Thunderstorm Wind, Dekalb
- When
- June 17, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb County, Rainsville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -85.870
A tree was downed onto a home by thunderstorm winds.
Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 17, 2015
An area of strong to marginally severe thunderstorms moved through north central and northeast Alabama during the evening hours on July 17th, producing winds that knocked down a few trees.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
An area of strong to marginally severe thunderstorms moved through north central and northeast Alabama during the evening hours on July 17th, producing winds that knocked down a few trees.
What forecasters said that day
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 17, 6:15 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 6:15 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 715 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 .UPDATE... FOR 00Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 317 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015/ ANOTHER VERY WARM TO HOT DAY FOR THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...AS AFTERNOON HIGHS SOAR INTO THE LOW/MID 90S...AND HEAT INDEXES NEAR 100. SOMEWHAT OF A COOLDOWN IS EXPECTED FOR THE SHORT TERM...BEFORE THE HEAT RETURNS WITH A VENGEANCE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. ANALYSIS AT THE SURFACE HAS THE REMNANTS OF TC BILL SPINNING JUST WEST OF THE TEXAS METROPLEX. IT WAS HELPING TO BRING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE NW GULF COAST INLAND TO SW ARKANSAS AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. CLOSE IN...HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS WAS CONTROLLING OUR SENSIBLE WEATHER. DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE...HOT SURFACE TEMPERATURES WAS PRODUCING STRONG INSTABILITIES OVER THE REGION... WHICH WAS RESULTING IN ISOLATED CONVECTION FORMING OVER THIS PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST. AS OF THIS WRITING...ISOLATED CONVECTION WAS FORMING MAINLY IN AN ARC FROM SOUTH OF JACKSON TN TO SOUTH OF ANNISTON. GIVEN A SHORT-TERM SOUNDINGS FORECAST OF TEMP/DEWPOINT CONVERGENCE IN THE EARLY EVENING AND RESIDUAL EVENTS OF STRONG DAYTIME HEATING... HAVE ISOLATED/10 CONVECTION IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT. QUIET WEATHER SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. STRONG DAYTIME HEATING WITH SOMEWHAT HIGHER LEVELS OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...WILL BRING MORE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS WITH THE PREVIOUS FORECASTER...WENT WITH HIGHER POPS EAST AND LESSER TO THE WEST. THE REMNANTS OF TC BILL SHOULD MOVE AROUND THE WEAKENING UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SE...TRACKING MORE ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER. THE PROXIMITY OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING BETTER CHANCES OF RAIN TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON FRIDAY AND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY. GIVEN A STILL FURTHER NORTHWARD POSITIONING OF THE SYSTEM'S MAIN VORT MAX...KEPT THE HIGHEST POPS TO 40 PERCENT ON SATURDAY. RAIN CHANCES DECREASE TO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SUNDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF FORECAST A RETURN OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGING FOR THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THIS RIDGE...HAVE GONE WITH A DRY FORECAST FOR MONDAY ONWARD. DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THIS PERIOD WILL WARM EVEN MORE...COINCIDING WITH THE START OF SUMMER (WHICH STARTS NEXT MONDAY MORNING). DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH AND WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...A DRIER GROUND WOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO WARMER TEMPERATURES. WENT WITH MID AND UPPER 90S FOR THE MON-WED TIME FRAME. THE HOTTER TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY COULD RESULT IN HEAT INDICES NEAR AND EXCEEDING 105...OR THE THRESHOLD FOR HEAT ADVISORY LOCALLY. RSB && .AVIATION... FOR 00Z TAFS...SCT SHRA/TSRA CURRENTLY IMPACTING MAINLY NW AND PORTIONS OF NC ALABAMA. ALTHOUGH MAJORITY OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THIS EVENING...A WEAK UPPER-LEVEL WAVE WILL SHIFT NWD ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING -- PERHAPS MAINTAINING SOME CONVECTION THRU 18/04Z. OTHERWISE...EXPECT SC/AC DECKS TO DISSIPATE LATE TONIGHT...WITH PATCHY FOG PSBL TOWARD 12Z AT MSL -- WHERE MORE PRECIP HAS OCCURRED THUS FAR TODAY. AN INCREASINGLY MOIST SW FLOW AROUND REMNANTS OF TC BILL WILL LEAD TO THICKER CLOUD COVER AND AN EVEN GREATER COVERAGE OF SHRA/TSRA ON THURSDAY AFTN. WE ARE EXPECTING BKN DECKS OF SC/AC TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING...AND HAVE INCLUDED VCTS/CB FROM 18Z THRU END OF TAF PERIOD. WINDS TOMORROW WILL BE FROM THE SW AT 5-10 KTS. 70/DD && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 12:10 PM CST, 7 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 110 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-181030- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 110 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY STORMS ARE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL ALSO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...AND UP TO 104 DEGREES WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 90S FOR HIGHS AND HEAT INDEX VALUES RISING BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...AND UP TO 104 DEGREES WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL ALSO GRADUALLY INCREASE INTO THE WEEKEND PERIOD...AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND OHIO VALLEY REGIONS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:03 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
603 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
ALZ001-172345-
LAUDERDALE AL-
603 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 602 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
KILLEN...OR 12 MILES EAST OF FLORENCE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KILLEN...LEXINGTON...WHITEHEAD...CENTER STAR...ELGIN...KINGTOWN AND
GREEN HILL.
