A band of thunderstorms produced heavy rain and gusty winds across north Alabama during the mid to late morning hours.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A band of thunderstorms produced heavy rain and gusty winds across north Alabama during the mid to late morning hours.
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 19, 5:43 AM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 643 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010 .UPDATE...FOR 12Z AVIATION. && .AVIATION... A WEAKENING COMPLEX OF SHRA/TS TO OUR NORTH CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS NORTH AL THIS MORNING. LATEST ESTIMATE PLACES THE ASSOCIATED OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ENTERING TAF SITES ARND 16Z. DUE TO RECENT AND PROBABLE CONTINUED WEAKENING WITH CONVECTION...WILL JUST MENTION VCSH IN TAFS ATTM. WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE NORTH AT ABOUT 10KTS AS THE BOUNDARY PASSES. MUCH UNCERTAINTY REGARDING CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL AT/NEAR TAF LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF THE BOUNDARY AND MODIFIED AIRMASS. BOUNDARY LYR TEMP RECOVERY IS STILL POSSIBLE DURING PEAK HEATING...SO WILL LEAVE IN CB CLOUD LAYER. && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 243 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010/ ..EARLY SEASON HEAT WAVE TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT WEEK... DISCUSSION... THE HEAT IS GRADUALLY STRENGTHENING AGAIN IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY... AND AFTER ONE LAST HURRAH OF STORM CHANCES TODAY...DRY WEATHER APPEARS LIKELY TO SETTLE IN FOR THE WEEK AS WELL AS UPPER AND SURFACE RIDGING TAKE STRONG HOLD OVER THE REGION. SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... CURRENT WEATHER SETUP FEATURES A STRONG UPPER HIGH CENTERED NEAR HOUSTON TEXAS...AND TWO UPPER WAVES...ONE GENERATING TSTMS OVER THE MIDWEST TONIGHT...AND ANOTHER OVER OKLAHOMA THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT GENERATING CONVECTION. THIS LATTER UPPER ENERGY IS FORECAST TO SWING THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WITH AN EXTREMELY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE (DEWPOINTS RIGHT NOW IN THE MID 70S)... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. WILL RAISE POPS TO 40 PERCENT AREAWIDE. HOWEVER...WITH PRECIP UNLIKELY UNTIL AFTER NOON...TEMPS WILL STILL BE ABLE TO RAPIDLY RISE INTO THE LOW/MID 90S. THIS COMBINATION DOES LEAD TO HEAT INDICES AROUND 105...BUT MORE THAN LIKELY THE CONVECTION (EVEN IF JUST CLOUD COVER) WILL BEGIN TO SUPPRESS TEMPS IN THE AFTERNOON AND KEEP CONDITIONS FROM REALLY GETTING ABOVE HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD QUICKLY WANE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SUBSIDENCE SETS IN. DEWPOINTS REMAIN HIGH THOUGH SO LOWS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE LOWER 70S. THE MOIST LOW-LEVELS ARE LIKELY TO LEAD TO FOG FORMATION AGAIN TONIGHT...AND PERHAPS DENSE FOG IF IT RAINS. FOR NOW...WILL INDICATE JUST PATCHY FOG BUT THIS MAY NEED TO BE HIT HARDER IN THE NEXT FORECAST PACKAGE. SUBSIDENCE AND DRYING FIRMLY TAKE HOLD ON SUNDAY...WITH ATMOSPHERIC PROFILES INDICATING DRY AIR MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE. THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS WILL LESSEN THE HUMIDITY IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY. THE BAD NEWS IS IT WILL LEAD TO HOTTER TEMPERATURES...WITH MID 90S LIKELY IN MOST AREAS UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. EXTENDED (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY)... RIDGING AND SUBSIDENCE BUILD IN EVEN A LITTLE STRONGER ON MONDAY. COMPRESSIONAL HEATING TENDENCIES AND LOW-LEVEL THICKNESS VALUES BOTH SUPPORT THIS BEING THE WARMEST DAY OF THE YEAR SO FAR. CANNOT RULE OUT SOMEPLACE HITTING TRIPLE DIGITS...BUT FOR NOW WILL CARRY MID TO UPPER 90S. DRIER AIR WILL MIX DOWN DURING THE DAY...PERHAPS DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S...WHICH WILL HELP HEAT INDICES TO NOT BE TOO OPPRESSIVE. GIVEN THE BRUTAL HEAT AND SOME LOW-LEVEL WIND FLOW OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST...I CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED STORM POPPING UP MAINLY FROM OROGRAPHIC LIFTING. CHANCE IS 10 PERCENT OR LESS. