An upper high centered over Arkansas produced north to northeast flow across Alabama. A weak upper impulse over Georgia moved down the eastern side of the high and triggered a meso-scale convective system over east Alabama.
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An upper high centered over Arkansas produced north to northeast flow across Alabama. A weak upper impulse over Georgia moved down the eastern side of the high and triggered a meso-scale convective system over east 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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 2:54 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 354 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015 .DISCUSSION... TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION HAS REALLY PLAYED A ROLE IN DELAYING THE ONSET OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA. SOME AREA HAVE SIMPLY NOT RECOVERED AT ALL WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS DROPPING INTO THE MID 60S. SATELLITE IMAGERY MAKES CENTRAL ALABAMA APPEAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING OF FIRE. THIS WILL SOON CHANGE AS WE EXPECT DEVELOPMENT IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST AREAS OR MOVE IN FROM GEORGIA. THE INSTABILITY PARAMETERS EXPECTED THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR UN ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ATLANTA JUST HAD A WIND GUST OF 61 MPH WITH STORMS EAST OF US. KEPT THE MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS GOING ALL NIGH AS THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL OF MESOSCALE INTERACTIONS AT ANY TIME...BUT AN OVERALL DECREASE IS COVERAGE IS ANTICIPATED. THE ONE FLY IN THE OINTMENT WOULD BE IF A COLD POOL CAN BE ESTABLISHED ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A MORE EXTENSIVE THUNDERSTORM AREA AND IT MOVE WESTWARD INTO THE AREA...WILL MONITOR CLOSELY. DECREASED POPS EVER SO SLIGHTLY ON THURSDAY AS MOISTURE AND BOUNDARIES APPEAR TO BE A BIT LESS. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THE SURFACE DEW POINTS CLOSELY...BECAUSE IF THEY CAN REMAIN INTO THE 70S AND TEMPS ARE EVEN SLIGHTLY HIGHER...HEAT INDICES WILL BE NEAR 105 DEGREES. AT THIS TIME...WILL NOT ISSUE AN ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MOST MODELS INDICATE AN UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING OVERHEAD ON FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE GOOD...THEREFORE...STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY FRIDAY. GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING AND HAIL WILL BE THE THREATS. SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH DEEPENS. EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAIN CHANCES ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND MAINTAINED HIGH POPS. 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR VALUES INCREASE RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT TO AROUND 30 KTS WHICH IS UNSEASONABLE FOR LATE JUNE AND COULD ALLOW FOR STORM ORGANIZATION. STRONGER STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT CONFIDENCE IN SEVERE STORMS IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN THE HWO AT THIS TIME...AND WIDESPREAD SHOWERS/STORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT COULD HINDER DESTABILIZATION. MODELS SEEM TO BE TRENDING A LITTLE QUICKER IN MOVING THE FRONT OUT OF THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING. POPS ON SUNDAY HAVE BEEN DECREASED A BIT AND MAY NEED TO BE DECREASED FURTHER IF TRENDS CONTINUE. FOR MOST AREAS SUNDAY WILL BE A VERY PLEASANT DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S AND COMFORTABLE DEWPOINTS. LOW PW VALUES WILL RESULT IN DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES. MODELS DIFFER ON A POSSIBLE SHORTWAVE MOVING DOWN THE BASE OF THE TROUGH ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT SO WILL KEEP POPS LOW. MORE SEASONABLE RAIN CHANCES RETURN BY TUESDAY. 75 32/DAVIS && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. ANTICIPATE SCATTERED CONVECTION LATE THIS AFTERNOON SO HAVE CONTINUED WITH VCTS AT ALL TERMINALS THRU EARLY EVENING. MGM/TOI COULD SEE SOME BRIEF MVFR CIGS OVER THE NEXT HOUR BUT VFR WILL PREVAIL. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE OUT OF THE W/NW AT 5-10 KTS TODAY THEN BECOMING LIGHT/CALM OVERNIGHT. SOME PATCHY FOG COULD BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT NEAR SUNRISE IF SKIES CLEAR...BUT CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW ATTM. 19 && .FIRE WEATHER... