A cluster of severe thunderstorms developed during the middle of the afternoon producing isolated wind damage in northwestern Alabama. These storms were found ahead of an advancing long-lived derecho with a long history of damaging winds and tornadoes in Oklahoma, Arkansas and northern Mississippi.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A cluster of severe thunderstorms developed during the middle of the afternoon producing isolated wind damage in northwestern Alabama. These storms were found ahead of an advancing long-lived derecho with a long history of damaging winds and tornadoes in Oklahoma, Arkansas and northern Mississippi. This line of storms reached northern Alabama during the early evening hours of the 12th and was responsible for sporadic 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 12, 11:50 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1249 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 .UPDATE... 18Z AVIATION FORECAST. && .AVIATION... DAYTIME HEATING...ALONG WITH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY HAS RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CUMULUS AND TOWERING CU ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW SHOWERS HAVE BEGUN DEVELOPING OVER THE REGION...MAINLY OVER NORTHERN GA AS OF THIS WRITING. MORE COVERAGE IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. STABILITY PROFILES SUGGEST SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 KTS... ALONG WITH A POTENTIAL OF SEVERE HAIL. REDUCTIONS TO IFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN AND NEAR THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND T-STORMS. CONVECTION SHOULD DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. RESIDUAL GROUND MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR PRE-DAWN FOG/MIST FORMATION... ESPECIALLY NEAR KMSL. && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1019 AM FRI JUN 12 2009/ MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WERE NOTED ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS MORNING. 10 AM TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE LOWER/MID 70S ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE...TO THE LOWER/MID 80S OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA. A BOUNDARY WAS NOTED...ROUGHLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF STRATUS NOTED FROM SOUTH OF JACKSON TN TO NEAR TULLAHOMA. THE MAIN FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS NOTED FROM NORTH OF MEMPHIS TO NEAR NASHVILLE. THE MORE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY...AND OTHER BOUNDARIES LURKING AROUND THE REGION FROM PREVIOUS CONVECTION WILL SERVE AS INITIATION FOR NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STABILITY PARAMETERS CONTINUED TO RISE...WITH LAPS CAPES RANGING FROM 1000-2500 J/KG. NEW OUTPUT FROM THE 12Z NAM...RUC AND MESOSCALE ANALYSIS FROM THE SPC WERE SIMILAR. MORNING SOUNDINGS FROM LOCAL AND SURROUNDING SITES SUGGEST CONVECTIVE/TRIGGER TEMPS IN THE LOWER 80S. CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT NOTED OUT OF THE WINDOW FITS THIS SCHEME. THUS CONVECTION SHOULD BEGIN FORMING DURING THE LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. BUFFER SOUNDINGS FROM THE NAM SUGGEST STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS... ALONG WITH SEVERE HAIL. PRECIP WATER AMOUNTS IN THE 1.2 TO 1.5 COULD RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...HOWEVER DO NOT SEE A BIG FLASH FLOOD THREAT ON THE SHORT TERM. ALL IN ALL...TODAYS FORECAST HAS A GOOD HANDLE ON THE SITUATION. ONLY ITEM UPDATED WAS SKY COVERAGE FOR THIS MORNING. ENOUGH CU/TCU SHOULD BE PRESENT TO CREATE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && AVIATION/DISCUSSION...RSB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 120 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-130300- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 120 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH TONIGHT. AMPLE INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT... AS A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVES FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE... CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. ON SATURDAY...SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...CAPABLE OF HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RSB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 230 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 ALZ002-003-122015- COLBERT-FRANKLIN- 230 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR COLBERT AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM CDT... AT 230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MYNOT...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IUKA... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE... SRYGLEY CHURCH... RED ROCK... POSEY LOOP... CROOKED OAK...NEW BETHEL. 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 Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.
14 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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Heavy downpours of up to one inch in 30 minutes produced rapid runoff and brief flash flooding. Up to eight inches of water covered portions of Moores Mill Road between U.S. Highway 72 and Winchester Road.
Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down on Alabama Highway 69 near Cold Springs and Bremen.
Thunderstorm winds associated with a gust front knocked a large tree down along County Road 20 in the Paint Rock Valley. Time estimated by radar.
Thunderstorm winds associated with a gust front knocked trees down in the Scottsboro area. Time estimated by radar.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 164555, 164557, 164558, 164559, 164560, 164561, 164562, 164566, 164563, 164567, 164564, 164568, 164565, 164569, 164570.