Numerous thunderstorms erupted between 10 am and Noon across much of north Alabama and southern middle Tennessee. Several of the thunderstorms produced gusty outflow winds, frequent cloud to ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall.
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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.
Numerous thunderstorms erupted between 10 am and Noon across much of north Alabama and southern middle Tennessee. Several of the thunderstorms produced gusty outflow winds, frequent cloud to ground lightning and locally heavy rainfall. A few downbursts produced wind damage. The most significant damage occurred in Priceville where numerous trees were downed causing damage to residences and in northwest Cullman County where a church entrance structure was lifted and collapsed due to the strong 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 Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 9:09 AM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1009 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 .UPDATE... ONLY MINOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. AVIATION DISCUSSION WAS UPDATED TO REMOVE MORNING FOG MENTION. && .DISCUSSION... MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY REACHED WELL INTO THE UPPER 80S BY 10 AM CDT. HIGH HUMIDITY COUPLED WITH HOT TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER 100 DEGREES NOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. STILL THINK THAT CLOUD COVER AND CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON WILL HELP KEEP HEAT INDICES BELOW 105 DEGREES...HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA. THERE APPEARS TO BE A WEAK IMPULSE CURRENTLY ON WATER VAPOR MOVING ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI WHICH SHOULD HELP SPARK AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. AT THIS POINT...VERY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BUT THINK NORTHWEST ALABAMA AS WELL AS THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAVE THE BEST CHANCES. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO ADJUST POPS AT THIS POINT BUT THINK THE CURRENT HIGH END CHANCE POPS ARE APPROPRIATE. AS FAR AS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES...THERE IS A BETTER THAN AVERAGE POTENTIAL FOR WET MICROBURSTS TODAY. WITH CAPES WELL OVER 3000 J/KG...PW/S NEARING 2 INCHES...AND SOME MID LEVEL DRY AIR PRESENT...THERE IS CONCERN THAT ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. && .AVIATION.../UPDATED 12Z TAFS/ SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY THE LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY CREATE WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40KTS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. TIMING FOR THESE SHOWERS REMAINS UNCERTAIN... THEREFORE KEPT VCTS IN BOTH TAFS STARTING AT 17Z. CONVECTION SHOULD END AROUND DUSK. MORE MVFR FOG IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY AT KMSL BEFORE DAYBREAK WED. KHSV COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED BY FOG LATE TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY IF THEY RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TODAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 256 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010/ A BRIEF CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF CONVECTION DEVELOPING ACROSS THE TN VALLEY. RIGHT NOW...A RIDGE IS DOMINATING THE WEATHER FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST AS A TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS PUSHES EASTWARD. THE TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS CONTINUES TO CAUSE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF MCS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS (SOME SEVERE) TO CROSS OK/AR/MO/NW TX BRINGING A DELUGE OF RAINFALL. MEANWHILE...A SMALL CUTOFF LOW HAS SHIFTED FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NORTHWARD ACROSS LA/MOUTH OF MS RIVER. THIS SMALL LOW HAS NOT BEEN INITIALIZED BY MOST OF THE MODELS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NAM. AS THE RIDGE BEGINS TO WEAKEN...THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE TODAY ESPECIALLY WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE SMALL CUTOFF LOW MEANDERING TOWARDS CENTRAL MS. SO...HAVE KEPT HIGH END CHC POPS FOR TODAY WITH DAYTIME HIGHS LIKELY RISING WELL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S. HEAT INDICES DO APPEAR TO APPROACH 100-102 IN SOME SPOTS. INSTABILITY TODAY DOES LOOK RATHER HIGH WITH SBCAPES IN THE 3000-4000 J/KG WITHOUT ANY SHEAR. COUPLE THIS WITH PWATS NEAR 2.0 INCHES AND THE SETUP FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND PULSING STORMS MAY LEAD TO WET MICROBURSTS. WITH THE MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE AND THE HIGHER CHANCES OF RAINFALL TODAY...HAVE ADDED PATCHY FOG FOR TONIGHT. AS THE MEANDERING LOW MOVES OUT OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...A SFC BOUNDARY LOOKS TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH AND STALL SOMEWHERE OVER TN/N AL BEFORE COMPLETELY WASHING OUT. AS THIS HAPPENS...THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE MODELS (ESPECIALLY THE GFS) CONTINUE DEPICTING