7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 Aug 22, 12:17 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 117 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2005 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER HOT DAY ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...THOUGH NOT AS HOT AS YESTERDAYS SCORCHING TEMPERATURES. HIGHEST WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR IS 95...AND CLOUD COVER/RAIN IS BEGINNING TO IMPEDE FURTHER WARMING. IT APPEARS THE HEAT WILL CONTINUE TO LESSEN AS WE GO THROUGH THE FORECAST...BUT BY NO MEANS ARE AUTUMN-LIKE TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)... THE POP-UP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE RADAR THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY SUNSET. CANT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA AT ANY TIME DURING THE NIGHT (EVIDENCED BY THIS MORNINGS ROGUE TSRA NEAR CORINTH MS) SO WILL HOLD IN A SLIGHT CHANCE AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOMORROW IS LOOKING LIKE A REPEAT OF TODAY. GFS HAS A TERRIBLE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK VORT THAT HAD TO BE DISCOUNTED...BUT EVEN AFTER YOU TAKE THAT OUT...BOTH THE GFS AND THE NAM SHOW AN UPPER IMPULSE SWINGING ACROSS DURING THE DAY TOMORROW...ENHANCING RAIN CHANCES. WILL BUMP OUR POPS UP INTO THE LIKELY RANGE AS A RESULT. OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS...PLENTY OF UPLIFT...BETTER MOISTURE PROFILE THAN TODAY...AND PWAT VALUES WELL OVER TWO INCHES. MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY DOWNPOURS BUT CANT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED WIND GUST EITHER. ON WEDNESDAY...THE MODELS DO NOT PAINT MUCH PRECIP OVER THE LOCAL AREA BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE UPPER RIDGE IS BUILDING BACK IN FROM THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY. IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN THIS HAPPENS WE ALWAYS GET A ROUND OF SHRA/TSRA JUST BEFORE THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN. SO MORE ON GUT FEELING THAN ANYTHING ELSE...WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS FOR WEDNESDAY. TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD SHOULD BE FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH HIGHS AROUND 90 AND LOWS AROUND 70. EXTENDED (THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... FOR NOW...CAN SEE NO COMPELLING REASONS TO MAKE MUCH CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST. GFS SHOWS UPPER RIDGING OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. DISCOUNTED THE DGEX. I WOULDNT RULE OUT A SHRA/TSRA ON ANY DAY IN THIS PERIOD...BUT CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO PLACE A POP ANYWHERE AT THIS TIME. TEMPS WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD...AND I LEANED HEAVILY ON THE GFS ENSEMBLES FOR MAKING A FEW TEMPERATURE TWEAKS IN THE GRIDS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 73 88 71 90 / 30 60 20 30 SHOALS 73 89 71 90 / 30 60 20 30 CULLMAN 73 90 72 90 / 30 60 20 30 FAYETTEVILLE 72 87 71 89 / 30 60 20 30 FORT PAYNE 71 88 71 87 / 30 60 20 30 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && JE/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1200 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2005 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-231000- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1200 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... A STALLED COLD FRONT LAYS ACROSS SOUTHERN TENNESSEE...WITH UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES PASSING OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY FROM THE WEST. THE WARM HUMID AIR MASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA WILL BECOME HIGHLY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH HIGHS TOPPING OUT TODAY IN THE MID 90S FOR MOST OF THE AREA... HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL PEAK DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON... TOPPING OUT AROUND 105 DEGREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY... MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT. STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. SCHAUB
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds flipped over a boat house on Smith Lake.
Penny size hail was reported.
A few trees were blown down. One tree landed on a house and a car.
Quarter size hail was reported.
Several power lines were blown down.
Several trees and power lines were blown down.
A few power lines were blown down.
A few power lines were blown down.
A few power lines were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, August 2005
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: 5468649, 5468650, 5468651, 5468652, 5468653, 5468654, 5468655, 5468656, 5468657.