A squall line rapidly moved east-northeast through northern Alabama during the evening and overnight hours. Wind damage was reported along the line, along with one tornado which tracked from Colbert into Lawrence Counties.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A squall line rapidly moved east-northeast through northern Alabama during the evening and overnight hours. Wind damage was reported along the line, along with one tornado which tracked from Colbert into Lawrence Counties.
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, 6:14 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 714 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014 .UPDATE... FOR 00Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 255 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014/ THE TN VALLEY IS GETTING A MUCH DESERVED BREAK FROM ALL OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDER OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS THIS MON AFTERNOON. THIS REPRIEVE THOUGH WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE SHORT LIVED AS AN MCV LIKE FEATURE OUT OF THE SRN PLAINS APPROACHES THE MS RIVER. THIS COMPLEX IS PRETTY MUCH OCCURRING ALONG/S OF A WARM FRONT DRAPED W TO E FROM ERN AR TO NW AL...AND THEN INTO N CNTRL GA. THIS BOUNDARY IS XPCTED TO MOVE LITTLE/IF ANY INTO THE EVENING HRS...AS THIS TRAILING LINE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS SPREADS EWD. IMPROVED LATENT HEATING EFFECTS OVER NRN MS/INTO NW AL...COUPLED WITH INCREASING LOW/MID LEVEL FLOW ALONG/AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE WILL TRANSLATE INTO THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME STRONG/PERHAPS MARGINALLY SVR TSTMS AS THIS LINE BEGINS TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. THIS WILL OF COURSE BE DEPENDENT ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE LINE THIS FAR E...AS IT WILL BE STARTING TO OUTRUN THE BETTER MID/UPPER FORCING/SUPPORT. HOWEVER...BOWING SEGMENTS WILL LIKELY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WRN/CNTRL AREAS WHERE LINGERING MID LEVEL ENERGY/WINDS MAY BE ABLE TO MIX TO THE SFC. THIS FIRST WAVE SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA TO THE ENE LATE THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN. LATEST MODELS THOUGH ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH ADDITIONAL WAVES OVERSPREADING THE CNTRL TN VALLEY OUT OF THE SW STARTING TUE MORNING...AS A DEEPENING UPPER LOW/TROUGH PATTERN OUT OF THE MID PLAINS BEGINS TO GRADUALLY LIFT TOWARD THE NE. WITH NEARLY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS IN PLACE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...COUPLED WITH HPC QPF PROGS INDICATING ANOTHER POTENTIAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 DAYS...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH DEFINITELY SEEMS REASONABLE ATTM...OR AT LEAST THROUGH TUE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CERTAINLY BE THE CASE AS THESE ADDITIONAL UPPER DISTURBANCES MOVE NEWD AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW/TROUGH FEATURE SLOWLY LIFTING TO THE NE INTO MID WEEK. A RISK OF STRONG TSTMS WITH EMBEDDED GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL REMAINS A THREAT AS WELL INTO MID WEEK...ESPECIALLY WITH ADDITIONAL COMPLEXES/SQUALL LINES THAT ARE LIKELY TO FORM GIVEN THIS TYPE OF A PATTERN. SHOWERS/TSTMS ARE GOING TO REMAIN IN THE FORECAST HEADING TOWARD THE END OF THE WORK WEEK/INTO THE WEEKEND PERIOD...BUT THE RAIN CHANCES DEFINITELY LOOK TO DROP ONCE THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS EXITS THE REGION TO THE E ON THU. CONVECTION MAY THEN BE DRIVEN MORE BY WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES INTERACTING WITH LATENT/MAX HEATING EFFECTS. IF THERE'S ANY GOOD NEWS TO ALL OF THIS...THIS PATTERN IS ALLOWING TEMPS TRENDS TO HOVER CLOSER TO SEASONAL AVERAGES...AND THIS LOOKS TO CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. 09 && .AVIATION... FOR 00Z TAFS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO ALABAMA THROUGH THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. CIGS AND VIS COULD GO DOWN INTO MVFR CATEGORY OR LOWER IN PASSING STORMS. WIND GUSTS 20KTS OR HIGHER COULD ALSO TEMPORARILY OCCUR WITH STRONGER STORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THROUGHOUT TUESDAY. JMS && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR ALZ001>010-016. TN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR TNZ076-096-097. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 703 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-101015- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 703 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS WILL LIKELY WEAKEN AS THEY PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION...DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND BRIEF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH 1 AM CDT TUESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MID WEEK...AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS ADVANCE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE OHIO VALLEY. SUCCESSIVE PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO OCCURRENCES OF FLASH FLOODING THIS WEEK. IN ADDITION...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCES OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS REQUESTED FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. 70/DD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
740 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014
ALZ001>003-100130-
LAUDERDALE AL-COLBERT AL-FRANKLIN AL-
740 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN LAUDERDALE...COLBERT AND
FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 740 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR CORINTH TO NEAR FAIRVIEW...AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...RUSSELLVILLE...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA...RED
BAY...J P COLEMAN STATE PARK...PHIL CAMPBELL...CHEROKEE AND
LITTLEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.
SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8773 3432 8756 3431 8783 3432 8817
3489 8810 3492 8816 3501 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 261DEG 41KT 3499 8853 3435 8823
70/DDThe Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:21 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds from about four miles south-southwest of Waterloo, Alabama, to between Leighton and Littleville, Alabama.
Several trees were downed by thunderstorm winds from just east of Waterloo, Alabama to Tombigbee street in Florence, Alabama. A county school bus barn was also extensively damaged in Florence, Alabama due to the thunderstorm winds.
A tornado touched down Monday evening near the intersection of Clement Road and LaGrange road in the LaGrange community in southeast Colbert County. Here, several hardwood trees were either snapped or uprooted. A large outbuilding was completely destroyed and another smaller one sustained significant damage. Several hardwood trees were sheared off very near the base along LaGrange Road. Damage here was consistent with winds of at least 100 mph.
The tornado moved east-northeast crossing Logan Lane and Waldrep Loop. Minor damage, mainly lost shingles, was noted to several homes with one home losing an awning. Numerous trees had large limbs snapped or twisted in this area.
The tornado then produced sporadic tree damage in the forested area between Waldrep Loop and Country Line Road (CR 48). As the tornado crossed CR 48, substantial tree damage was noted at a homestead. Large hardwood trees, some greater than 2 feet in diameter, were snapped or uprooted. A utility pole was also snapped near the ground. The damage was consistent with at least 105 mph here.
A tornado tracked from Colbert County into western Lawrence County along Wolf Springs Road (CR 236). A few trees were uprooted along CR 236. Further east-northeast, branches were snapped sporadically along County Roads 584 and 235 before the tornado lifted on County Road 140 just west of Highway 157.
A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
Several trees and a electrical transformer was blown due to thunderstorm winds.
Several trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds.
A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds.
Lightning struck and damaged a barn.
A few trees were downed by thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Alabama, 2014Warnings in Alabama, June 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: 530906, 530907, 526564, 526565, 530908, 530909, 530910, 530911, 530912, 530913, 530914.