8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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 Jun 6, 10:08 AM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1108 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 .DISCUSSION... VERY SHORT TERM (TODAY)... BESIDES THE STRONG TO SEVERE ACTIVITY NEAR PICKWICK LAKE...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SPROUTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA. FEEL IT PRUDENT TO RAISE POPS INTO THE NUMEROUS CATEGORY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. WILL ALSO AMEND WINDS TO READ LIGHT WINDS OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS. REMAINDER OF FORECAST IS FINE. DISCUSSION FOR TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BE FORTHCOMING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. EARLY EXTENDED DISCUSSION (FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... WE DEFINITELY ARE HEADED INTO THE DITTO DAYS OF SUMMER. THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WILL FEATURE ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA EACH DAY...WITH A LULL POSSIBLE SATURDAY/SUNDAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN. WILL KEEP TEMPS NEAR CLIMATOLOGY THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && JE/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1008 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-061830- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1008 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA LATE THIS MORNING...AND SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY MIDDAY. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA BY AROUND MIDDAY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON AS HEATING CONTINUES. GIVEN STRONG INSTABILITY AND HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT...ANY OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY SINCE THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING. IN ADDITION...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED BRIEF SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT...WITH LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND BEING THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL WEAKEN ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY..BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE REGION. A TYPICAL SUMMERTIME PATTERN WILL BECOME FIRMLY ESTABLISHED BY MIDWEEK. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. OTHERWISE...A CONTINUATION OF THE WARM AND HUMID WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KULA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1015 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 ALZ001-002-061615- COLBERT-LAUDERDALE- 1015 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES UNTIL 11:15 AM... AT 1010 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM IUKA TO 6 MILES WEST OF PHIL CAMPBELL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM IUKA TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELLVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... MYNOT. ROCK CREEK. RIVERTON. WATERLOO. RED ROCK. WRIGHT MUSCLE SHOALS. FLORENCE. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY INSIDE SHELTER UNTIL THE LIGHTNING THREAT CEASES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KULA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1046 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 ALZ001-002-061615- COLBERT-LAUDERDALE- 1046 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT CONTINUES FOR COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES UNTIL 11:15 AM... AT 1043 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PICKWICK DAM TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALNUT GROVE TO 5 MILES EAST OF CHEROKEE TO TUSCUMBIA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF SAVANNAH TO 16 MILES WEST OF UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE TO 10 MILES WEST OF SHEFFIELD TO TUSCUMBIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... WRIGHT. TUSCUMBIA. MUSCLE SHOALS. WHITEOAK. THREET. FLORENCE. SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. KULA
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:08 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A few large limbs and power lines were blown down.
Quarter size hail was reported.
Several small trees were blown down.
A large tree was blown down along Highway 10 near Cloverdale.
A few trees were blown down along Highway 65 near Hollytree.
A tree was blown down along County Road 337.
A couple of trees were blown down at Key Road and Carroll Road.
A few small trees were blown down on Brindley Mountain.
Several inches of water covered the roads in Meridianville.
Penny size hail was reported in Bucks Pocket State Park.
Penny size hail was reported in Bucks Pocket State Park.
Nickel size hail was reported.
A few trees 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, June 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: 5459884, 5459885, 5459886, 5459887, 5459888, 5459889, 5459890, 5459891, 5459892, 5459893, 5459894, 5459895, 5459896.