A broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms dropped southeast into northwest Alabama during the late evening hours of the 16th. One of the storms became severe producing sporadic wind damage in western Colbert County.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms dropped southeast into northwest Alabama during the late evening hours of the 16th. One of the storms became severe producing sporadic wind damage in western Colbert County.
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 16, 7:15 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 815 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008 .DISCUSSION... AT 01Z...WEAK SFC FRONT DRAPED FROM NORTHERN MID TN THROUGH THE MEMPHIS AREA. FRONT HAS MADE SLOW SOUTHWARD PROGRESS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS...AND TEMPS SOUTH OF THE FRONT ARE STILL RUNNING INTHE L/M 80S IN MOST AREA. A NARROW WEDGE OF INSTABILITY WITH LIFTED INDICES OF -4 TO -6C AND CAPES 2 KJ/KG WAS POSITIONED ALONG THE FRONT THIS EVENING...AND THIS HAS ALLOWED FOR ISOLD CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF NASHVILLE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR HOLLY SPRINGS MS. SHORT RANGE MODELS INCONCLUSIVE ON THE EVOLUTION OF THIS CONVECTION...BUT HARD TO IGNORE GIVEN THE FACT ITS LESS THAN 50 MILES OUTSIDE OF THE CWA. CURRENT FCST HAS 20 POPS GOING AND THIS SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN CURRENT COVERAGE/TRENDS. BOTH KNQA/KBMX SOUNDSING SHOW VERY STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES INDICATING POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS WITH STRONGER CELLS. HOWEVER...WITH DIURNAL BLYR COOLING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURSE EXPECT THIS THREAT TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT EVEN IF STORMS WORK THEIR WAY SOUTH WITH TIME. FCST MINS IN THE MID/UPPER 60S SEEM IN LINE BASED ON 00Z RUC AND NO SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS PLANNED THERE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 635 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008/ AVIATION... EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO BE THE PREVAILING CONDITION THROUGH THE PERIOD AT BOTH HSV AND MSL. A WEAK FRONT EXTENDING FROM NE TN THROUGH THE MEMPHIS AREA WILL SAG SLOWLY SOUTH. AN ISOLD SHRA/TSRA MAY AFFECT THE REGION IN THE 03-09Z TIME FRAME IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS FEATURE...BUT PROBABILITY IS VERY LOW ATTM. KMSL VSBYS DROPPED TO IFR EARLIER THIS MRNG UNDER CLEAR SKIES/LIGHT WINDS. A LIGHT NRLY GRADIENT MAY PREVENT SIGNIFICANT FOG OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO MVFR AFT 08Z. DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE FORECAST TONIGHT. THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM ARE IN THE TIMING OF THE FROPA AND THE ASSOCIATED PCPN THAT THE COLD FRONT LOOKS TO BRING TO THE REGION. THE NAM IS THE DRIEST OF THE MODELS AND THE ECMWF AND SHORT RANGE ENSEMBLES ARE THE WETTEST OF THE OPTIONS AT HAND. WITH THIS SAID...HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH A BLEND OF THE NAM/GFS FOR THE PCPN OUTPUT/TIMING WITH THIS LATE SEASON FROPA. EVEN WITH CONVECTION FIRING ALONG THE FRONT ATTM WHICH WILL FILL IN AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...ACTIVITY IS NOT THOUGHT TO BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT ACROSS OUR CWA LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. NAM/GFS SUGGEST THE COLD FRONT WILL HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE AREA SOMETIME BETWEEN 6Z AND 12Z TUESDAY MORNING...AND THIS IS MOSTLY BELIEVABLE. CONSIDERING THAT IT HAS TAKEN MOST OF THE DAY TODAY FOR THE FRONT TO TRAVERSE THE STATE OF MISSOURI...WILL TWEAK THIS TIMING AND SAY THAT THE FRONT WILL BE SOUTH OF OUR CWA TOMORROW BETWEEN 15Z AND 18Z. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT THIS IS MUCH MORE PLAUSIBLE GIVEN THE CURRENT MOTION OF THE SYSTEM. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ARE MUCH MORE UNEVENTFUL PCPN-WISE AS NW FLOW ALOFT PREVAILS...AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES MAKE A RETURN TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SPINS OUT WEST...NW FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO ALLOW THE AREA TO EXPERIENCE LOW 80S FOR HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY...AND A DEGREE OR TWO HIGHER FOR THURSDAY. FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON INTRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF DURING THE EVENING HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT. NW FLOW RETURNS TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SUNDAY BEFORE RAIN AND STORM CHANCES RETURN ON MONDAY. MODELS CONSENSUS IS NOT GREAT DURING THIS TIMEFRAME...SO HAVE LEFT THE MAJORITY OF THE EXTENDED AS-IS UNTIL LATER RUNS COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 67 85 60 82 / 20 10 10 10 SHOALS 67 85 60 83 / 20 10 10 10 CULLMAN 68 83 60 80 / 20 20 10 10 FAYETTEVILLE 64 82 59 80 / 20 10 10 10 ALBERTVILLE 68 84 61 82 / 20 20 10 10 FORT PAYNE 66 85 57 83 / 20 20 10 10 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && 15/CBD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 905 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-171100- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 905 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ALONG THE FRONT...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACT WITH A RETURN OF DEEPER AVAILABLE MOISTURE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. CBD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 935 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008 ALZ001-002-170330- COLBERT-LAUDERDALE- 935 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT... AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLLINWOOD TENNESSEE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE ALABAMA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... WRIGHT. THREET. CLOVERDALE. ZIP CITY. UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE. ST. FLORIAN. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1017 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008 ALZ005-170400- LIMESTONE- 1017 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LIMESTONE COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 1015 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... GOOD SPRINGS. MT ROZELL. LEGGTOWN. CARTWRIGHT. HOLLAND GIN. ATHENS. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1027 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008 ALZ001-002-170430- COLBERT-LAUDERDALE- 1027 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF IUKA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. A SECOND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ZIP CITY...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... RIVERTON. MARGERUM. WRIGHT. MT HESTER. CHEROKEE. THREET. 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.
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:40 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees across Riverton Rose Trail at Buchanan Peninsula Road.
Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and trees down along 7th Street in Cherokee.
The public reported a few trees down due to thunderstorm winds along Wagon Mountain Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2008
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: 94493, 94494, 94495.