Severe drought (D2) conditions continued into early December in portions of Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson and Marshall Counties. These condtions were alleviated by multiple heavy rain events in late November.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
Severe drought (D2) conditions continued into early December in portions of Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson and Marshall Counties. These condtions were alleviated by multiple heavy rain events in late November.
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 Nov 30, 11:29 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1129 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 .UPDATE...FOR 06Z TAFS && .AVIATION...SFC LOW OVER ERN TN WAS STILL PRODUCING A RATHER TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA WHICH WAS KEEPING WINDS GUSTING TO ARND 20 KT. HOWEVER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. OTHERWISE STLT SHOWS THE CLEARING LINE APPROACHING NW AL...EXPECT THIS CLEARING LINE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE TN VALLEY OVERNIGHT. CIGS WILL BE ARND MVFR UNTIL 09Z...THEN VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE FCST FOR BOTH KMSL AND KHSV. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 919 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2010/ UPDATE... MINOR UPDATE TO WEATHER GRIDS...AND INCREASED WINDS/WIND GUSTS. INCLUDED HYDRO SECTION TOO. DISCUSSION... A SYNTHESIS OF SATL IMAGERY...THE BNA SOUNDING AND MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATES TWO DECKS OF STRATUS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THE LOWEST WITH BASES AOA 1KFT IN THE EAST...SLOPING UPWARD TO ABOUT 4KFT IN THE WEST...AND CLOUD TOPS ARND 7KFT. A HIGHER DECK OF ALTOSTRATUS WITH BASES ARND 12KFT WAS SITUATED ATOP THE LOWER STRATUS...WITH CLOUD TOP TEMPS AS INDICATE BY IR ANALYSIS ARND -13C. AREA RADARS ARE SHOWING VERY LGT RETURNS WITH A PATTERN SIMILAR TO -DZ. THE TWO BASES TOGETHER MAY BE ABLE TO ACT AS A SEEDER/FEEDER SITUATION...ALTHOUGH A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL DRY LAYER EXISTS BETWEEN THE TWO. SOME VERY LGT FLURRIES COULD RESULT THIS EVENING...BEFORE THE CLOUDS THIN AND MOVE OFF TO THE EAST...BUT EXPECTING -DZ TO BE PREDOMINANT. TEMPS CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING...WITH MOST VALUES IN THE MID 30S AS OF 9 PM. MANY LOCATIONS COULD FALL BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT...AND THUS BLACK ICE COULD BECOME A TRAVEL HAZARD IN THOSE AREAS WHERE WATER REMAINS ON ROADWAYS. OTHERWISE...WINDS REMAIN FAIRLY STRONG...WITH GUSTS ARND 25 MPH AT MANY LOCATIONS. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ONLY GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING. THUS...WIND SPEEDS WERE INCREASED IN GRIDS...AND ESPECIALLY ON RIDGETOPS WHERE GUSTS OVER 30 MPH MAY OCCUR. HYDROLOGY... INDIAN CREEK IN MADISON FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 7 PM...SO THAT WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE FLINT RIVER AT BROWNSBORO SHOWS SOME CONTINUED RISE THIS EVENING...SO THAT WARNING WILL LIKELY BE MAINTAINED. THE PAINT ROCK RIVER AT WOODVILLE IS NOT AT FLOOD STAGE YET...BUT IS STILL FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE BY 6 AM. THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED OVERNIGHT. AN UPDATED PNS STATEMENT WITH FINAL RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE COMING OUT SHORTLY. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && 007
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 810 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-011100- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 810 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... FLOODING OF SOME AREA RIVERS...STREAMS...AND LOW LYING LOCATIONS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO RUN OFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT...PATCHY BLACK ICE WILL FORM ON ROADWAYS WHERE RESIDUAL WATER REMAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. PATCHY BLACK ICE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOME AREAS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT WILL MELT SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED. KDW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe Drought (D2) category conditions ceased on the 7th.
Severe Drought (D2) category conditions ceased on the 7th.
Severe Drought (D2) category conditions ceased on the 7th.
Severe Drought (D2) category conditions ceased on the 7th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, December 2010
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: 264206, 264207, 264208, 264209.