A strong upper level storm system with colder air aloft moved east-northeast across north Alabama during the afternoon on October 6th with several reports of large hail.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A strong upper level storm system with colder air aloft moved east-northeast across north Alabama during the afternoon on October 6th with several reports of large hail.
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 Oct 6, 3:24 PM CST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 424 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2014 .DISCUSSION... THE LARGE TROUGH IS STILL IN PLACE OVER TWO THIRDS OF THE CONUS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE WEATHER MAKER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS DISTURBANCES ROUND OUT THROUGH THE BASE. THIS MORNINGS ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LEFT CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE TN VALLEY THROUGH THIS AFTN. THIS PROCEEDED TO LIMIT OUR INSTABILITY AND DAYTIME HEATING...PREVENTING STORMS FROM OCCUR EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. SHEAR IS STILL PRESENT FOR THE STORMS LATE AFTN/EVENING WITH 40KTS 0-6KM...BUT CAPE BECOMES MORE ELEVATED AFTER 00Z. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AFTER THIS BATCH OF STORMS...THE TROUGH STAYS IN PLACE ALLOWING MORE SHORTWAVES TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. TOMORROW WILL SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE COLD FRONT CURRENTLY IN PLACE OVER THE BOOTHEEL OF MO AND NORTH AR WILL WASHOUT BEFORE IT GETS TO AL...BUT THIS WILL ONLY BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER COLD FRONT ON WED THAT WILL HAVE DRIER AIR BEHIND IT...THUS A DRIER FORECAST. AS THE SFC HIGH MOVES EAST OUT OF THE AREA ON THURS...SOUTHERLY FLOW AND MOISTURE WILL RETURN. ADDED PRECIP BACK IN ON THURS FROM WEST TO EAST AS ANOTHER SHORT WAVE MOVES IN ALONG NEARLY ZONAL FLOW AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL ALSO WASH OUT IN THE TN VALLEY LEAVING PRECIP CHANCES IN FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED SUNDAY INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK. AS FOR THE TEMPS...WE ARE EXPECTING NO MAJOR COOL DOWNS LIKE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PAST WEEK. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY AT NORMAL OR JUST ABOVE THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH LOW 80S FOR THE HIGHS AND UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S FOR THE OVERNIGHT LOWS. JMS && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 1258 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2014/ FOR 18Z TAFS...VFR CONDS PREVAIL FOR NOW...EVEN WITH MID/HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SW AHEAD OF AN ONCOMING COLD FRONT. SOME -RA/SHRA ARE ALSO DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA...MOST LIKELY IN RESPONSE TO DAYTIME HEATING. THE STRONGER SHRA/TSRA MAY NOT DEVELOP/MOVE EWD INTO THE AREA ALONG/WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT UNTIL THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING HRS. PRECIP WILL MOST LIKELY LINGER INTO THE DAYTIME HRS TUE...BEFORE SLIGHTLY DRIER LOW/MID LEVEL AIR OUT OF THE W/NW BEGINS TO GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE AREA. 09 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... HUNTSVILLE 59 78 60 81 / 70 60 40 10 SHOALS 60 79 60 83 / 70 50 40 10 VINEMONT 59 78 60 81 / 70 50 30 10 FAYETTEVILLE 57 77 57 80 / 70 60 50 10 ALBERTVILLE 57 79 59 82 / 70 60 30 10 FORT PAYNE 58 77 59 81 / 70 60 30 10 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 437 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2014 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-071030- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 437 PM CDT MON OCT 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... THROUGH 7 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO AROUND 1 INCH AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO TUESDAY...AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES EAST. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HAIL. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST BETWEEN THURSDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS. DJN
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</html>The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:48 UTC.
4 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A person was struck by lightning and was slightly injured.
Golf ball sized hail was reported.
Quarter sized hail was reported at the intersection of state highway 31 and county road 490 in the southern portion of Cullman, Alabama.
Quarter sized hail was reported at the intersection of state highway 117 and US highway 72.
Nickel sized hail was reported in the Jones Chapel, Alabama area along the intersection of county road 1091 and county road 1114.
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, October 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 544706, 544707, 544708, 544709, 544710.