Heat, Lower Mobile
- When
- July 14, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lower Mobile forecast zone
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heat in Alabama, July 14 to 21, 2000
Near record breaking high temperatures around 100 degrees, combined with high relative humidities, resulted in afternoon heat indices between 105 and 115 degrees from July 13th through July 21st. Nighttime low temperatures also remained warm through the period, only falling to the mid to upper 70s.
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 around 100 degrees, combined with high relative humidities, resulted in afternoon heat indices between 105 and 115 degrees from July 13th through July 21st. Nighttime low temperatures also remained warm through the period, only falling to the mid to upper 70s. These conditions resulted in the heat related deaths of two elderly females at separate locations in the Mobile area. One death occurred on July 14, the other on July 21st. The homes in which the women lived had neither air conditioning nor ample ventilation.
Event by event
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Upper Mobile
- When
- July 14, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 5:00 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 | 2000-07-21 | 83 | Female | Permanent Home | Direct |
| Heat, Lower Mobile | 2000-07-14 | 69 | 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 Louisiana, July 14 to 22, 2000
- Heat in Missouri, July 14 to 16, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Maryland, July 14 to 15, 2000
- Heat in Mississippi, July 14, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, July 14, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New York, July 14, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 14, 2000
- Tornado in Kentucky, July 14, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 14, 2000
- Wildfire and Hail in South Dakota, July 14, 2000
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 14, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 14, 2000
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2000
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: 5155486, 5155487.