Heat, Colbert
- When
- May 24, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Colbert forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -87.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Alabama, May 24, 1996
A number of new record highs were set including: Anniston 96 New record Birmingham 96 New record Huntsville 96 New record Montgomery 96 New record Muscle Shoals 96 New record Tuscaloosa 97 New record
Where it happened
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 BMX wrote it up.
A number of new record highs were set including: Anniston 96 New record Birmingham 96 New record Huntsville 96 New record Montgomery 96 New record Muscle Shoals 96 New record Tuscaloosa 97 New record
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Madison
- When
- May 24, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Calhoun
- When
- May 24, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.771, -85.826 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Tuscaloosa
- When
- May 24, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.290, -87.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Jefferson
- When
- May 24, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.554, -86.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Montgomery
- When
- May 24, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.220, -86.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 24, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1996
- High Wind in Iowa, May 24, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, May 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, May 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, May 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, May 24, 1996
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, May 1996
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: 5554605, 5554606, 5554607, 5554608, 5554609, 5554610.