A line of severe storms produced wind damage across portions of northwest Alabama.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
A line of severe storms produced wind damage across portions of northwest 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 Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 4, 2:19 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 319 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION ACROSS ARKANSAS DURING THE EVENING/OVERNIGHT HRS HAS CONGEALED INTO A MCS THAT IS JUST EAST OF MEMPHIS AND CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD RAPIDLY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. WHILE THE PARENT LOW IS SLIDING NORTHEAST OVER IOWA AND ILLINOIS...THIS LINE IS TAPPING INTO A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS FROM THE GULF COAST. DEWPOINTS AHEAD OF THE LINE CONTINUE TO RISE INTO THE LOWER/MID 60S WITH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. WITH THE LL JET INCREASING ACROSS THE REGION...THIS SHOULD SUPPORT CONTINUED EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE CONVECTION AND THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. CURRENT TIMING OF THE LINE BRINGS IT INTO NW AL BY ABOUT 10Z...ACROSS THE I-65 CORRIDOR CLOSER TO 12Z...AND INTO GEORGIA NEARING 14Z. THE RECENT RUNS OF THE HRRR AGREE WELL WITH THIS TIMING...WITH JUST SOME LINGERING LIGHT PRECIP LINGERING BEHIND THE MAIN LINE OF STORMS. RIGHT NOW THE CORE OF THE LL JET SEEMS TO BE WELL LOCATED IN THE VICINTY OF SOME OF THE BEST INSTABILITY...BUT OVER THE MORNING HRS THE CORE OF THE JET SHOULD LIFT NORTHEAST WHILE THE HIGHEST CAPE VALUES REMAIN CLOSER TO SOUTHERN MS (AT LEAST UNTIL AFTER SUNRISE). THAT WOULD SUPPORT A DECREASE IN SVR POTENTIAL...BUT RAP GUIDANCE ALSO POINTS TO A BETTER ALIGNMENT OF 0-3KM BULK SHEAR ACROSS THE AXIS OF CONVECTION...WHICH COULD ENHANCE THE SVR WIND POTENTIAL AS IT ENTERS N AL. AFTER THE FRONT CLEARS THE AREA TODAY...IT WILL STALL OUT ALONG THE GULF COAST. THE NEXT MID LVL TROF WILL SWING OUT OF THE DESERT SW AND INITIATE SFC CYCLOGENESIS ALONG THE LINGERING BOUNDARY...TRACKING FROM THE ARK-LA-MISS ON SUNDAY AFTN/EVENING TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY BY MONDAY EVENING. GUIDANCE HAS REMAINED FAIRLY CONSISTENT OVER THE PAST DAY OR SO...BRINGING THE TRACK OF THE LOW ACROSS WESTERN TN AND PUTTING THE TN VALLEY IN A REGION OF BROAD LIFT. WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR THIS SYSTEM TO TAP INTO...IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE IN FOR A GOOD ROUND OF RAIN OVERNIGHT SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1-2 INCHES WILL BE EXPECTED FROM THIS PATTERN...WITH THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL CURRENTLY FROM ABOUT JACKSON MS TO CHATTANOOGA TN. STRONG WINDS IN THE LOW TO MID LVLS ALSO SUGGEST THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG/SVR STORMS TO DEVELOP...ALTHOUGH A WARM NOSE ARND 925MB MAY LEAD TO CONVECTION BEING INITIALLY ELEVATED. ANY CONVECTION THAT DOES BECOME SFC BASED WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DRAW DOWN QUITE STRONG WINDS...WITH A LL JET WITH SPDS 30-50+ KTS DEPENDING ON MODEL OF CHOICE. BASICALLY...WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS PERIOD FOR OUR NEXT CHANCE OF ACTIVE WEATHER. FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK...COOLER AIR WILL BE DRAWN BACK ACROSS THE REGION AS THE DEEP LONGWAVE ML TROF SLIDES EASTWARD. UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST UNTIL THE TROF PASSES BY...SO HAVE KEPT LOW POPS (NO THUNDER) IN THE FCST FOR NOW. A SLIGHTLY MORE ZONAL PATTERN WILL THEN ARRIVE FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO MODERATE. CCC && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1229 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014/ FOR 06Z TAFS... