A weak back door cold front pushed into east Alabama on June 25 and became stationary. This boundary acted as a focus for isolated severe storms to develop during the afternoon and evening each day.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
A weak back door cold front pushed into east Alabama on June 25 and became stationary. This boundary acted as a focus for isolated severe storms to develop during the afternoon and evening each 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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 25, 5:43 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Birmingham AL 643 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016 .UPDATE... For 00Z Aviation. && .DISCUSSION... Saturday afternoon and tonight. Diurnally-driven showers and thunderstorms will continue across Central Alabama through the remainder of this afternoon and into the evening hours, before steadily waning in coverage. Sunday through Wednesday. Highs in the mid/upper 90Fs are projected for Sunday, with dew points lowering a bit as boundary-layer heating/mixing evolves. Heat index indices should peak in the low 100Fs -- just below heat advisory criteria of 105F. If a heat advisory does become necessary, it is most probable across the southern counties. Budding showers and thunderstorms are expected through the day, within an environment supportive of localized microbursts per forecast soundings -- deep and moderate-to-strongly unstable CAPE values, steep low-level lapse rates, and high PWAT values. T/Td spreads in the sub-cloud layer also support this risk. A mention of isolated strong-to-severe storms will be maintained in the hazardous weather outlook. Convective activity will persist into the evening hours before again waning in coverage the deeper we get into the nighttime hours. For Monday through Wednesday, an upper-level ridge axis will shift toward the west as an upper trough moves into the Great Lakes, mid-Atlantic region. A few impulses will translate through the upper trough and help push a surface front into Alabama. While chances for isolated-to-scattered showers and thunderstorms will exist each day, there should be a steady progression of a 'best chance' corridor from north to south. A hot and muggy air mass will remain in place initially, with lower-humidity air expected to arrive behind the frontal passage, mainly across the northern portions of the coverage area at this time. 89/GSatterwhite Long term... Thursday through Saturday. Remnant boundary will still be across the southern part of the state on Thursday and isolated to scattered convection will be possible, in the south. Slightly deeper moisture return across the entire area on Friday and even better rain chances as we get into Saturday. Temperatures mid/late week will be closer to normal for late June/early July. 88 && .AVIATION... 00Z TAF Discussion. Generally, VFR conditions will prevail through the period. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue for the next few hours across Central Alabama. Most of the activity had very little movement and was propagating along outflow boundaries. Since its still quite warm and unstable, these outflows may generate new storms for a few hours. Left VCTS mention in at all but MGM/TOI and will monitor the south closely. Otherwise, we are left with a few cumulus and the mid and upper level blow off from the storms overnight. Once again, the model guidance suggest fog development overnight. There could potentially be some in the rain areas, but overall did not include it in the terminals. Sunday looks like more scattered convection across the entire area. Expect that the terminals will be affect at some point and will add when we get closer in time. Any storms that develop this evening and Sunday have the potential for strong gusty winds. 75 && .FIRE WEATHER... Typical summer weather is expected for the next several days, although hotter than normal conditions are expected over the weekend. No weather-related fire weather concerns are expected at this time. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Gadsden 73 94 73 90 73 / 20 30 30 50 40 Anniston 73 94 73 90 72 / 20 30 30 40 40 Birmingham 75 95 75 93 74 / 20 20 30 40 30 Tuscaloosa 75 97 74 96 74 / 20 20 30 40 30 Calera 74 95 75 93 73 / 20 30 30 40 40 Auburn 74 94 74 93 73 / 20 30 30 40 30 Montgomery 75 96 75 96 75 / 20 30 30 30 30 Troy 73 95 74 94 74 / 20 30 30 30 30 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heat Advisory until 9 PM CDT this evening For the following counties: Autauga...Barbour...Bibb...Bullock...Chilton...Coosa... Dallas...Elmore...Fayette...Greene...Hale...Jefferson...Lamar... Lowndes...Macon...Marengo...Marion...Montgomery...Perry... Pickens...Pike...Shelby...Sumter...Tuscaloosa...Walker...Winston. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 456 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016 ALZ011>015-017>050-261300- 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- 456 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...OUTLOOK THROUGH TONIGHT. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON NEAR OR AT 105 DEGREES. THE MOST CRITICAL HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL MAINLY BE ALONG AND WEST OF I-65 AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-85. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN APPROACH 105 DEGREES SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOONS...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE ISSUED. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. SOME MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE, WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING WIND GUSTS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR THESE STRONGER STORMS WOULD NEAR THE MAXIMUM HEATING OF LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
530 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0508 PM HAIL 1 SSE GRANT TOWN 33.53N 85.95W
06/25/2016 E0.75 INCH TALLADEGA AL PUBLIC
DIME-SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MUNFORD.
&&
GSATTERWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 607 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016 ALZ021-252330- CLEBURNE AL- 607 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 607 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ABERNATHY...OR 13 MILES EAST OF HEFLIN...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RANBURNE...FRUITHURST...EDWARDSVILLE...ABERNATHY...MUSCADINE... TRICKEM AND I 20 WELCOME CENTER. LAT...LON 3350 8550 3377 8550 3376 8536 3350 8531 TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 084DEG 5KT 3366 8535 75
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
635 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
ALZ050-260000-
BARBOUR AL-
635 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBOUR COUNTY UNTIL
700 PM CDT...
AT 634 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GAINO...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUFAULA. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLAYTON...GAINO...RICHARDS CROSSROADS...TEXASVILLE...OSCO...
WHITE OAK...MILLERS FORD AND BAKER HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3167 8551 3191 8543 3189 8521 3174 8520
3173 8521 3171 8521 3170 8522 3171 8541
3168 8542
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 284DEG 2KT 3180 8535
75SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
756 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
ALZ020-260130-
CHEROKEE AL-
756 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 756 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BLANCHE...OR OVER LITTLE RIVER CANYON NATIONAL PRESERVE...MOVING WEST
AT 5 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LITTLE RIVER CANYON NATIONAL PRESERVE...BLANCHE...
LITTLE RIVER FALLS...FULLERTON...CHESTERFIELD...BROOMTOWN...
NEW MOON AND LITTLE RIVER CANYON NP.
LAT...LON 3452 8551 3439 8548 3428 8548 3431 8570
3436 8567 3437 8563 3439 8562 3440 8563
3440 8561 3444 8558 3449 8557 3449 8556
3450 8556 3450 8555 3453 8552
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 086DEG 5KT 3437 8558
75PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
811 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0805 PM TSTM WND DMG BROOMTOWN 34.36N 85.52W
06/25/2016 CHEROKEE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN SEPARATE LOCATIONS AROUND
BROOMTOWN. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 50 MPH.
&&
LINHARESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
812 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0805 PM HAIL BROOMTOWN 34.36N 85.52W
06/25/2016 E0.25 INCH CHEROKEE AL EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
LINHARESThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:24 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees uprooted in the community of Broomtown.
Several trees uprooted near the intersection of Oswichee Road and Greenburt Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 645986, 646033.