Drought Conditions Worsen during the month of September.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
Drought Conditions Worsen during the month of September.
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 Sep 5, 11:01 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Huntsville AL 1201 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016 .UPDATE... For 06Z TAFs. && .DISCUSSION... (Issued 950 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016) Current water vapor satellite imagery confirms that the local CWFA is located beneath northerly flow aloft to the east of a large mid- level ridge over the lower Mississippi valley. Short term NWP guidance in agreement that the ridge will remain centered across the Arklamiss region for the remainder of the night, and with no evidence of lift or advection of moist air into the region we will maintain a dry forecast. Scattered mid and high-level clouds associated with the passage of a weak vorticity maximum in the northerly flow aloft will likely dissipate early Tuesday morning, with clear skies enhancing the potential for radiational cooling region-wide. This will be most noticeable across ne AL, where proximity of sfc high over the southern Appalachians will lead to a weaker pressure gradient and light/variable winds. Thus, our current min temperature forecast advertising l60s in the east and m/u60s elsewhere seems reasonable. Although boundary layer dewpoint depressions appear to be too large for the development of fog over land areas, conditions will be favorable for patchy light fog to develop in the Dekalb valley and Lake Guntersville areas around sunrise. 70/DD && .AVIATION... For 06Z TAFs: VFR will prevail at the HSV/MSL terminals thru the forecast period -- with few/sct high-based cu and ac btwn 5-8 kft. A sfc ridge positioned immediately east of the region will maintain lgt/vrbl winds at HSV, with a slightly more pronounced sly component to flow at MSL. Conditions will be favorable for a brief period of vsby reductions in patchy br btwn 06/11-13Z. 70/DD && .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 1128 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-061015- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1128 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THERE IS A LOW CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS A WEAKENING COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. ANY ISOLATED STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 70/DD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Drought (D3) Conditions present in Jackson County.
Extreme Drought (D3) Conditions present in Dekalb County.
Severe Drought (D2) conditions present in Morgan County.
Severe Drought (D2) conditions present in Marshall County.
Severe Drought (D2) conditions present in Limestone County.
Severe Drought (D2) conditions present in Madison County.
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, September 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: 660204, 660205, 660207, 660208, 660210, 660212.