Very unstable conditions due to abundant moisture and intense heating resulted in widespread severe thunderstorms and flooding across Central Alabama.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Very unstable conditions due to abundant moisture and intense heating resulted in widespread severe thunderstorms and flooding across Central Alabama.
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 15, 11:05 AM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1205 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 .UPDATE...MORNING UPDATE. && .DISCUSSION... WENT AHEAD AND RAISED POPS THROUGHOUT THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA TO REFLECT THE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF A BOUNDARY THAT WAS ANALYZED AT 13Z THIS MORNING. ALSO TWEAKED TEMPS A BIT TO REFLECT CURRENT TEMPERATURES...BUT OVERALL TEMPS LOOK GOOD ACROSS THE BOARD. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS OVER 50 MPH. AN ISOLATED SEVERE GUST ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL WILL BE HIGH....WITH CAPES OVER 4000...AND DRIER AIR IN THE MID LEVELS THAT COULD MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE WITH EVAPORATIVE COOLING. A FEW OTHER STATIONARY BOUNDARIES OUT THERE COULD LEAD TO MORE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. UPDATES ARE OUT. 56/GOGGINS && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... EVEN THOUGH WE ARE DEALING WITH A FAIRLY STRONG UPPER RIDGE...IT APPEARS THAT THE RIDGE WILL NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH OR VERTICALLY STACKED ENOUGH TO INHIBIT CONVECTION. PER THE LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY...THERE ARE SEVERAL MID TO UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES SPINNING IN THE VICINITY OF THE SEUS. THE MODEL SUITE AGREES THAT MEAN MOISTURE VALUES INCREASE WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECASTED TO REACH THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE. THEREFORE...EXPECT A BIT MORE COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THAN THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS. MODEL SOUNDINGS ALSO DEPICT THE THREAT OF A FEW WET MICROBURSTS. YESTERDAY THE MODEL SOUNDINGS WERE NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE AND WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE A FEW WIND GUSTS OF SEVERE MAGNITUDE. WILL RE- EVALUATE AFTER THE 12Z SOUNDING COMES IN. THE GFS DID NOT AGREE WITH THE ECMWF/NAM OR ITS OWN ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ON POPS TODAY AND LEANED AWAY FROM IT AND WENT WITH SCATTERED POPS. KEEP THE SCATTERED POPS IN THE FORECAST THE ENTIRE PERIOD WITH THE BEST CHANCE DURING THE MAXIMUM HEATING EACH AFTERNOON AND LASTING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. IT IS REALLY TOO EARLY TO TELL IF ANY DISTURBANCE WILL ENHANCE RAIN CHANCES AND POTENTIALLY ORGANIZE SOME STORMS...BUT CAN NOT RULE IT OUT COMPLETELY ON ANY DAY. THE WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL IS TOUGH TO FORECAST BEYOND A DAY OR SO BUT THE POTENTIAL APPEARS MUCH LOWER AFTER TODAY. A FEW COLD FRONTS APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST...GETTING A PUSH FROM THE SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN STREAM. THE FIRST ARRIVES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WHILE ANOTHER ONE APPEARS AROUND MONDAY. REALLY DO NOT THINK THESE FRONTS WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA BUT MAY DROP THE DEW POINTS A FEW DEGREES AS THEY WASH OUT....ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST. MEAN MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY APPEAR GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE POPS TO REMAIN JUST ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD AS CONFIDENCE WAS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO LOWER MENTION. IT LOOKS LIKE ONE MORE DAY OF HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 98 AND 105 DEGREES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL NOT BE QUITE AS HIGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST...ALTHOUGH THE HIGHS ARE STILL IN THE 90S. WILL ISSUE THE SPS FOR ONE MORE DAY. 75 && .AVIATION...12Z TAF DISCUSSION. A HOMOGENEOUS AIRMASS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL RESULT IN NEARLY IDENTICAL EXPECTED CONDITIONS AT ALL SITES TODAY. HOWEVER AS INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP LOCAL CONDITIONS WILL VARY GREATLY. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP AROUND 17Z ACROSS THE AREA AND CONTINUE WELL AFTER SUNSET...ALTHOUGH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER 01Z. MICROBURSTS ARE A CONCERN TODAY AND COULD RESULT IN WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. RADAR SIGNATURES WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED VERY CLOSELY FOR THIS HAZARD. BY 06Z MOST OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD HAVE DISSIPATED. ADDITIONAL GROUND MOISTURE FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN PATCHY FOG. NOTICE...KEET TAF WILL HAVE (AMD LTD TO VIS WIND AND WX) AMENDED TO THE END OF THE FORECAST UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WHILE CEILOMETER DATA IS BEING MONITORED FOR ACCURACY. 12/SIRMON && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 75/75/27
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 600 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-161100- 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- 600 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. A FEW STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH OR GREATER AS WELL AS BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 12/SIRMON
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:19 UTC.
19 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down on Pelican road in the Arley community.
Golf-ball size hail was reported in Tarrant.
Power lines were blown down in Tarrant. A tree was blown down that blocked the road in front of Springdale Baptist Church.
Flooding described as significant was reported in the city of Tarrant. At least one vehicle became stalled in the high water.
Trees were blown down on AL-257 in the town of Curry.
A tree was blown down on Walkers Chapel Road, between the iron bridge and Coalburg Road, blocking one lane of traffic.
A tree was blown down onto a house on Hoke Avenue. Additional trees and power lines were blown down in the same area.
Winds were estimated around 60 mph.
A tree was blown down onto a house and truck, along Old Highway 280 near Camp Hill.
Greenwood Road, in the city of Bessemer, became temporarily impassible due to flash flooding.
Trees and power lines were blown down at several locations near the Blanche community, along AL-35 and CR-15.
A 20 inch diameter tree was blown down onto a cable line on Gilmer avenue northwest of Tallassee.
Trees down along US highway 31 and CR 68 near Marbury.
A lightning strike damaged some electronic equipment at the Eclectic police dispatch office.
Trees and power lines were blown down in Benevola.
Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported on AL-14, near Connection Road just west of Notasulga.
Several trees were blown down on CR-6 along the Cahaba River.
Trees were blown down on Echola Rd, near US-82 in the Sipsey Valley area.
Trees were blown down on Gainesville Road, north of Frog Ridge Road.
Trees and power lines were blown down in Reform.
Trees were blown down on US-82 at mile marker 69.
Approximately 15 trees were blown down in Heiberger.
A tree was blown onto a house, causing minor roof damage.
Several pine trees were blown down near Union Hill Baptist Church.
A creek overflowed its banks, causing a portion of Troy Perkins Road to become temporarily impassible.
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, June 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: 244505, 244506, 244508, 244512, 244516, 244518, 244521, 244522, 244525, 244527, 244534, 244535, 244539, 244542, 244544, 244540, 244554, 244553, 244549, 244560, 244563, 244555, 244568, 244566, 244573, 244575, 244577.