Several clusters of pulse severe thunderstorms affected north Alabama during the evening hours. The two strongest storms produced downbursts in Hazel Green in Madison County and in central Colbert County south of Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Several clusters of pulse severe thunderstorms affected north Alabama during the evening hours. The two strongest storms produced downbursts in Hazel Green in Madison County and in central Colbert County south of Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals.
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 25, 2:38 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 338 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED ALONG THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS WILL MIGRATE EAST OVER THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS...ALLOWING A MOIST/SUB-TROPICAL AIRMASS TO RAPIDLY SPREAD ACROSS THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY. THIS WILL HELP INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR SHRA/TSTMS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL THIS WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT INTERACTS WITH THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS. A VERY WARM AFTERNOON EXISTS ACROSS THE AREA WITH TEMPS IN THE LWR/MID 90S. HUMIDITY HAS SLOWLY INCREASED AS WELL WITH 19Z/DEWPTS RUNNING ABOUT 2-5F HIGHER THAN THIS TIME YESTERDAY. REGIONAL RADAR AND SATL IMAGERY IS SHOWING TWO AREAS OF CONVECTION -- ONE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK CONVG ZONE/INSTABILITY AXIS THAT STRETCHES FROM SRN GA TO SRN/CNTRL AL. THE OTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS CAN BE SEEN ALONG THE GULF COAST OF LA/MS WHERE LAND/SEA BREEZE INTERACTION WITHIN A VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXISTS AT THIS TIME. .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)... AS AFOREMENTIONED LOW LVL CONVG ZONE/INSTABILITY AXIS DRIFTS NORTH THROUGH THIS EVENING...CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLD TSTM DEVELOPING MAINLY SOUTH OF THE TN RIVER. OTHERWISE...MUCH OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN DRY TONIGHT. INCREASING INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN ISOLD-SCT AFTERNOON TSTMS THURSDAY. A STORM OR TWO COULD APPROACH STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THRESHOLDS...BUT LACK OF SYNOPTIC-SCALE FORCING WILL LIMIT WIDESPREAD STRONG/SEVERE THREAT. FRIDAY...A WEAK UPR LVL WAVE CURRENTLY OVER THE OK/TX BORDER WILL APPROACH THE FORECAST AREA. DAYTIME HEATING COUPLED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL SUPPORT AT LEAST SCT CONVECTION...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. MOIST SOUNDING PROFILES AND WEAK SHEAR INDICATE THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... SHORT-RANGE MODEL DISCREPANCIES CONTINUE FOR THIS WEEKEND...WITH THE NAM BEING THE MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE OUTLIER. IT IS AGREED THAT DEEP SOUTH/SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT GULF MOISTURE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADVANCE OF THIS...A COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST...APPROACHING THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATE SATURDAY. THE OUTLYING NAM CONTINUES TO DEVELOP A SFC/H85 LOW OFF THE LA GULF COAST TAKING IT NORTHEAST ACROSS SRN MS SATURDAY. THIS CREATES A TROPICAL MOISTURE PROFILE ACROSS THE AREA SAT INTO SUN /PWAT FROM THE NAM AOA 2.25/. HOWEVER...BASED ON THE 15Z/SREF WHICH LEAN MORE TOWARD THE 12Z/GFS SOLN...NOT TO MENTION THE TYPICALLY POOR TROPICAL SOLN/S FROM THE NAM...AM DISCOUNTING THE NAM ATTM. IN EITHER CASE... AS FAIRLY PRONOUNCED COLD FRONT INTERACTS WITH SUB-TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT...THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXISTS SOMETIME SATURDAY/SUNDAY ACROSS NRN AL/SRN TN. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...DRIER/MORE STABLE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY MONDAY BEHIND LONGWAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN CONTROL THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK RESULTING IN DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS. NADLER.83 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 70 90 70 87 / 20 30 20 50 SHOALS 69 91 70 87 / 20 30 20 50 CULLMAN 68 88 68 85 / 20 30 20 60 FAYETTEVILLE 68 87 67 85 / 10 20 20 50 ALBERTVILLE 69 89 71 85 / 20 30 20 60 FORT PAYNE 62 88 66 86 / 20 20 20 60 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && DJN.83
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 450 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-261000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 450 PM CDT WED JUN 25 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 WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ALABAMA... MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER...THROUGH AT LEAST SUNSET THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND EVEN HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A SERIES OF WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST... COMBINED WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS...WILL GENERATE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. AN APPROACHING SYSTEM FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON SATURDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL ENHANCE AN ALREADY TROPICAL AIR MASS IN PLACE. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL THEN APPROACH THE AREA BY SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL...WITH SLOW-MOVING AND TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS...FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LATIMER/NADLER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 431 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 ALZ004-252215- LAWRENCE- 431 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOULTON...DRIFTING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... LANDERSVILLE. WREN. BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST. HIGHWAY 33. SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. 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 450 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 ALZ004-252230- LAWRENCE- 450 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY EXTENDED UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO TRACK SEVERAL STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM IS NOW LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF MOULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... SPEAKE. CHALYBEATE SPRINGS. CADDO. HIGHWAY 24. SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. 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 Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:08 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms winds downed a few trees in the Five Points area along County Road 87.
Nickel sized hail was reported.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees including one onto a home. Power lines were also downed in the area.
Thunderstorms winds downed a radio tower and a few tree limbs at the New Bethel Fire Department.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
Lightning struck an occupied vehicle at 1430 New Bethel Road. No injuries were reported.
Golf ball sized hail was reported.
Six inches of running water was reported between the 9000 and 11000 block of Frankfort Road.
Thunderstorm winds downed a tree at the New Bethel cemetery.
Lightning ingnited a small tree fire.
Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and power lines at Loop Road just off of Hawk Pride 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: 97895, 97896, 97897, 97898, 97899, 100072, 100073, 100075, 100076, 100077, 100078.