A cold front dropping southeast through the Tennessee Valley sparked a band of strong to severe thunderstorms which produced sporadic wind damage across northwest Alabama.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A cold front dropping southeast through the Tennessee Valley sparked a band of strong to severe thunderstorms which produced sporadic wind damage across northwest Alabama.
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 4, 2:13 PM CST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 313 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006 .DISCUSSION... WV IMAGERY SHOWS UPPER S/WV TROF AXIS IS PROGRESSING QUICKLY SWD ACROSS THE MIDWEST WHILE UPPER RIDGE IS HOLDING STRONG OUT WEST. AT THE SFC...A SWD MOVING COLD FRONT...DRIVEN BY MIDWEST S/WV...HAS PUSHED INTO NRN TN. N OF THE FRONT A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WITH CANADIAN ORGINS EXISTS. VIS IMAGERY AND NEXRAD SHOWING SHRA AND TSRA HAVE DEVELOPED S OF THE FRONT IN THE MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS (CAPES ARND 1000-1500 J/KG). UPPER TROF OVER ERN CONUS HAS ALLOWED FOR STEEP LOW AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MELTING LEVELS ARND 12KFT (WET BULB ZERO HGT IS ROUGHLY 2.5KFT LOWER) ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. AS A RESULT SOME OF THE TSTMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DROP SOME HAIL. WITH LAPSE RATES THIS STEEP...THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED DOWNBURSTS...18Z LAPS SNDG SHOWS MDPI INDEX NEAR 0.6. THUS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED SVR STORM EXISTS ACROSS THE CWA UNTIL FRONT MOVES THROUGH...SEE FLUS44 HWOHUN FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)... CONVECTION SHOULD COME TO AN END THIS EVENING AS COLD FRONT AND S/WV TROF MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. WITH THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING INTO ERN CANADA...NRLY FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE TROF WILL ADVECT IN MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO THE TN VALLEY. AS A RESULT OF THE INCR CAA ACROSS THE SE...THE ERN CONUS UPPER TROF WILL BECOME MORE AMPLIFIED. THIS WILL KEEP THE AREA SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HIGH PRESSURE ASSOC WITH A CP AIRMASS WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT SFC SYNOPTIC FEATURE FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE GULF COAST TOMORROW. THUS WEATHER CONDITIONS THE NEXT TWO DAYS WILL BE VERY PLEASANT ACROSS THE REGION...GREAT TIME TO GET OUTDOORS AND ENJOY WHAT IS LIKELY TO BE THE LAST GASP OF SPRING. THE SFC HIGH WILL BEGIN SHIFTING EWD TUE NT AS UPPER RIDGE BECOMES THE MORE DOMINANT UPPER LEVEL FEATURE OVER THE E CENTRAL CONUS. THIS WILL BEGIN A WARMING TREND ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. S/WV TROF...CURRENTLY OVER PACIFIC NW...IS EXPECTED TO CREST RIDGE AXIS AND DIVE SWD ACROSS THE UPPER MS VALLEY BY MIDWEEK. THIS WILL PUSH ANOTHER FRONT TWD THE TN VALLEY ON WED. WITH SFC LOW STILL IN PLACE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST AND SFC HIGH WEAKENING AS IT MOVES EWD...THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH MOISTURE RETURN TO THE SERN CONUS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL SHIFT BRIEFLY TO THE S IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACHING FRONT. SO JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE MAY BECOME AVAILABLE SUCH THAT SOME TSTMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE TN VALLEY WED/WED NT. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE WRN CONUS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OH VALLEY ON THUR AND INTO THE ERN TN VALLEY ON FRI. THIS WILL KEEP WINDS NERLY AND KEEP MORE GULF MOISTURE FROM RETURNING TO THE AREA. BUT WITH BROAD UPPER RIDGE STILL DOMINANT OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS...NOT EXPECTING MUCH COOLER TEMPS. SFC HIGH SHIFTS EWD THIS WEEKEND AS RIDGE BREAKS DOWN AND FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL. THE UPPER PATTERN TAKES THE FORM OF A MORE SEASONABLE ONE...WITH POLAR JET CONFINED TO NRN TIER STATES AND CANADA AND WEAK FLOW OVER THE SRN CONUS. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE TN VALLEY...LOOKS LIKE A RETURN TO WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WITH AFTERNOON TSTMS NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 59 83 57 83 / 10 0 0 10 SHOALS 59 83 58 84 / 10 0 0 10 CULLMAN 58 83 56 83 / 10 0 0 10 FAYETTEVILLE 57 82 56 81 / 10 0 0 10 FORT PAYNE 58 82 54 82 / 10 0 0 10 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && PG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1200 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-050300- COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1200 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...ALONG WITH A WARM AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...WILL ALLOW A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD NOT OCCUR... SOME OF THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AREAS NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING...AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES SOUTH OF THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A VERY WEAK FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. RSB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 150 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006 TNZ096-041915- LINCOLN- 150 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PETERSBURG...OR 12 MILES EAST OF PULASKI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... DELINA... BOONSHILL... DELLROSE... BELLEVIEW. 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. RSB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 249 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006 ALZ001-002-042015- COLBERT-LAUDERDALE- 249 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHEROKEE...OR 10 MILES EAST OF IUKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... RIVERTON... MARGERUM... CHEROKEE... BARTON... RED ROCK. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. RSB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 310 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006 TNZ096-042045- LINCOLN- 310 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FAYETTEVILLE TO 10 MILES EAST OF PULASKI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... HARMS... SKINEM... BELLEVIEW... LINCOLN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. RSB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tin roof was blown off of a shed. Trees were blown down across other portions of the county.
A tree and powerlines were blown down.
A tree was blown down.
Several trees were blown down across northern Morgan County. A power line was blown down in Old Decatur causing an hourlong power outage.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 278 from Baldwin to just east of downtown Cullman.
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, June 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: 5513693, 5513691, 5513692, 5513694, 5513773.