Winter Weather in Alabama, March 15, 2005

Name: Winter Weather in Alabama, March 15, 2005
Start: 2005-03-15T04:30
End: 2005-03-15T08:30
Location: Alabama

March 15, 2005 · NWS HUN · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

4 winter weather, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 14, 3:20 PM CST, 13 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 3:20 PM CST, 13 hours 10 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Lauderdale

When: March 15, 4:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Lauderdale forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 34.901, -87.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Intermittent light sleet fell across Lauderdale County during the early morning hours resulting in a coating of sleet in many areas, mainly 1/4 inch or less. The accumulations were confined mainly to grassy areas. The cooperative observer in Leighton in southern Lauderdale County reported 1 inch of sleet during the event.

Winter Weather, Colbert

When: March 15, 4:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Colbert forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 34.700, -87.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Intermittent light sleet fell across Colbert County during the early morning hours producing a coating of sleet, a quarter inch or less, in many areas. The accumulations were mainly confined to grassy areas.

Winter Weather, Limestone

When: March 15, 5:00 AM CST to 8:30 AM CST
Where: Limestone forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 34.810, -86.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Intermittent light sleet fell across Limestone County during the early morning hours producing a coating of sleet, a quarter inch or less, in many areas. The accumulations were mainly confined to grassy areas.

Winter Weather, Madison

When: March 15, 5:00 AM CST to 8:30 AM CST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Intermittent light sleet fell across Madison County during the early morning hours producing a coating of sleet, a quarter inch or less, in many areas. The accumulations were mainly confined to grassy areas.

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, March 2005

Sources

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: 5444626, 5444627, 5444628, 5444705.