A warm and unstable air mass, and a weak upper level disturbance, led to the formation of numerous showers and thunderstorms. Many storms produced damaging winds, damaging lightning strikes, and locally heavy rain.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
A warm and unstable air mass, and a weak upper level disturbance, led to the formation of numerous showers and thunderstorms. Many storms produced damaging winds, damaging lightning strikes, and locally heavy rain.
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 19, 9:34 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1034 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010 .UPDATE... SOME CHANGES TO THE FORECAST BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. OBVIOUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM OVERNIGHT MCS CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTHWARD...ALTHOUGH HAS DECELERATED SOMEWHAT OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS AS IT ENTERS THE TN VALLEY. AT THE SAME TIME...RUC AND NAM DEPICT A COMPLEX OF MID LEVEL SHORT WAVES ROUNDING THE APEX OF THE RIDGE AXIS. LEAD WAVE MAY BE THE MCV...BUT THE TRAILING MORE SUBSTANTIAL WAVE LOOKS TO BE ON THE SYNOPTIC SCALE. LOOKS LIKE THE ONSET OF STORMS SHOULD FIRE FIRST IN THE NORTH...THEN SHIFT SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS FEATURES WITH PLENTY OF HEATING OUT AHEAD OF THESE FEATURES TODAY...ATMOSPHERE LOOKS TO BE ON THE VERGE OF POPPING...SUPPORTING A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL THREAT OF WET MICROBURSTS WITH ANY WELL DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. WILL DO JUST A TAD MORE MESO- ANALYSIS BEFORE CHANGING THE EXTENT OF THE THREAT FOR THE AFTERNOON. JUST ISSUED MCD BY SPC SEEMS TO LEND SOME CREDENCE TO MY LINE OF THINKING. MAIN CHANGE TO THE FORECAST WAS TO INCREASE POPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES...AND TO TEMPORALLY DELINEATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. ZONES ALREADY ON THE STREETS. STAY COOL AND HYDRATED TIL THE STORMS GET TO YOU... JD/02 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 635 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010/ UPDATE...AVIATION DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION... STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE STILL IN CONTROL OF MUCH OF THE SOUTH AND IS CENTERED NEAR THE LOUISIANA/TEXAS BORDER. THERE ARE SEVERAL SHORTWAVES APPARENT THIS MORNING RIDING ALONG THE NORTHERN FRINGE. THE FIRST IS IN THE MIDWEST...WITH THE SECOND ONE IN OKLAHOMA. THE ONE IN OKLAHOMA WILL SWING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND HELP INCREASE OUR CHANCES FOR MORE SCATTERED CONVECTION AREAWIDE. THE SHORTWAVE TO THE NORTH WILL GENERALLY SLIDE EAST DURING THE DAY. ALTHOUGH ACTIVITY MAY DEVELOP FURTHER SOUTH WITH THIS SHORTWAVE THE MEAN FLOW WILL KEEP IT AWAY FROM OUR NECK OF THE WOODS. SO FOR TODAY...WENT WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AREAWIDE...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. CURRENT PWS AND FORECAST PWS SUGGEST THAT THIS WILL BE THE BEST LOCATION FOR ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COINCIDES WITH THE TIMING OF THE SHORTWAVE AS WELL. ONE OTHER CONCERN FOR TODAY WILL BE THE HEAT INDEX...AS VALUES WILL BE GENERALLY BETWEEN 100 AND 105...WITH READINGS AS HIGH AS 108 IN THE SOUTHWEST...WHERE THE DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE. A HEAT ADVISORY IS CURRENTLY NOT EXPECTED AS HEAT INDEX VALUES REMAINED BELOW CRITERIA ON FRIDAY AND OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL FALL BELOW 75 DEGREES. HOWEVER...WITH HEAT INDICES STILL EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 100-108 DEGREES...THE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN DURING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO AVOID ANY HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE THE CHANCE TO BE STRONG TO SEVERE ALONG WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING AS SLOW MOTION IS EXPECTED. ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET WITH MOST IF NOT ALL CONVECTION GONE BY 10 PM. CONDITIONS DRY OUT ON SUNDAY AS THE RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD ON TOP OF THE AREA. IN FACT IT LOOKS LIKE SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAYS THIS WEEK. DID LEAVE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOONS. BY WEDNESDAY THE RIDGE BEGINS TO RECYCLE WITH THE STRONGEST PORTION DEVELOPING BACK TO THE WEST. THIS WOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO LOWER A FEW DEGREES...BACK INTO THE MID 90S. HAVE DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE DRY FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS THE FLOW WILL BE NORTHERLY AND KEEP A GOOD PORTION OF THE GULF MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE AREA. GFS AND EURO ARE NOT IN GREAT AGREEMENT HERE AS GFS TRIES TO BRING A FRONT DOWN...WHILE THE EURO STAYS DRY. GIVEN THAT THIS IS JUNE WILL STICK WITH THE EURO AND GO WITH A PERSISTENT FORECAST...BUT STAY TUNED THERE COULD BE SOME CHANGES LURKING IN THE FUTURE. AVIATION...12Z TAF DISCUSSION. A COUPLE OF TAF SITES ARE STARTING OFF AT MVFR VSBY DUE TO FOG...ALTHOUGH TOI IS ACTUALLY IFR. EXPECT VFR ALL SITES BY 15Z. MOISTURE GRADIENT EXTENDS FROM THE NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTHWEST...WITH GREATEST MOISTURE SOUTHWEST. BEST CHANCES OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST...WHICH INCLUDES TCL. ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AFTER 01Z. 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. ALSO...KTCL IS NOT REPORTING...SO HAVE INCLUDED AMEND NOT SKED FOR THIS SITE AS WELL. 03 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 95 72 96 73 96 / 50 10 10 10 10 ANNISTON 95 71 96 71 96 / 40 10 20 10 20 BIRMINGHAM 95 72 96 72 96 / 50 10 20 10 10 TUSCALOOSA 97 73 99 72 98 / 50 20 20 10 10 CALERA 94 73 96 72 95 / 50 20 20 10 20 AUBURN 95 70 97 70 95 / 30 20 20 10 20 MONTGOMERY 97 74 98 73 96 / 40 20 20 10 20 TROY 96 72 97 72 95 / 50 20 20 10 30 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 88/02/88
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 725 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-201130- MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON- COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 725 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1 PM AND 9 PM GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ONEONTA TO WEDOWEE. SOME STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH OR GREATER...AS WELL AS DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:15 UTC.
22 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees and several power lines were blown down on CR-33, south of Cleveland.
A lightning strike caused a shed fire, on Littleton Road north of Attalla.
Lightning struck a tree, which fell onto a power line, on Quail Ridge Road near Argo.
A section of Pawnee Village Road, between Pinson and Tarrant, became completely blocked due to downed trees. Power lines were down on a vehicle, briefly trapping its occupant.
A large tree was blown down that blocked the roadway, near the intersection of of Warner Mines Road and Republic Road.
Several trees were blown down, including one large one, near the intersection of CR-11 and AL-68 south of the Sand Rock community.
Several trees were blown down in the Coats Bend community.
Trees and power lines were blown down on US-411, near Hollingsworth Road.
Several trees were blown down near Lake Nichol and the North River Yacht Club.
Trees and power lines were blown down on Church Avenue, in Jacksonville.
Trees were blown down near the intersection of Broadwell Mill Road and CR-25, near Jacksonville.
Several trees were blown down on Ferry Road, near Columbiana.
Numerous trees were blown down in the Glenwood Park subdivision, in Cottondale.
Trees were blown down by a thunderstorm gust front, on CR-79 near Horseshoe Bend Park.
Trees were blown down by a thunderstorm gust front on AL-22, near New Site.
Trees and power lines were blown down on Central Plank Road, northeast of Wetumpka.
Trees and power lines were blown down on Joyne Drive, in Montgomery.
A thunderstorm gust front blew a tree down onto a power line on Weldon Drive in Tallassee.
Several trees were blown down in the Snowdoun community. One tree was blown down onto a house on Barnes Road, in the Pike Road community.
A tree was blown down onto power lines on US-231. Additional trees and limbs were blown down on Pine Level Loop Road.
Trees and power lines were blown down on Faye Drive, near the Ladonia community.
Trees were blown down on Needmore Road, near Troy.
One person was injured when the roof was blown out of a dugout.
Trees were blown down on CR-3316.
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: 246294, 246293, 246295, 246297, 246298, 246300, 246301, 246302, 246303, 246304, 246305, 246307, 246306, 246309, 246321, 246322, 246310, 246311, 246323, 246312, 246313, 246314, 246315, 246317, 246318, 246319.