Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms affected a portion of north central Alabama during the mid to late afternoon hours.
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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.
The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms affected a portion of north central Alabama during the mid to late afternoon hours.
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 27, 1:23 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 223 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016 .DISCUSSION... At 19z, showers and thunderstorms were continuing to develop and overspread the forecast area from the west and northwest along and ahead of a convergent boundary/pre-frontal trough. This boundary was extending southwest out of middle Tennessee into north Mississippi. Dewpoint temps ahead of the storms had increased into the low-mid 70s except for northeast Alabama, where the lower atmosphere had mixed out a bit with dewpoint temps there in the upper 60s. Will continue into the evening with likely to occasional shra/tsra and will slowly lessen pops with time into the overnight hours as the RAP/HRRR and Hi-Res short term models indicate that there should be some subsidence that will move southeast into the area behind the initial band of shra/tsra across the area. The short term models are indicative that the main cold front should shift southeast into middle Tennessee by 12z Tuesday and through the southern portions of the forecast area by 18z Tuesday. Will maintain low chance pops for Tuesday due to the proximity of the cold front to the forecast area. Expecting that afternoon heating/instability and still decent PWAT values above an inch, should contribute to at least low chance pops across the region. The cold front is progged by the models to be well south of the forecast area by Tuesday night with high pressure building southeast out of the midwest toward the Tennessee valley. A mid to upper level northwest flow aloft will result in dry and cooler weather for the forecast area through Thursday. Both the GFS and ECMWF models are in similar agreement involving the southeast movement of the next cold front through the midwest. The upper flow is expected to become also more zonal by Friday as a short wave is expected to move slowly east-southeast through the southern plains along the frontal boundary. Will slowly increase pops into the chance category by Saturday as the frontal boundary and short wave get a little closer to the forecast area. By Saturday, the ECMWF model indicated that the frontal boundary should stall out over middle Tennessee, while the GFS model characteristically indicated that the cold front would make it into north Alabama. Will follow closer to the more conservative ECMWF model involving the frontal placement. The nearly stationary cold front is expected to slowly shift southward to close to the forecast area by Sunday and have gone with higher chance pops from Sunday through Monday. As far as temps are concerned, will trend more toward the slightly cooler GFS temps through the extended forecast periods. TT && .AVIATION... (Issued 1237 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016) For 18Z TAFs: VFR conditions will prevail outside of any thunderstorm activity through the TAF period. Boundaries are currently developing showers and thunderstorms and will continue to do so into this evening. A stratus deck or fog development is possible toward sunrise, however due to low confidence at this time, left it out of the TAFs. JMS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Huntsville 71 90 66 89 / 60 30 10 10 Shoals 71 91 68 90 / 70 30 10 10 Vinemont 70 89 66 88 / 60 30 10 10 Fayetteville 69 88 65 87 / 70 30 10 10 Albertville 70 88 66 89 / 60 30 10 10 Fort Payne 70 88 65 87 / 60 30 10 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 232 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-281000- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 232 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION AS A UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ON TUESDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN IN VICINITY OF THE AREA...WITH CONTINUING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY... MAINLY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. TT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1051 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM TSTM WND DMG GURLEY 34.70N 86.37W
06/25/2016 MADISON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE REPORTED DOWN BY SHERRIF OFFICE IN GURLEY.
0552 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 WSW GURLEY 34.69N 86.40W
06/25/2016 MADISON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
A 30 FOOT BY 40 FOOT SECTION OF METAL ROOFING WAS BLOWN
ONTO THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF MILLER ROAD AND GRAY
ROAD IN THE GURLEY COMMUNITY.
0605 PM HAIL MOORES MILL 34.85N 86.53W
06/25/2016 E1.25 INCH MADISON AL PUBLIC
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE RIVERTON AREA
OF MOORE MILL OFF OF WINCHESTER ROAD.
0605 PM HAIL 4 SE MOORES MILL 34.81N 86.49W
06/25/2016 E1.00 INCH MADISON AL NWS EMPLOYEE
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED.
0608 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 ENE HUNTSVILLE 34.74N 86.55W
06/25/2016 MADISON AL TRAINED SPOTTER
A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON OAK PARK DRIVE NEAR BANKHEAD
PARKWAY NE.
0609 PM HAIL 4 SSE MOORES MILL 34.80N 86.50W
06/25/2016 E1.25 INCH MADISON AL PUBLIC
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE MOUNT CARMEL
AREA.
0612 PM HAIL 4 SSE MOORES MILL 34.80N 86.50W
06/25/2016 E1.00 INCH MADISON AL TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON SUGAR PLUM
ROAD BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE ON THE GROUND.
0615 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NW GURLEY 34.75N 86.45W
06/25/2016 MADISON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
A POWER LINE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON BROWNSBORO ROAD AND
HIGHWAY 72. FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDING.