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN EVEN STRONGER TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY. WITH THE RIDGE AXIS BASICALLY CUTTING RIGHT THROUGH THE AREA...NO PRECIP IS EXPECTED AND SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE MID/UPPER 90S WITH HEAT INDICES 100 TO 105. MODELS ARE HINTING AT SWLY WINDS ON WEDNESDAY. IF THAT HAPPENS...WE COULD HIT 100. BY THURSDAY...THE RIDGE AXIS PUSHES JUST TO OUR SOUTH...AND THE RIDGE OVERALL WEAKENS A BIT. THIS MAY...EMPHASIS ON MAY...ALLOW A VERY WEAK COLD FRONT TO PUSH TOWARD THE AREA AS IT SIMULTANEOUSLY WASHES OUT. CANNOT TOTALLY RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM STARTING THURSDAY AS A RESULT...BUT WILL NOT INCLUDE IN THE FORECAST JUST YET SINCE CHANCES ARE PRETTY SLIM. WHAT WILL LIKELY HAPPEN THOUGH IS AN INCREASE IN HUMIDITY WITH HIGHS STAYING IN THE MID/UPPER 90S. LOWS THROUGHOUT WILL BE IN THE LOW/MID 70S...EXCEPT UPPER 60S IN THE PROTECTED VALLEYS. FAST FACT... TODAY WILL BE THE 12TH DAY IN A ROW WITH A LOW OF 70 OR ABOVE AT HUNTSVILLE. THIS IS THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS ABOVE 70 IN JUNE SINCE 1964...AND JUST FOUR SHY OF THE ALL-TIME JUNE RECORD SET IN 1952. TODAY WILL BE THE 11TH DAY IN A ROW OF THE SAME AT MUSCLE SHOALS... THE MOST IN A ROW IN JUNE SINCE 1977. THE ALL-TIME JUNE RECORD THERE...ALSO FROM 1952...IS 22. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && AVIATION...KDW DISCUSSION...JE/23
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 429 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-191815- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 429 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BEFORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE QUICKLY INTO THE 90S. HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE WITH THE TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 100 TO 105 DEGREES IN MANY AREAS. CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR THOSE INVOLVED WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE AROUND 100 DEGREES AT MANY LOCATIONS DURING THE PERIOD...AND MAY APPROACH 105 DEGREES BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE DURATION OF HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES AND WARM OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE PARTICULARLY STRESSFUL FOR THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KDW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 430 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-192100- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...RUSSELLVILLE... MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...GUNTERSVILLE... SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE... WINCHESTER 430 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010 ...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TODAY... A PERSISTENT HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES...ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY AND THOSE DOING STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BRING SOME RELIEF IN THE FORM OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON...BUT COOLING RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED EVERYWHERE. IF YOU ARE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...REMEMBER TO TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS...PREFERABLY INDOORS IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER OR OTHER NON ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING. SLOW DOWN...AND TRY TO AVOID STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY. KDW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
818 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010
ALZ001-002-191400-
COLBERT-LAUDERDALE-
818 AM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES
UNTIL 900 AM CDT...
AT 812 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEAR CHEROKEE...OR 13
MILES WEST OF TUSCUMBIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
BARTON.
RED ROCK...PRIDE LANDING.
POSEY LOOP...NEW BETHEL.
SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3488 8789 3464 8765 3457 8778 3457 8794
3478 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 1317Z 327DEG 8KT 3476 8792
RSBThe Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:50 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down on Mulberry Lane of of Old Lee highway in Barton.
Lightning struck a residence on 2nd street in Muscle Shoals. Wiring in the house sustained damage, but house did not catch fire.
Less than 6 inches of water covered the roadway at the intersection of Nick Davis road and Jeff road. A vehicle was also stalled at the intersection.
Straight line winds damaged docks, roofs, and a boat at the River Bend Marina located on River Bend Circle. Part of the marina roof was removed and minor damage occurred to the boat at the marina.
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: 243301, 243323, 243324, 243320.