2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Sep 12, 7:20 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 820 PM CDT SUN SEP 12 2004 .DISCUSSION... DID A QUICK UPDATE TO UP POPS FOR THIS EVENING. 5H CLOSE LOW IS KICKING OFF A GOOD BATCH OF SHRA/TSRA WITH HEAVY RAIN. ALL OF THE PCPN IS MOVING EAST INTO MORE STABLE AIR. EXPECTING THE PCPN TO DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THE EVENING GOES ON. THUS WENT CATEGORICALLY IN WRN ZONES TO CHANCE FOR REST OF CWA (50 POPS IN HUN AND 30 POPS OVER NE AL). ETA SHOWS MOST OF PCPN SHOULD BE OVER ARND MIDNIGHT...SO WILL HAVE TO DO ANOTHER UPDATE PROBABLY BEFORE SHIFT IS OVER. AGREE WITH SPC THAT THE SVR WX THREAT IS ABOUT OVER BUT NEED TO WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING...AS STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY EAST. .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && 07
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 844 PM CDT SUN SEP 12 2004 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-131000- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 844 PM CDT SUN SEP 12 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(THROUGH TONIGHT)... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST THIS EVENING. IN STRONGER STORMS...EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. AS THE STORMS MOVE EAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...THEY WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE OVER AROUND MIDNIGHT .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THERE WILL BE A LINGERING SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...AS THE WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES EAST OUT OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION. CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IVAN NEARS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. HOWEVER... AN EXACT TRACK FOR THE HURRICANE IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. KEEP ABREAST OF FUTURE STATEMENTS REGARDING HURRICANE IVAN. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 433 PM CDT SUN SEP 12 2004 ALZ002-122230- COLBERT- 433 PM CDT SUN SEP 12 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CONTINUES FOR COLBERT COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF COLBERT COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL EFFECT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS THROUGH 530 PM...RED BAY...VINA AND GOOD SPRINGS. HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH AN HOUR WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO DISSIPATE AROUND SUNSET. SS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 458 PM CDT SUN SEP 12 2004 ALZ004-122230- LAWRENCE- 458 PM CDT SUN SEP 12 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. THESE STORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT HOWEVER THEY WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH AN HOUR WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED THROUGH 530 PM WILL BE MT HOPE AND HATTON. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO DISSIPATE AROUND SUNSET. SS
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:00 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding was reported in Florence with several streets with several inches of water over the roads.
Flash flooding was reported with several inches of water over area roads.
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, September 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: 5423730, 5423731.