Slow moving thunderstorms developed as the result of daytime heating.
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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 episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Slow moving thunderstorms developed as the result of daytime heating.
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 26, 5:50 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 650 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 .UPDATE...AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE SHOULD DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH AT LEAST NEXT WEEKEND. THE UPPER-LEVEL HIGH WAS CENTERED OVER GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...AND IT IS EXPECTED DRIFT BACK OVER ALABAMA ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY THURSDAY. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH THROUGH FRIDAY...BEFORE POSSIBLY DROPPING OFF A LITTLE AS DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND. RIGHT NOW...THE GFS DROPS OFF THE MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE FORECAST AREA NEXT WEEKEND. OTHERWISE...DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD HELP TRIGGER AFTERNOON ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 03 && .AVIATION...00Z TAF DISCUSSION. A LARGE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA HAS PUSHED SOUTH OF BIRMINGHAM AND ANNISTON. TSTMS WERE FORMING NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY AND DRIFTING NORTHWARD. NMRS TSTMS WERE CONTINUE IN THE KBHM AND KANB THRU 01Z...WITH ISOLD STORMS IN THE VCNTY OF THE OTHER TAF SITES THRU 01Z. OUTSIDE OF TSTMS...VFR CONDS WILL PREVAIL. THE STORMS SHOULD SUBSIDE BY 02Z. THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY BE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT AFTER 17Z. SOUTH OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 5-8 KNOTS BY 16Z WITH WINDS VEERING TO A MORE SOUTHWEST DIRECTION. NOTICE...KEET TAF WILL HAVE (AMD LTD TO VIS WIND AND WX) AMENDED TO THE END OF THE FORECAST THROUGH THE END OF 2010. THE CEILOMETER DATA WILL BE GOING THROUGH NUMEROUS TESTS AND MONITORED FOR ACCURACY. 58/ROSE && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 73 94 72 95 73 / 30 30 10 30 10 ANNISTON 74 94 73 95 75 / 30 30 10 30 10 BIRMINGHAM 75 94 75 95 74 / 30 30 10 20 10 TUSCALOOSA 75 96 75 97 74 / 20 30 10 20 10 CALERA 75 93 73 95 74 / 20 30 10 20 10 AUBURN 73 94 73 95 74 / 20 30 10 30 10 MONTGOMERY 74 95 74 97 75 / 20 30 10 20 10 TROY 73 95 73 96 73 / 20 30 10 20 10 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 115 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-271030- 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- 115 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 9PM. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LATER IN THE WEEK AND FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...A STRONG HEAT RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA PUSHING HIGH TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE UPPER 90S. COMBINED WITH THE HIGHER HUMIDITY...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN REACH 105 TO 110 DEGREES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 600 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ALZ017-024-262330- BLOUNT AL-JEFFERSON AL- 600 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN BLOUNT AND NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 600 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PINSON...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MORRIS... KIMBERLY... COUNTY LINE... TRAFFORD... DALLAS... TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 608 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ALZ027-028-270000- CLAY AL-TALLADEGA AL- 608 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL TALLADEGA AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 608 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WALDO...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TALLADEGA...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... TALLADEGA... WALDO... GRANT TOWN... TALLADEGA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT... TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY... TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 628 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ALZ026-027-270015- ST. CLAIR AL-TALLADEGA AL- 628 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ST. CLAIR AND CENTRAL TALLADEGA COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 628 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOGAN MARTIN DAM...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHILDERSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... PELL CITY... ALPINE BAY RESORT... COOSA ISLAND... RIVERSIDE... LINCOLN... TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. 19
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 637 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ALZ029-270015- RANDOLPH AL- 637 PM CDT MON JUL 26 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 636 PM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WELCH...OR 6 MILES EAST OF ROANOKE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... ROANOKE... ROCK MILLS... BIG SPRINGS... NAPOLEON... TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. 19
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A rotten tree fell onto a home as the result of thunderstorm outflow.
A few trees down onto power lines near Taylorville.
As much as four feet of water was flowing across McFarland Drive and University. A swift water rescue was required on Hackberry Lane. Bryant Drive 14th Avenue and Highway 69 were also flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2010
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: 253419, 253405, 253413.