Rainfall occurred across much of central Alabama during the first part of July causing a slight, however drought conditions persisted for Barbour, Tallapoosa, Chambers, Macon, Lee, Montgomery, Pike, Bullock, and Russell Counties through the end of the month.
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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.
Rainfall occurred across much of central Alabama during the first part of July causing a slight, however drought conditions persisted for Barbour, Tallapoosa, Chambers, Macon, Lee, Montgomery, Pike, Bullock, and Russell Counties through the end of the month.
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 Jun 30, 10:58 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1158 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 .UPDATE...FOR 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... FAIRLY WEAK SURFACE FRONT MEANDERING ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS BOUNDARY WAS MARKED BY A RATHER SIGNIFICANT MEAN MOISTURE DISCONTINUITY. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA/CONVERGENT ZONE WAS NOTED IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA WHERE THUNDERSTORMS FORMED THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS STILL ON AREA RADARS IN GEORGIA...BUT BELIEVE THE CHANCES ANY OF THESE MAKE IT INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA REMAINS TOO SLIM TO MENTION. SURFACE DEWPOINTS RUNNING SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN EAST ALABAMA ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WEAK LOW PRESSURE. MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE OVERNIGHT LOWS AND DEW POINTS... SLIGHTLY HIGHER SOUTHEAST AND EAST. THIS MOISTURE INCHES WESTWARD ON FRIDAY AND MAY LEAD TO A SLIGHTLY LARGER AREA OF SMALL CHANCE POPS BY AFTERNOON. MCS IN ILLINOIS/INDIANA SHOULD PROPAGATE SOUTHEASTWARD. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ARE LACKING HERE AND DO NOT SEE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT WITH THIS FEATURE. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE IF THIS POTENTIAL IMPACTS THE THUNDERSTORM AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 75 && .AVIATION...06Z TAF DISCUSSION. STILL LOOKING AT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TONIGHT...WITH MAYBE A LITTLE FOG AT ANB...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW FOR ANY FOG AT THIS TIME. LOOKING AT TOMORROW AFTERNOON...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL...WITH ONLY SCATTERED CU DEVELOPMENT DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE SOUTHERN TAF SITES WILL HAVE THE BEST INSTABILITIES AND MOISTURE VALUES...SO ISOLATED SHOWERS OR STORMS COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT ANY DEVELOPMENT AT ALL...AND IF STORMS DEVELOP...WILL INCLUDE CB OR VCTS AT THAT TIME. WITH IT BEING MORE THAN SIX HOURS OUT...WILL NOT INCLUDE IN THE TAF FOR MGM AND TOI AT THIS TIME. NOTICE...KEET TAF WILL HAVE (AMD LTD TO VIS WIND AND WX) AMENDED TO THE END OF THE FORECAST UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE CEILOMETER DATA WILL BE GOING THROUGH NUMEROUS TESTS AND MONITORED FOR ACCURACY. 56/GOGGINS && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 303 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011/ DISCUSSION... PLENTY OF DRY AIR ALOFT HAS MIXED DOWN TO THE SURFACE THIS AFTERNOON KEEPING TEMPERATURES QUITE PLEASANT ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. CALM WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO DROP DOWN WELL BELOW NORMAL ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS. THE AIRMASS THAT HAS BROUGHT THESE PLEASANT TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODIFY TOMORROW AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE MID 90S AND TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 90S BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. SURFACE BASED MOISTURE WILL BE SLOWLY INCREASING EACH DAY. AS A RESULT...LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING STORMS WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST TOMORROW. COVERAGE WILL START OUT VERY ISOLATED AT ABOUT 10 PERCENT...BUT EXPECT FOR THAT TO INCREASE BY THE WEEKEND AND CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. EXPECT FOR RAIN CHANCES TO BE EVEN BETTER NEXT WEEK AS SEVERAL IMPULSES COULD MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ENHANCING RAIN CHANCES. 10/ARM && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 75/10/56
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 501 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ALZ011>015-017>050-011130- 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- 501 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 75
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Barbour County started the month in Exceptional Drought (D4) condition and was downgraded to Severe Drought (D3) condition on the 19th.
Tallapoosa County remained in Severe Drought (D2) conditions the entire month.
Chambers County remained in Severe Drought (D2) conditions the entire month.
Macon County started the month in Extreme Drought (D3) condition and was downgraded to Severe Drought (D2) condition on the 19th.
Lee County remained in Extreme Drought (D3) conditions for the entire month.
Montgomery County remained in Severe Drought (D2) conditions for the entire month.
Pike County remained in Extreme Drought (D3) conditions for the entire month.
Bullock County started the month in Extreme Drought (D3) condition and was downgraded to Severe Drought (D2) condition on the 19th.
Elmore County remained in Severe Drought (D2) condition for the entire month.
Randolph County started the month in Extreme Drought (D3) condition and was downgraded to Severe Drought (D2) condition on the 19th.
Russell County started the month in Exceptional Drought (D4) condition and was downgraded to Extreme Drought (D3) condition on the 19th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2011
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: 338930, 338931, 338932, 338933, 338934, 338935, 338936, 338937, 338938, 338939, 338940.