1 winter weather, 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 Mar 1, 3:00 AM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 300 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2005 .DISCUSSION... CLOSED H5 LOW OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING WITH UPPER LEVEL TROF AXIS EXTENDING THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. AREA RADARS STILL SHOWING SOME LIGHT RETURNS...THOUGH OBS SHOW MOST OF THIS PRECIP IS NOT REACHING THE GROUND. SFC COLD FRONT NOW MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN AL...WITH H85 COLD FRONT STILL TO OUR NW. TEMPS ACROSS THE AREA ARE GENERALLY IN THE LOW 30S THIS MORNING...WITH DEWPOINTS AROUND 30. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SOME CLEARING IN NW AL...WITH A BKN DECK ROTATING DOWN THROUGH THE BASE OF THE H5 TROF OVER SOUTHERN TN. UL TROF AXIS WILL CONTINUE TO SWING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AS H5 LOW LIFTS NE. EXPECT BKN CLOUD DECK ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH CLOUDS DECREASING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HAVE REMOVED MENTION OF FLURRIES FOR SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTIES FOR THIS MORNING AS DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO PUSH INTO THE AREA. PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH STRONG SFC LOW AFFECTING THE NE AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING WESTWARD FROM THE PLAINS. THEREFORE...WINDS WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE... WITH HIGHER GUSTS SO WILL LIKELY ISSUE A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL AREAS TODAY. THIS WILL HELP PRODUCE A VERY BRISK DAY ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF MARCH...AS TEMPERATURES ONLY CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 40S UNDER STRONG CAA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD WESTWARD TODAY...AND WILL BE CENTERED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND WITH LIGHT WINDS... ALLOWING LOWS TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 20S. SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE MOSTLY SUNNY ON WEDNESDAY...THOUGH WITH WINDS REMAINING OUT OF THE NW...HIGHS WILL ONLY REACH THE UPPER 40S. LAST COUPLE OF MODEL RUNS HAVE INDICATED A BOUNDARY PRODUCING LIGHT RAIN FOR THE WED NIGHT/THUR TIME FRAME...THOUGH 00Z RUNS KEEP PRECIP TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF FA. WITH LIMITED MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA... HAVE CONTINUED TO LEAVE FORECAST DRY ATTM. UL TROF REMAINS OVER THE EAST WITH RIDGING OUT WEST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. COULD SEE SOME PRECIP AT SOME POINT DURING THE WEEKEND WITH A FRONTAL PASSAGE...MOST LIKELY ON SATURDAY. HOWEVER...WITH LIMITED MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA AND SOME MODEL DISAGREEMENT WITH THIS FEATURE...WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE OUT FOR NOW. THEREFORE...DID NOT MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 43 24 48 30 / 10 0 10 10 SHOALS 44 25 48 30 / 10 0 10 10 CULLMAN 44 24 49 31 / 10 0 10 10 FAYETTEVILLE 42 23 47 30 / 10 0 10 10 FT PAYNE 42 23 48 29 / 10 0 10 10 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...LAKE WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR ALL AREAS. TN...LAKE WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR ALL AREAS. && 24
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 500 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2005 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-011915- DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-JACKSON-MARSHALL-FRANKLIN TN-FRANKLIN AL- COLBERT-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-MORGAN-MADISON-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN- 500 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. COLD AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...AS A STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES...AND CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TOWARD THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL...WITH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING INTO THE 40S THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY)... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DRY AND COLDER THAN NORMAL WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK. DAILY TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY RECOVER TO NEAR NORMAL READINGS OVER THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. RSB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Light snow showers resulted in 1/4 to 1/2 inch of snow across northeast Jackson County including the cities of Stevenson and Bridgeport.
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, March 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: 5444625.