Heat, Lower Mobile
- When
- August 1, 8:00 AM CST to August 2, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lower Mobile forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heat in Alabama, August 1 to 2, 1999
Near record breaking high temperatures occurred across Mobile and Escambia counties the first two days of August. Two elderly women died in their homes from excessive heat.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 MOB wrote it up.
Near record breaking high temperatures occurred across Mobile and Escambia counties the first two days of August. Two elderly women died in their homes from excessive heat. A seventy-three year old female died in Brewton and a seventy-one year old died in Mobile. The daytime temperatures were in the upper 90s on August 1 and 2. Both victims were found in their homes with the windows closed and the air conditioner turned off.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Escambia
- When
- August 1, 8:00 AM CST to August 2, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Escambia forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 31.126, -87.162 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Upper Mobile
- When
- August 1, 8:00 AM CST to August 2, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Upper Mobile forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Lower Mobile | 1999-08-02 | 71 | Female | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Escambia | 1999-08-02 | 73 | Female | Permanent Home | Direct |
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
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 1, 1999
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Missouri, August 1 to 18, 1999
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1, 1999
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1 to 2, 1999
- Heat in Texas, August 1, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, August 1, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Florida, August 1 to 11, 1999
- Heat and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 1 to 2, 1999
- Drought in Virginia, August 1 to 31, 1999
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, August 1999
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: 5714105, 5718447, 5718448.