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 3-5 HOURS BEFORE A LINE OF TSRA APPROACHES N AL/S MIDDLE TN. WINDS WILL OSCILLATE BTWN 8-12 KT GUSTING TO 15 KT FROM THE SOUTH BTWN 06-10Z THEN INCREASE TO 15 KT GUSTING TO 25 KT BTWN 10-14Z. A WIND DIRECTION CHANGE TO THE SW TO W IS THEN EXPECTED BTWN 14-18Z. IFR CONDITIONS NEAR AND WITHIN TSRA ACTIVITY IS LIKELY, AND HAVE ADDED VCTS ALONG WITH A TEMPO OF TSRA BTWN 09-13Z. MVFR CIGS SHOULD THEN PREVAIL BTWN 13-19Z BEFORE SCT CLOUDS RETURN AFTER 18-19Z AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES. SL.77 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 69 42 64 45 / 80 0 0 20 SHOALS 70 41 64 44 / 80 0 0 20 VINEMONT 68 40 63 45 / 80 0 0 30 FAYETTEVILLE 67 39 61 42 / 80 0 0 10 ALBERTVILLE 70 41 64 45 / 80 10 0 30 FORT PAYNE 70 41 63 44 / 80 10 0 30 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 355 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-041800- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 355 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IS CURRENTLY TRACKING INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND WILL CROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...EXITING NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND OUR TENNESSEE COUNTIES LATE IN THE MORNING HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. BUT BRIEF TORNADOES...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH 10 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ROUND OF STORMS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS REQUESTED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. CCC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
418 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014
TNZ076-096-040945-
MOORE TN-LINCOLN TN-
418 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MOORE AND NORTHERN
LINCOLN UNTIL 445 AM CDT...
AT 417 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
PETERSBURG...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH.
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYNCHBURG...PETERSBURG...HOWELL...BOONSHILL...BELLEVILLE...MIMOSA...
CHESTNUT RIDGE...BOONEVILLE AND HARMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREE
LIMBS...ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL UNSECURED ITEMS. SEEK SAFE SHELTER
UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 3541 8625 3539 8628 3537 8628 3536 8626
3535 8627 3513 8669 3526 8682 3525 8675
3531 8668 3533 8660 3537 8659 3535 8654
3536 8649 3533 8646 3532 8642 3535 8641
3536 8633 3541 8629
TIME...MOT...LOC 0917Z 233DEG 51KT 3525 8670
RSBThe Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:22 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree and a few powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds along County road 8 in northwest Lauderdale county.
A few powerlines were downed on East Ranch road and large limbs were downed at the intersection of County road 30 and County Road 47 and 61 from 4 miles north through 4 miles east of Florence, Alabama.
A few trees and large limbs were downed by thunderstorm winds.
Several chicken houses were leveled and eight trees were snapped near the base by thunderstorm winds. Several homes sustained minor roof damage with shingles being blown away near the intersection of County roads 135 and 136 in the Wolf Springs Alabama community.
A few trees and powerlines were downed by thunderstorm winds at the intersection of County roads 136 and 236 near the Wolf Springs Alabama community.
A tree was downed onto a powerline by thunderstorm winds on Chapel Hill Road, near Decatur, Alabama.
A few trees were downed by thunderstorms from Hartselle to Somerville, Alabama. A tree also fell onto a home, producing some roof damage at Somerville, Alabama.
A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds at the intersection of highway 231 and Hill Road in eastern Morgan county, Alabama.
An estimated 64 mph wind gust was detected by the Cullman Skycam.
A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds on Mount Hebron road near Douglas, Alabama.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, April 2014
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: 513255, 513256, 513257, 514465, 514467, 514751, 514767, 514769, 514772, 514775.