A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the mid morning hours across northwest Alabama and tracked eastward across north central and northeast Alabama. Main storm damage occurred in Lawrence and Dekalb counties where strong winds produced sporadic downed trees and power lines.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the mid morning hours across northwest Alabama and tracked eastward across north central and northeast Alabama. Main storm damage occurred in Lawrence and Dekalb counties where strong winds produced sporadic downed trees and power lines. A mesonet site west of Trinity, Alabama recorded a wind gust to 48 mph as the line of thunderstorms moved east. A lightning strike injured a male that was under a tree in DeKalb County. The storms moved east into northern Georgia just before Noon.
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 9, 5:40 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 640 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED FOR 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION AND RAISED POPS BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. && .AVIATION.../12Z TAFS/ SHRA/TSRA WILL IMPACT KMSL WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO WITH POSSIBLE MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. HOWEVER...NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN TAF AT THIS TIME AS HEAVIEST TSRA APPEARS ON TRACK TO MOVE NORTH AND SOUTH OF KMSL. FOR KHSV...VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ALTHOUGH SHRA/TSRA COULD IMPACT TERMINAL BUT TIMING AND IMPACTS ARE UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. THINK KHSV WILL SEE POSSIBLE SHRA/TSRA BETWEEN 14Z-19Z BUT WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE AFTER 19Z. AFTER 10/01Z...BELIEVE VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE THE GENERAL RULE WITH MVFR VISIBILITIES DEVELOPING AT KMSL DUE TO PATCHY FOG AROUND 10/09Z. && .DISCUSSION... JUST DID A QUICK UPDATE TO RAISE POPS TO LIKELY MAINLY ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER. CURRENT RADAR SHOWS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WILL ENTER NORTHWEST ALABAMA JUST AFTER 7AM CDT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 230 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010/ CHALLENGING FORECAST THIS MORNING WITH MUCH OF THE REGION REMAINING UNDER A NW FLOW REGIME ALOFT. SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AT THE SFC SHOULD CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN TODAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SETTLES INTO THE OH VALLEY. BROAD MCV LIKE FEATURE MOVING EWD ACROSS THE MO VALLEY LOOKS TO MIRROR THE SFC BOUNDARY WITH THE SRN EXTENT IMPACTING AREAS ACROSS MIDDLE TN. THESE FEATURES WILL TRANSLATE INTO SCT CONVECTION LATER TODAY WITH SWLY LOW LEVEL FLOW ADVECTING ABUNDANT MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. THE HIGHER CHANCES WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE SRN TN COUNTIES...WHERE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND UPPER FORCING IS BETTER MAXIMIZED. MULTICELL STORM STRUCTURES LOOK POSSIBLE ACROSS MIDDLE TN...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED STRONG TO SVR TSTMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS AND HAIL. AT THIS POINT...ANY CONVECTION ACROSS NRN AL LOOKS TO BE MORE PULSE LIKE IN NATURE BASED ON THE LATEST SHEAR PROFILES/BUFR SOUNDINGS. CLOUD COVER THOUGH MAY BE THE INHIBITING FACTOR TODAY AS FAR AS DEEP LAYER INSTABILITY...WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS STRUGGLING TO REACH 90. HEADING INTO THU...UPPER LOW OVER SE TX IS PROJECTED TO LIFT TOWARD THE NE...WITH A SHEAR AXIS STRETCHING EWD ACROSS NRN MS/AL. WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN PLACE...THIS SHOULD PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SCT SHOWERS/TSTMS. THERMO DYNAMIC PROFILES THOUGH SUGGEST LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ANY DEEP LAYER SHEAR/INFLOW...WITH DIURNAL HEATING AND MINIMAL UPPER FORCING TRANSLATING INTO MORE PULSE TYPE CONVECTION. CLOUD COVER WILL AGAIN BE ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS INTO AIRMASS DESTABILIZATION...WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS AGAIN STRUGGLING TO REACH 90. STRONG UPPER RIDGING THEN BEGINS TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE WX PATTERN ACROSS THE SE REGION GOING INTO THE WEEKEND PERIOD...WITH SOME OF THE WARMEST TEMPS OF THE SEASON XPCTED. SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AT THE SFC IS ALSO XPCTED TO BUILD WWD ACROSS THE NRN GULF REGION...LEADING TO AFTERNOON TEMPS CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S RANGE FRI THROUGH SUN. THIS WOULD RESULT IN OVERALL TEMPS RUNNING CLOSE TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. STRONG SUBSIDENT AIR FLOW PATTERN COUPLED WITH DEW PTS AROUND 70 ALSO LOOKS TO TRANSLATE INTO HEAT INDICES ABOVE 100 DEGREES...PRIMARILY ACROSS NW AL. WITH THE STRONG RIDGING IN PLACE AT THE SFC AND ALOFT...ANY CONVECTION LOOKS TO BE PREDOM ISOLATED AT BEST FOR NOW. ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS THEN XPCTED TO PUSH SWD TOWARD THE CNTRL TN VALLEY HEADING INTO THE NEW WORK WEEK. THIS SHOULD AT LEAST HELP TEMPS FALL A FEW DEGREES CLOSER TO SEASONAL VALUES WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN PRECIP CHANCES. && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && AVIATION...KNS DISCUSSION...09
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 445 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-091900- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 445 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... STRONG TO PERHAPS A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WITH HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY BUILDING OVER THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 105 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER. KNS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
759 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010
ALZ003-091345-
FRANKLIN-
759 AM CDT WED JUN 9 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY UNTIL 845 AM
CDT...
AT 759 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VINA...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF RED BAY...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
ATWOOD...PLEASANT SITE.
HODGES.
DEMPSEY.
DUKETON.
BELGREEN.
ROCKWOOD.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
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 3457 8814 3456 8753 3432 8754 3430 8764
3432 8811 3433 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 1259Z 251DEG 26KT 3437 8805
CAThe Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:41 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was blown down on CR 23 Mount Hope.
Several trees were blown down on CR 327 and 434 near Caddo. Additional trees were blown down on CR 316 near these locations. Several tree limbs were also blown down in the Caddo area.
A tree was blown down on Lees Chapel Road.
Trees were blown down on CR 46.
Downed tree limbs broke several power lines portions of the Fort Payne community. Wind speeds were estimated from radar and reported gusts at the AWOS site at Fort Payne Isbell field.
One male utility worker was struck by lightning, while trying to repair a phone line aon CR 595.
Trees were blown down on CR 42.
Wake Low winds blew down a tree on highway 176 near CR 255.
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: 242306, 242314, 242317, 242318, 242320, 242321, 242319, 242323.