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH HOT AND HUMID CONTINUES WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES WILL BE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE SATURDAY...DECREASING RAIN CHANCES SUNDAY AND MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP OFF SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH DRIER AIR ALSO IN PLACE. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL NOT BE EXTREMELY LOW. 75 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 74 95 75 88 72 / 20 30 20 60 50 ANNISTON 74 93 74 87 72 / 20 30 20 60 50 BIRMINGHAM 77 94 76 88 74 / 20 30 20 60 50 TUSCALOOSA 75 95 76 90 74 / 20 30 30 60 40 CALERA 75 91 74 88 73 / 20 30 30 60 40 AUBURN 73 90 73 87 72 / 40 40 40 60 40 MONTGOMERY 75 95 76 91 75 / 40 40 40 60 40 TROY 73 94 73 90 72 / 40 50 40 60 40 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 206 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015 ALZ011>015-017>050-252215- MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE- CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA- CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA- CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON- BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 206 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH 9PM. AREAS IMPACTED WILL GENERALLY BE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ANNISTON TO ROCKFORD TO MONTGOMERY. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HOT TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING NEAR OR ABOVE 105 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
551 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015
ALZ029-038-242345-
RANDOLPH AL-CHAMBERS AL-
551 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN RANDOLPH AND CHAMBERS
COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 551 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CRYSTAL LAKE TO
FREDONIA TO NEAR WEST POINT...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VALLEY...LANETT...ROANOKE...LAFAYETTE...STROUD...LA FAYETTE...
WADLEY...RED LEVEL...WAVERLY...LAKEVIEW...CUSSETA...WEST CHAMBERS...
WELCH...CRYSTAL LAKE...RIDGE GROVE...PENTON...HUGULEY...TRAMMEL
CROSSROADS...FAIRFAX AND CHAMBERS COUNTY LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3277 8514 3275 8514 3275 8528 3273 8529
3273 8540 3274 8543 3273 8543 3274 8549
3273 8549 3273 8559 3311 8559 3311 8563
3314 8566 3319 8565 3333 8528 3286 8519
3285 8516 3281 8517 3277 8512
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 046DEG 14KT 3322 8539 3301 8528 3287 8509
56SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
558 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015
ALZ012-242330-
LAMAR AL-
558 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN LAMAR COUNTY UNTIL 630
PM CDT...
AT 558 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SULLIGENT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VERNON...SULLIGENT...DETROIT...BEAVERTON...LAMAR COUNTY AIRPORT...
CREWS...BEDFORD...HENSON SPRINGS...LAMAR COUNTY PUBLIC LAKE AND PINE
SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3400 8821 3406 8811 3406 8810 3396 8795
3370 8818 3367 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 045DEG 11KT 3393 8814
56The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:05 UTC.
20 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees uprooted northwest of the town of Sulligent.
Several trees uprooted along Louina Road.
A few trees uprooted near the town of Wadley.
Several trees uprooted in the city of Wadley.
Several trees uprooted and power lines downed near the intersection of County Road 158 and Lee Road.
Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in and near the city of Phenix City.
Several trees uprooted and power lines downed in the town of Smiths Station.
Several trees uprooted near Hankins Bottom Road.
Several trees uprooted near the town of Daviston.
Several trees uprooted along County Road 19.
Several trees uprooted near County Road 39 and Highway 14.
Numerous trees uprooted and power lines downed in the city of Montgomery.
Several trees uprooted along Abel Road.
A few trees uprooted along Friendship Road.
A few trees uprooted near the town of Jacksons Gap.
Several trees uprooted along Hobbie Road.
A few trees uprooted in the Redland Community.
Several trees uprooted near Old Highway 280 and Highway 11.
Several trees uprooted along County Road 2.
A few trees uprooted near the Oak Mountain Amphitheater.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2015
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: 588244, 588249, 588270, 588251, 588258, 588269, 588262, 588276, 588272, 588279, 588280, 588285, 588284, 588292, 588286, 588287, 588275, 588291, 588288, 588293, 588294, 588296.