Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon into early evening hours producing local downbursts and wind damage.
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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 episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon into early evening hours producing local downbursts and wind damage.
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 27, 1:15 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 215 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 .DISCUSSION... SUMMERTIME SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE AGAIN POPPING UP...BUT AS EXPECTED...SO FAR THE COVERAGE HAS BEEN LESS THAN YESTERDAY. EARLY AFTERNOON TEMPS RANGE FROM A GUST FRONT-COOLED 83 HERE AT THE HUN TO 91 JUST FIFTEEN MILES AWAY AT PRYOR FIELD NORTH OF DECATUR. OUR AREA STILL HAS A COUPLE MORE RAIN OPPORTUNITIES AFTER TODAY...THEN THE RAIN CHANCES ARE DONE FOR A WHILE. SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... SLIGHTLY...BUT NOT OPPRESSIVELY...MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL HOLD ON THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. AGAIN EXPECT ISOLATED AFTN/EVENING STORMS ON THURSDAY...WITH COVERAGE THE SAME OR POSSIBLY EVEN LESS THAN TODAY. MODELS SHOW SFC-H8 WARMING COMPARED EVEN TO TODAY...SO AREAS THAT DO NOT SEE RAIN SHOULD WARM INTO THE LOWER 90S EASILY. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE ON FRIDAY AHEAD OF ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE COLD FRONT. THIS WILL HOLD MAXES DOWN SOMEWHAT. I MOVED THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN FROM SATURDAY TO FRIDAY AS THE MODELS ARE TRENDING TOWARD HAVING THE PRECIP OUT OF HERE BY SATURDAY. WASNT READY TO TOTALLY BUY INTO THAT YET...BUT FRIDAY DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE THE BETTER CHANCE NOW. EVEN THEN...JUST APPEARS TO BE SCATTERED ACTIVITY...AND INCREDIBLE AS IT MAY SEEM...I CANT RULE OUT THAT SOME FOLKS WILL GO THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PERIOD DRY. FOR SOME...ALTHOUGH NOT MANY THANKS TO THE SCATTERED ACTIVITY OF LATE...IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A WEEK SINCE THE LAST MEASURABLE RAINFALL. GENERALLY WENT WITH A MET/MAV MIX ON MINS...AND THE WARMER MET/MEN FOR MAXES THROUGHOUT THE SHORT TERM. LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE FOURTH OF JULY)... IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...YET ANOTHER ROUND OF DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA. AND YET AGAIN...IT WONT BE COOLER...IN FACT THE DRY AIR COMBINED WITH THE DRY SOILS WILL JUST LEAD TO A WARMUP. EXPECT HIGHS TO WARM INTO THE 90S EACH DAY THROUGH THE HOLIDAY... WITH LOWS IN THE 60S JUST ABOUT EVERY NIGHT. IF WE GET A GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING NIGHT...I WOULDNT RULE OUT 50S AGAIN... ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN VALLEYS. NO RAIN...AND QUITE FRANKLY FEW CLOUDS...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. BY TUESDAY NIGHT...WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH TO THE NORTH FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A DECAYING MCS REACHING THE AREA. THEN SOLUTIONS DIVERGE FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY. EITHER SOLUTION IS DRY REALLY...BUT ONE IS DRY AND VERY HOT...AND ONE IS DRY BUT MUGGY. FAST FACT... AT THE MOMENT...THE RAIN TOTAL SINCE 01 JULY 2006 AT KHSV IS 33.59 INCHES. THE TOTAL SINCE 01 JULY 2005 IS 72.35 INCHES. THE ONLY OTHER TWO YEAR PERIODS (FROM JULY-JUNE) THAT WERE CLOSE TO BEING THIS DRY ARE 1924-1926 WITH 74.65 INCHES AND 1939-1941 WITH 73.61 INCHES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 71 94 72 91 / 15 15 20 40 SHOALS 70 93 71 90 / 15 15 20 40 CULLMAN 69 92 70 89 / 15 15 20 40 FAYETTEVILLE 70 93 71 89 / 15 15 20 40 ALBERTVILLE 70 93 71 90 / 15 15 20 40 FORT PAYNE 66 92 68 89 / 15 15 20 40 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && JE/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1251 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-280200- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1251 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THESE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SO RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE HIGH IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ON THURSDAY. MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 503 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ALZ016-272245- CULLMAN- 503 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CULLMAN COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 503 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN CULLMAN COUNTY NEAR ARKADELPHIA AND COLONY...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... ARKADELPHIA. COLONY. WILBURN. BREMEN. GOOD HOPE. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY...AND DO NOT USE APPLIANCES OR TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 27
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 525 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ALZ016-272300- CULLMAN- 525 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN CULLMAN COUNTY EXTENDED UNTIL 6 PM CDT... AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO TRACK A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN ARKADELPHIA AND BREMEN...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... COLONY. WILBURN. BREMEN. GOOD HOPE. INTENSE LIGHTNING CONTINUES WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY...AND AVOID THE USE OF APPLIANCES...ELECTRONICS...AND TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. IF ON OR NEAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF SMITH LAKE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. DONT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 27
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RETRANSMITTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 549 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ALZ004-272315- LAWRENCE- 549 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TOWN CREEK...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... NE SMITH. TOWN CREEK. NORTH COURTLAND. 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. 27
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 549 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ALZ004-272315- LAWRENCE- 549 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TOWN CREEK...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... NE SMITH. TOWN CREEK. NORTH COURTLAND. 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. 27
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RETRANSMITTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 552 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ALZ016-272330- CULLMAN- 552 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CULLMAN COUNTY EXTENDED UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CRANE HILL...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CULLMAN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN WEST POINT AND BATTLEGROUND IN NORTHWEST CULLMAN COUNTY. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... CRANE HILL. LOGAN. BALDWIN. JONES CHAPEL. WEST POINT. BATTLEGROUND. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 27
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 610 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ALZ004-272345- LAWRENCE- 610 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TOWN CREEK...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF MOULTON... MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... TOWN CREEK. RED BANK. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...OR ARE LOCATED ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER NEAR WHEELER DAM...MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. AVOID USING APPLIANCES...ELECTRONICS...OR TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. 27
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:16 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down. One tree was blown onto a backyard shed. Time estimated.
Power poles and lines were blown down. Time estimated.
Power poles were blown down. A tree was blown down and blocking State Highway 207.
Trees and power lines were blown down across County Road 545 blocking the road. Time estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2007
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: 39558, 39560, 39562, 39565.