RISING STREAMS AND RIVERS...WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THIS LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY).. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AFFECTING THE AREA EAST OF I-65 BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE LINE CLEARS THE AREA...WHICH IS EXPECTED DURING BY LATE AFTERNOON. CONSIDERABLY COOLER AIR WILL RUSH IN LATE WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. PB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 855 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 ALZ001>004-240500- COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE- 855 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT UNTIL 11 PM FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA... A LINE OF STORMS MOVING NORTH INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND EASTERN FRANKLIN...COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES... ALONG WITH ALL OF LAWRENCE COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN...WITH AMOUNTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH PER HOUR. THIS WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS AND RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT...SIGNIFICANT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS LINE OF STORMS. PERSONS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR A FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1151 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1145 PM TSTM WND DMG LACON 34.33N 86.90W
11/23/2004 MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ONE TREE REPORTED DOWN ON HWY 31 AT LACON MOUNTAIN
1145 PM HAIL LACON 34.33N 86.90W
11/23/2004 0.25 INCH MORGAN AL AMATEUR RADIO
SMALL HAIL REPORTED ON HWY 31 AT LACON MOUNTAIN
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PNGThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:13 UTC.
5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Two roads were covered by several inches of water.
Several inches of water was reported over two roads which made them impassable.
Flash flooding was reported with several inches of water across a few roads.
A bridge was washed out due to flash flooding on county road 255.
Four to five inches of water covered roads at the intersection of highways 11 and 68. Water was also reported to be several inches deep in five buildings near a creek at this location.
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, November 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: 5428264, 5428265, 5428266, 5428267, 5428342.