Several periods of thunderstorms produced widespread heavy rainfall on the order of 2 to 4 inches with isolated 5 inch amounts. 46 inches.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Several periods of thunderstorms produced widespread heavy rainfall on the order of 2 to 4 inches with isolated 5 inch amounts. Officially, a record daily rainfall occurred in Muscle Shoals on the 22nd with 2.46 inches.
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 Jan 22, 1:39 PM CST, 7 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
139 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2006
.DISCUSSION...
AT THE SFC...LOW PRESSURE OVER SERN TX WITH INVERTED TROF THRU
LA/NRN MS AND INTO ERN KY. WARM FRONT OVER NRN AL. TEMPS ARE
RANGING FROM 55 TO 60 ACROSS CWA WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID/UPPER 50S.
RADAR SHOWS MOSTLY LIGHT SCT RAIN ACROSS CWA ATTM.
AT 8H...RUC SHOWS A WEAK CIRCULATION OVER ERN TX WITH 30 KT WIND
AHEAD OF LOW...INTO MS/AL. IR STLT SHOWS FAIRLY GOOD COLD TOPS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE 8H LOW. ALSO A LINE OF TSRA EXTENDING FROM
CENTRAL AR TO ERN TX.
WILL CONTINUE THE 100 POPS FOR TONIGHT AND KEEP FLOOD WATCH AS
IS. NEW HPC DATA STILL SHOWS BEST CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN OVER NW AL
AND INTO SRN MID TN. THE QUESTION IS IF ANY TSRA WILL BE POSSIBLE
TONIGHT WHICH WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. MODELS
SOUNDINGS DO SHOW THAT A FEW ELEVATED TSRA WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT
NOT EXPECTING ANY WIDESPREAD TSRA ACTIVITY...ONLY ISOLATED.
SCT SHOWERS THAT ARE NOW OCCURRING OVER THE CWA WILL INCREASE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THE SFC/8H LOW APPROACHES THE AREA LATER
TONIGHT. ATTM LOOKS LIKE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE FROM MIDNIGHT
UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE JUST
ABOUT EVERYWHERE WITH A FEW LOCATIONS IN NW AL/SRN MID TN...REACHING
3 INCHES BY THE TIME THE PCPN ENDS MONDAY MORNING. RAIN SHOULD BE
HISTORY BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY WITH DRY WEATHER
AND HIGHS IN THE 50S WITH LOWS IN THE 30S.
FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY...ANOTHER S/W ON FRIDAY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF
RAIN. THEN SATURDAY/SUNDAY A SFC LOW/WARM FRONT KEEPS THE CHANCE
OF PCPN IN THE EXTENDED FCST.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
HUNTSVILLE 48 52 34 57 / 100 70 10 10
SHOALS 45 51 33 58 / 100 60 10 10
CULLMAN 49 52 34 59 / 100 70 10 10
FAYETTEVILLE 47 50 32 56 / 100 70 10 10
FORT PAYNE 47 50 32 56 / 100 80 10 10
&&
.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: COLBERT...FRANKLIN AL...LAUDERDALE...AND LAWRENCE.
TN...FLOOD WATCH FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN...AND MOORE.
&&
07HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 100 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-230330- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 100 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT... OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE RAINFALL WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. THIS BAND OF HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL THEN SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY OVERNIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA CLOSER TO THE TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI STATE LINES. WITH SOIL STILL NEARLY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL...RUNOFF COULD POSE A FLOOD THREAT FOR CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS TRIBUTARIES OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. RAIN WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 10
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 732 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 ALZ003-230215- FRANKLIN- 732 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CST... AT 732 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RED BAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... RED BAY. HALLTOWN. PLEASANT SITE. DEMPSEY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. CBD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 759 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 ALZ002-230245- COLBERT- 759 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR COLBERT COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CST... AT 755 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF CHEROKEE...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF RED BAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... ROCK CREEK. RED ROCK. RIVERTON. TUSCUMBIA. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. CBD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 821 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 ALZ001-230300- LAUDERDALE- 821 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAUDERDALE COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CST... AT 820 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FLORENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... FLORENCE. ST. FLORIAN. ZIP CITY. GREEN HILL. LEXINGTON. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. CBD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 855 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 ALZ005-230330- LIMESTONE- 855 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LIMESTONE COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CST... AT 850 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROGERSVILLE...OR 14 MILES WEST OF ATHENS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... CAIRO. MT ROZELL. LEGGTOWN. ELKMONT. HOLLAND GIN. ARDMORE. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. CBD
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:56 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Significant street flooding in Florence. Numerous roads flooded and barricaded throughout the county.
Numerous roads flooded and barricaded throughout the county.
Numerous roads flooded and closed in the city of Tuscumbia.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, January 2006
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: 5486063, 5486064, 5486065.