Drought, Pike
- When
- September 14, 12:00 AM CST to September 27, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pike forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 31.803, -85.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The severe drought ended in Pike County.
Drought in Alabama, September 14 to 27, 2010
Localized but heavy rainfall across Southeastern Alabama brought relief to Pike and Barbour Counties. Between one and four inches of rainfall accumulated in Pike and Barbour counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 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 BMX wrote it up.
Localized but heavy rainfall across Southeastern Alabama brought relief to Pike and Barbour Counties. Between one and four inches of rainfall accumulated in Pike and Barbour counties.
What forecasters said that day
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 Sep 13, 11:13 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 11:13 PM CST, 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1213 AM CDT TUE SEP 14 2010 .UPDATE...AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER NIGHT OF COOL TEMPERATURES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE RUNNING A FEW DEGREES HIGHER THAN LAST NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE EASTERLY AND RAISED OVERNIGHT LOWS A DEGREE OR TWO IN SOME AREAS. 58/ROSE && .AVIATION...06Z TAF DISCUSSION. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. /61/ 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. && .FIRE WEATHER... DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE EACH AFTERNOON. 20 FOOT WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 5 KTS...THEREFORE DECREASING THE FIRE DANGER THREAT. 75 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 6:44 PM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 744 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2010 ALZ011>015-017>050-150030- 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- 744 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Barbour
- When
- September 21, 12:00 AM CST to September 27, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Barbour forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -85.393 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The severe drought ended in Barbour County.
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, September 14, 2010
- Drought in Alabama, September 14 to 30, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Hail in South Dakota, September 14 to 15, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 14 to 15, 2010
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, September 14 to 15, 2010
- Drought in Arkansas, September 14 to 30, 2010
- Drought in Alabama, September 14 to 30, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Utah, September 14, 2010
- Hail in Kansas, September 14, 2010
- Drought in Florida, September 14 to 30, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, September 14, 2010
- Wildfire in Wyoming, September 14 to 30, 2010
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, September 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 260156, 260157.