2 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 Nov 30, 2:40 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 240 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2004 .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. AREA RADARS SHOW PRECIP EXTENDS BACK TO EASTERN ARKANSAS AND DOWN TO THE GULF COAST. LATEST SFC ANALYSIS INDICATES SFC LOW CENTERED OVER WESTERN TN...WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXTENDING DOWN THROUGH CENTRAL MS. WARM FRONT EXTENDS FROM LOW DOWN THROUGH CENTRAL AL...PUTTING SOUTH AL IN THE WARM SECTOR WHERE TEMPS HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE 70S. CLOSER TO HOME...TEMPS RANGED FROM MID 50S IN THE EAST TO THE MID 60S IN THE WEST. .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)... FRONT WILL CONTINUE MAKING GOOD EASTWARD PROGRESSION AND SHOULD APPROACH NORTHWEST ALABAMA BY 00Z. EVEN SO...POST-FRONTAL PRECIP WILL CONTINUE WITH 100 POPS FOR ALL AREAS FOR TONIGHT. AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WILL TAPER POPS FROM WEST TO EAST FOR THE 00Z TO 06Z PERIOD. FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME...PLAN IS TO LEAVE IT AS IS. AREAS IN THE WEST HAVE RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES IN MOST AREAS...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT SO WILL KEEP CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE WITH MENTION OF GUSTS AS WELL. THE PRECIP SHOULD COME TO AN END FOR CENTRAL AREAS AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND IN THE EAST BY DAYBREAK. THEREFORE...HAVE REMOVED THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE EAST FOR TOMORROW MORNING. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY DURING THE AFTERNOON. TEMPS WILL FALL TO NEAR FREEZING WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. .REST OF THE PERIOD...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP CONDITIONS DRY THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND...AS TEMPS REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL VALUES. A SHORTWAVE MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY...WITH ONLY INFLUENCE ON TENNESSEE VALLEY BEING AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER. HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP IN FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS NEXT SYSTEM BEGINS TO AFFECT THE AREA. LOOKS LIKE AN OVERRUNNING EVENT FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AND HAVE RAISED POPS SLIGHTLY FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. FRONT APPROACHES AND MOVES THROUGH LATE ON TUESDAY...SO HAVE INTRODUCED CHANCE POPS FOR TUESDAY AS WELL. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 42 51 31 56 / 100 10 0 10 SHOALS 40 51 31 56 / 100 10 0 10 CULLMAN 42 52 30 56 / 100 10 0 10 FAYETTEVILLE 41 50 30 54 / 100 10 0 10 FT PAYNE 44 52 29 54 / 100 10 0 10 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 9 PM CST FOR ALL COUNTIES. TN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 9 PM CST FOR ALL COUNTIES. && 24
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1228 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2004 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-010300- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1228 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST EAST OF MEMPHIS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON DRAGGING A SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT EAST INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO BE DRAWN NORTH TOWARD THE LOCAL AREA...PRODUCING SEVERAL AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG WINDS...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 72. DUE TO LOOSE AND SATURATED SOIL...TREES WILL BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DOWNFALL. THE PRIMARY THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE FLOODING RAINS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA INTO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND 1 INCH IS QUITE POSSIBLE...ON TOP OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ALREADY FALLEN IN THIS AREA. LIGHTER...BUT STILL SIGNIFICANT RAINS ARE STILL EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA...WHERE STEEPER TERRAIN WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A RUNOFF PROBLEM. RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS EVENING AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION THROUGH LATE WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DOMINATE AREA WEATHER WITH THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN NOT UNTIL SUNDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME...BUT MAY BE NEEDED TO RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KULA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 112 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2004 ALZ003-004-302000- FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE- 112 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN FRANKLIN AND ALL OF LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 2:00 PM... AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PHIL CAMPBELL WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH INTO EASTERN FRANKLIN AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES. THE STORM WILL LAST ONLY 15 TO 20 MINUTES...BUT COULD EASILY PACK A PUNCH. VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT MAY BE TRANSPORTED TO THE SURFACE AS HEAVY RAIN FALLS WITH THIS STORM...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH LIKELY...POSSIBLY REACHING 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE TREE DAMAGE RATHER EASILY WITH SATURATED AND LOOSE SOIL DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...BUT THE SHORT DURATION SHOULD LIMIT PROBLEMS TO NORMAL WATER PONDING. YOU ARE ADVISED TO GO INSIDE DURING THIS DANGEROUS AND FAST MOVING STORM. KULA
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</html>The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding was reported with water covering the road along highway 431.
Flash flooding was reported with water covering two roads with a depth of six inches noted.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Tennessee in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5428346, 5428345.