Heat, Colbert
- When
- March 1, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Colbert forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -87.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Alabama, March 1, 1997
Record heat affected much of the northern two-thirds of Alabama.
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.
Record heat affected much of the northern two-thirds of Alabama. The following record highs were reported:Montgomery 82Birmingham 82Anniston 82Huntsville 80Muscle Shoals 82Tuscaloosa 83
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
- March 1, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Calhoun
- When
- March 1, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.771, -85.826 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Tuscaloosa
- When
- March 1, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.290, -87.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Jefferson
- When
- March 1, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.554, -86.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Montgomery
- When
- March 1, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 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
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flood in Kentucky, March 1 to 6, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flooding in Tennessee, March 1 to 11, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 1 to 2, 1997
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, March 1, 1997
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, March 1997
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: 5590245, 5590246, 5590247, 5590248, 5590249, 5590250.