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.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 8725 3480 8737 3480 8743 3481 8746
3481 8748 3483 8752 3482 8759 3500 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 199DEG 17KT 3487 8747
07Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:31 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
631 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
ALZ005-006-TNZ096-180015-
MADISON AL-LIMESTONE AL-LINCOLN TN-
631 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON...
NORTHEASTERN LIMESTONE AND SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM
CDT...
AT 630 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ATHENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ATHENS...ARDMORE...HARVEST...TAFT...BOONSHILL...FRENCH MILL...
BLANCHE...CASH POINT...CAPSHAW 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.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3517 8662 3470 8681 3478 8700 3500 8693
3499 8684 3526 8683 3526 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 206DEG 27KT 3482 8687
07Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:39 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
639 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
ALZ002-003-180015-
COLBERT AL-FRANKLIN AL-
639 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN COLBERT AND
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 638 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES
EAST OF TISHOMINGO STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHEROKEE...BLOODY SPRINGS...SRYGLEY CHURCH...PRIDE LANDING...RED
ROCK...MT HESTER...POGO...MAUD...BARTON AND MYNOT.
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.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3467 8813 3484 8802 3475 8785 3474 8784
3474 8781 3470 8774 3447 8801 3455 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 212DEG 22KT 3459 8806
07Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:23 PM CST, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
723 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
ALZ001-002-180100-
LAUDERDALE AL-COLBERT AL-
723 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LAUDERDALE AND
NORTHWESTERN COLBERT COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 723 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF CHEROKEE...OR 9 MILES WEST OF SHEFFIELD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FLORENCE...ST. FLORIAN...UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...OAKLAND...
CLOVERDALE...THREET...ZIP CITY AND PRIDE LANDING.
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.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3501 8787 3500 8759 3497 8753 3470 8781
3479 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 212DEG 22KT 3481 8785
07Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:45 PM CST, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
745 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
ALZ002-180130-
COLBERT AL-
745 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN COLBERT COUNTY UNTIL
830 PM CDT...
AT 745 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF TISHOMINGO STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHEROKEE...MT HESTER...MAUD...BARTON...MALONE...MYNOT...ALLSBORO...
POSEY LOOP...MARGERUM AND RED ROCK.
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.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3474 8812 3480 8801 3470 8777 3458 8800
3458 8811 3460 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 226DEG 23KT 3467 8808
07Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:02 PM CST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 802 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 ALZ001-180130- LAUDERDALE AL- 802 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL LAUDERDALE COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 802 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF FLORENCE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FLORENCE...ST. FLORIAN...UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE...CLOVERDALE... THREET...ZIP CITY AND GREEN HILL. 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. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3501 8785 3500 8745 3482 8767 3498 8788 TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 226DEG 23KT 3497 8774 07
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:21 UTC.
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- Thunderstorm Wind
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The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Oklahoma, June 17 to 18, 2015
- Rip Current in Florida, June 17, 2015
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, June 17, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Texas, June 17 to 18, 2015
- Tornado and Hail in West Virginia, June 17, 2015
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 17 to 18, 2015
- Wildfire in California, June 17 to 30, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 17, 2015
- Flooding in Illinois, June 17 to 30, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 17, 2015
- Hail in South Dakota, June 17, 2015
- Wildfire in Arizona, June 17 to 27, 2015
More
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Sources
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: 588368.