0703 PM LIGHTNING 1 WNW HAZEL GREEN 34.94N 86.59W
06/25/2016 MADISON AL BROADCAST MEDIA
LIGHTNING STRUCK A HOME, PRODUCING A FIRE THAT DESTROYED
NEARLY ALL OF THE INTERIOR CONTENTS WHICH INCLUDED LAWN
CARE BUSINESS EQUIPMENT IN THE ATTACHED GARAGE.
0707 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S FAYETTEVILLE 35.08N 86.57W
06/25/2016 LINCOLN TN EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE
PARK CITY AREA.
0712 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 SSE FAYETTEVILLE 35.01N 86.51W
06/25/2016 LINCOLN TN 911 CALL CENTER
NUMEROUS TREES AND SOME POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN
ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY, INCLUDING ON OLD LINCOLN
ROAD.
0715 PM TSTM WND GST 2 ENE BELLEVIEW 35.06N 86.56W
06/25/2016 M58.00 MPH LINCOLN TN AWOS
MEASURED AT THE FAYETTEVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
&&
TTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1105 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 WSW VALHERMOSO SPRING 34.50N 86.70W
06/26/2016 MORGAN AL EMERGENCY MNGR
A TREE WAS DOWNED ONTO A HOME DUE TO THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
&&
TTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1258 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016 ALZ001>003-271845- LAUDERDALE AL-COLBERT AL-FRANKLIN AL- 1258 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LAUDERDALE...SOUTHEASTERN COLBERT AND NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM CDT... AT 1258 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLLINWOOD TO 6 MILES NORTH OF BELGREEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...RUSSELLVILLE...SHEFFIELD...TUSCUMBIA... KILLEN...LITTLEVILLE...ST. FLORIAN... UNDERWOOD-PETERSVILLE AND CROOKED OAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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. && LAT...LON 3501 8782 3500 8749 3438 8763 3451 8793 TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 284DEG 8KT 3503 8774 3457 8784 JMS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
233 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
ALZ005-006-TNZ076-096-097-272015-
MADISON AL-LIMESTONE AL-MOORE TN-FRANKLIN TN-LINCOLN TN-
233 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON...
LIMESTONE...MOORE...NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL
315 PM CDT...
AT 233 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE
TO NEAR ARDMORE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTHERN HUNTSVILLE...MADISON...ATHENS...WINCHESTER...FAYETTEVILLE...
LYNCHBURG...MERIDIANVILLE...MOORES MILL...HAZEL GREEN AND DECHERD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3539 8628 3538 8625 3537 8628 3534 8624
3533 8620 3536 8616 3531 8596 3462 8690
3484 8722 3491 8721 3500 8708 3499 8684
3519 8683 3531 8665 3533 8660 3537 8658
3536 8649 3532 8642 3535 8641 3541 8626
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 296DEG 16KT 3553 8630 3501 8692
JMSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
256 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
ALZ009-272030-
JACKSON AL-
256 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL
330 PM CDT...
AT 255 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SCOTTSBORO. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTTSBORO...HOLLYWOOD...LANGSTON...LARKINSVILLE AND LIM ROCK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF ON OR NEAR CENTRAL LAKE GUNTERSVILLE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND
MOVE INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE
OUT TO 15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
&&
LAT...LON 3447 8608 3449 8610 3451 8611 3451 8610
3453 8611 3453 8613 3452 8614 3453 8614
3453 8615 3454 8614 3455 8615 3460 8615
3460 8624 3475 8615 3471 8593
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 297DEG 2KT 3465 8613
BCCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
322 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
ALZ006>009-TNZ076-096-097-272115-
MARSHALL AL-MORGAN AL-MADISON AL-JACKSON AL-MOORE TN-FRANKLIN TN-
LINCOLN TN-
322 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL...
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN...MADISON...JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN MOORE...
FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...
AT 322 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ESTILL SPRINGS TO NEAR
NEW MARKET TO NEAR TRIANA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUNTSVILLE...MADISON...SCOTTSBORO...WINCHESTER...ARAB...
REDSTONE ARSENAL...MOORES MILL...MERIDIANVILLE...
DECHERD AND ESTILL SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE
YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3535 8606 3534 8604 3528 8591 3522 8586
3499 8586 3498 8574 3471 8592 3429 8647
3430 8648 3431 8664 3443 8691 3455 8679
3464 8679 3496 8646 3536 8626 3533 8620
3536 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 299DEG 35KT 3533 8610 3490 8636 3451 8677
JMSThe Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:31 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A power line was knocked down on the east bound side of Madison Boulevard just west of Wall Triana.
A tree was knocked down across Bearden Road at Cotton Road.
Several trees were knocked down along CR 1564. Three homes were damage due to falling trees.
A tree was knocked down on Gunter Avenue.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2016
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: 640657, 640654, 640655, 640656.