Heat, Lauderdale
- When
- July 21, 10:00 AM CST to July 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.901, -87.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Alabama, July 21 to 26, 2010
A heat wave re-established itself on 21st and lasted through the 26th. Numerous heat related illnesses or emergencies were reported.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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
- 20
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 HUN wrote it up.
A heat wave re-established itself on 21st and lasted through the 26th. Numerous heat related illnesses or emergencies were reported. A Huntsville area ambulance service reported at least 20 heat emergency responses during this long period of hot weather.
High temperatures climbed 95 degrees or higher on all 6 days at both Muscle Shoals and Huntsville airports. Temperatures reached 100 degrees on the 23rd through 25th at Muscle Shoals and 24th and 25th at Huntsville. Overnight lows were 75 degrees or higher on all six days, and were in the lower to mid 70s at most locations in north Alabama during the entire period. Heat index values reached or exceeded 105 degrees each day during this period.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Colbert
- When
- July 21, 10:00 AM CST to July 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Colbert forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -87.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Franklin
- When
- July 21, 10:00 AM CST to July 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.442, -87.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Lawrence
- When
- July 21, 10:00 AM CST to July 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.522, -87.311 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Limestone
- When
- July 22, 10:00 AM CST to July 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.810, -86.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Morgan
- When
- July 22, 10:00 AM CST to July 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.454, -86.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Madison
- When
- July 22, 10:00 AM CST to July 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Injuries
- 20 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
At least 20 heat illness related emergency responses were reported during this heat wave by Huntsville Emergency Services Incorporated (HEMSI).
Heat, Cullman
- When
- July 23, 10:00 AM CST to July 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.132, -86.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Marshall
- When
- July 23, 10:00 AM CST to July 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.367, -86.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Jackson
- When
- July 23, 10:00 AM CST to July 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.779, -85.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Dekalb
- When
- July 23, 10:00 AM CST to July 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.460, -85.804 (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
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 21, 2010
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 21, 2010
- Rip Current in Michigan, July 21, 2010
- Flash Flood and Hail in Vermont, July 21, 2010
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 21 to 22, 2010
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 21, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Iowa, July 21 to 22, 2010
- Tornado and Flood in Connecticut, July 21, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 21, 2010
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maine, July 21, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 21, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 21, 2010
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2010
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 253926, 253927, 253928, 253929, 253930, 253931, 253932, 253934, 253935, 253936, 253937.