5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 Sep 25, 2:48 PM CST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
348 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
.DISCUSSION...
ACTIVE DAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...AS RITAS REMANTS MOVES EWD.
CURRENTLY...THE TRANSITIONING TROPICAL LOW IS MOVING TO THE NE
ARND 15 MPH. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...SEVERAL ACTIVE BANDS OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY NE. SOME OF THE EMBEDDED CELLS
HAVE EXHIBITED STRONG ROTATION AS THEY MOVED ACROSS MS/AL EARLIER
TODAY. 0-3KM SRH VALUES RANGED BETWEEN 300-600M2/S2 ACROSS AL/MS
AND S CENTRAL TN AT 19Z. THUS FAR...MOST OF THE ROTATING STORMS IN
CWA HAVE BEEN ACROSS WRN PART. AS BANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE NE THROUGH
TONIGHT...EXPECT TOR THREAT TO EXPAND EWD ACROSS ENTIRE CWA BY
THIS EVENING.
SFC LOW...ASSOC WITH RITAS REMNANTS...IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE
OH VALLY THROUGH TONIGHT. THUS PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD CONTINUE TO
INCREASE THIS EVENING AND WILL EXTEND WIND ADVISORY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
RAINFALL WILL INCREASE ACROSS CWA THROUGH TONIGHT AS BANDS TRAIN
ACROSS AREA. AT THIS TIME DO NOT EXPECT FLASH FLOODING TO BE MUCH
OF AN ISSUE...SINCE TN VALLEY HAS NOT RECEIVED MUCH RAINFALL IN
PAST FEW WEEKS...FFG ARND 3-4 INCHES ACROSS CWA.
TODAYS 12Z GUIDANCE PAINTS A DIFFERENT PICTURE FOR THE MON/TUE
FRONT TALKED ABOUT IN PREV DISCUSSIONS...THANKS TO RITA. STORY
SUGGESTS S/WV WILL QUICKLY DROP INTO THE NRN TN VALLEY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...PUSHING RITAS REMNANTS E OF THE AREA AND A FRONT
THROUGH CWA BY MON NIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL BRING SOME DRIER AIR
INTO THE REGION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. SO THERE PROBABLY
WILL NOT BE ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR ANY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...AS
WINDS BECOME PREDOMINATELY FROM THE NORTH THIS WEEK.
PG
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...
MODELS STILL SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT AND RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY FOR A
STRONGER FROPA AND UPPER TROF WED NIGHT/EARLY THU. QUESTION FOR
POPS WILL BE AVAILABLE MOISTURE...WHICH IS LIKELY TO BE AT A
PREMIUM BEHIND THE FIRST FRONT...SO WILL MAINTAIN 20/SLT CHC POPS
WED NIGHT AND THURS. REST OF THE PD LOOKS DRIER AND COOLER...WITH
HIGHS MUCH CLOSER TO NORMAL AND LOWS BELOW NORMAL. NO SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES BEYOND USUAL MODEL TWEAKS.
BCC
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
HUNTSVILLE 72 83 65 85 / 100 60 20 10
SHOALS 72 85 65 84 / 100 50 10 10
CULLMAN 71 83 64 85 / 100 60 20 10
FAYETTEVILLE 71 83 64 84 / 100 60 20 10
FORT PAYNE 68 81 62 84 / 100 70 20 10
&&
.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
COLBERT...CULLMAN...DE KALB...FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON...LAUDERDALE
...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL...AND MORGAN.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: COLBERT...CULLMAN...DE KALB...FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON
...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARSHALL...AND
MORGAN.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: COLBERT...CULLMAN...DE KALB...FRANKLIN
AL...JACKSON...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MADISON...
MARSHALL...AND MORGAN.
TN...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7PM FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN...AND MOORE.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN...AND MOORE.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 4 AM MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN...AND MOORE.
&&
88HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1120 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-260200- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1120 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)... RAINBANDS FROM THE REMAINS OF RITA WILL MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN ORGANIZED RAINBANDS. THE MAIN THREATS OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND A SLIGHT RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE REMAINS OF RITA MOVE NORTHEAST OVER ARKANSAS TODAY...SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND FRANKLIN COUNTY TN...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. RAIN CHANCES WILL TAPER OFF MONDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON. 24/07
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
327 PM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0318 PM TORNADO 11 N CULLMAN 34.31N 86.92W
09/25/2005 MORGAN AL TRAINED SPOTTER
ALONG I-65 JUST SOUTH OF THE CULLMAN AND MORGAN COUNTY
LINE.
&&
KULAThe Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:36 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down across County Road 8.
Eight to ten trees were blown down in the Mountain Star area.
Several trees were blown down along Nat Pond Road and 3 Mile Road. Also, a roof was blown off a mobile home and a tree fell on a house.
Two mobile homes sustained roof damage.
A couple of trees were blown down across Brownsferry Road near County Line Road.
2.5 inches of rain was reported in 75 minutes resulting in several roads being closed due to flooding.
Six to ten inches of water covered parts of Highway 31 in Cullman.
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, September 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: 5474683, 5474684, 5474685, 5474686, 5474687, 5474688, 5474689.