A cold front pushing through Alabama helped spark numerous showers and thunderstorms, some of which grew strong enough to produce damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
A cold front pushing through Alabama helped spark numerous showers and thunderstorms, some of which grew strong enough to produce damaging winds.
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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 11:32 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1232 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2009 .UPDATE...FOR 18Z AVIATION. && .DISCUSSION... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE. FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CONVECTIVE TEMP JUST BEING REACHED AT MOST LOCATIONS. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS FINE WITH ONLY SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO SKY CONDITION. && .AVIATION...18Z TAF DISCUSSION. STRONG HEATING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SURFACE BOUNDARY FROM THE NORTH WILL INITIATE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY. AMENDMENTS MAY BE NECESSARY IF STORM DEVELOPMENT BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH THE EVENING (00Z TO 06Z) AS DRIER AIR PUSHES IN FROM THE NORTH. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && 50/88
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1232 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2009 ALZ011>015-017>050-291739- AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE- CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE- JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA- TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 1232 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS AND MAY FORM A LINE. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL INCLUDE THE ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WITH A LESSER CHANCE OF LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY EVENING. KSL
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:37 UTC.
14 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown at several locations around the city of Gadsden.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Calhoun County, from near Ohatchee and Alexandria, southward through Saks and into the city of Anniston.
Trees were blown down in the Pine Tuckey community.
Several trees and power lines were blown down on CR-27, near Millport.
One or two trees were blown down on AL-69, near the Windham Springs community.
Several trees were blown down in Camp Hill.
Several power lines were blown down in the city of Opelika.
One tree landed on a power line, just west of Blountsville.
A large metal sign was blown down onto a restaurant building, and the metal roofing was peeled off an office building, in the city of Montgomery.
Large limbs were broken off a tree, and lawn furniture was blown about 100 feet.
Trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of CR-72 and CR-73.
A large aluminum shed was blown onto Interstate 65, near mile marker 169, on the west side of Montgomery.
Trees were blown down on Pine Ridge Trail, near Phenix City.
Trees were blown down on Buyck Road, between the Titus and Buyck communities.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2009
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: 183304, 183308, 183310, 183313, 183314, 183315, 183316, 183318, 183320, 183321, 183323, 183324, 183326, 183327.