1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 24, 10:53 AM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1153 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005 .UPDATE... SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING VERY CLOSE TO READINGS YESTERDAY. DEWPOINTS ARE LOWER TODAY AS DRIER AIR ALOFT HAS FINALLY MIXED DOWN. PWS MUCH LOWER OFF BIRMINGHAM MORNING SOUNDING AS DRIER AIRMASS OVER GEORGIA ADVECTED INTO AREA OVERNIGHT. DESPITE HEAT AND HUMIDTY... THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH CONVECTION TODAY TO MENTION IN FORECAST AND REMOVED FROM SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. HAZE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AS BAD AS PREVIOUS HEAT EVENTS AND REMOVED IT FROM TODAYS FORECAST. && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...HEAT ADVISORY TODAY ALL ZONES. && 58/ROSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 110 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-251810- AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE- CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE- JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA- TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 110 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT). A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 94 AND 99 DEGREES AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED HEAT INDICES UP TO 110 DEGREES THROUGH 7 PM CDT. THE HOTTEST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. AFTER 7 PM CDT...TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDICES WILL COOL OFF BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...NONE. MONTGOMERY...NONE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY). HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 94 AND 99 DEGREES AND DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN LOCALIZED HEAT INDICES UP TO 110 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON MONDAY. BESIDES THE HEAT...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MBS/91
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
In Billingsley, a handicapped man retrieved his mail and somehow became unable to return to his home. He succumbed to the intense heat and the cause of death was heat related. The high temperature measured at Dannelly Field in Montgomery was 96 degrees.
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, Autauga | 2005-07-24 | 65 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2005
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: 5467137.