A DRIER AIR MASS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NOT SURE THIS WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN...BUT WE WILL BE ON THE NW FLANK OF THE RIDGE. SO FOR NOW...INCLUDED A DECREASE IN DEWPOINTS ON THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY. HOWEVER...THERE IS NOT MUCH CONFIDENCE IN THE DECREASE OCCURRING. WITH THE ADDED MOISTURE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...HAVE ADDED PATCHY FOG FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS WELL. THE RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD AGAIN BY THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. SOME ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS DAYTIME HIGHS REACH INTO THE MID TO UPPER 90S. IN FACT...DEPENDING ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE SFC HIGH...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF DAYTIME HIGHS REACH NEAR 100 BY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. DEWPOINTS WILL RISE BACK INTO THE MID 70S AND THE SUMMER SOLSTICE SHOULD BE USHERED IN AS HOT AND HUMID. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && DISCUSSION/AVIATION...KNS PREV DISCUSSION...SL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 453 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-151800- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 453 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH 103 DEGREES...AS A HOT AND HUMID AIR MASS PERSISTS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... A CHANCE FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THREATS FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. MORE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. HEAT INDICES ABOVE 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. BOYD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1104 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
ALZ005-151645-
LIMESTONE-
1104 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIMESTONE COUNTY UNTIL 1145 AM
CDT...
AT 1103 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ATHENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
ATHENS.
FRENCH MILL...CARTWRIGHT.
ELKMONT.
SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.
&&
LAT...LON 3489 8678 3481 8679 3467 8696 3478 8713
3501 8697
TIME...MOT...LOC 1603Z 214DEG 5KT 3479 8698
KNSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1215 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
ALZ016-151800-
CULLMAN-
1215 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CULLMAN COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM
CDT...
AT 1214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARLEY...OR 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
CRANE HILL.
JONES CHAPEL.
BREMEN...LOGAN.
BATTLEGROUND.
WEST POINT.
BALDWIN.
THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.
IF ON OR NEAR SMITH LAKE IN CULLMAN COUNTY...GET OUT OF THE WATER
AND MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!
&&
LAT...LON 3430 8712 3430 8711 3432 8697 3431 8679
3396 8681 3395 8712
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 259DEG 18KT 3404 8713
KNSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1224 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
ALZ004-151800-
LAWRENCE-
1224 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM
CDT...
AT 1224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHEELER...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF MOULTON...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
WHEELER.
HILLSBORO.
THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.
&&
LAT...LON 3475 8729 3475 8727 3476 8725 3477 8721
3469 8710 3460 8711 3459 8711 3460 8739
3474 8743 3477 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 259DEG 7KT 3466 8727
KNSThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:34 UTC.
13 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a concrete front porch and asphalt shingle roof at the Corinth Baptist church. The front windows of the church were also blown out.
Multiple trees were knocked down and chicken houses were damaged on CR 1101 near highway 157.
A tree was blown down at a residence.
Nickel size hail as reported in Killen.
Multple trees were blown down on Martin road, Gum pond road, and Rock Creek road near Bethel.
Several large trees were reported blown down in and around the Quailwood Estates neighborhood. Some of the trees damaged two homes.
Several trees were blown down on Willowbeach road.
A tree was blown down near the intersection of CR 400 and Hwy 227.
Trees were blown down along highway 35 near the Cherokee county line.
Several trees were blown down along CR 523.
A tree was blown down onto CR 61.
A tree was blown down at the intersection of Cross Street and Lawrence Street.
Lightning sparked a fire at an apartment complex on Chisholm road in Florence. The lightning hit the roof and caused wall at the end of the attic to be destroyed by fire.
A tree was blown down on power lines at the Shady Grove Untied Methodist church.
A large tree was blown down in the Union Grove community.
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: 242632, 242630, 242633, 242634, 242639, 242640, 242642, 242648, 242643, 242646, 242650, 242652, 242654, 242656, 242657.