Severe drought conditions were declared on July 3rd for a large portion of north central and northwest Alabama.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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 episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
Severe drought conditions were declared on July 3rd for a large portion of north central and northwest Alabama.
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 Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 11:05 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1205 AM CDT TUE JUL 3 2012 .UPDATE... FOR 06Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 857 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012/ CONVECTION THAT FIRED ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY COLLISIONS (AMONG OTHER WEAK THERMAL BOUNDARIES) OVER THE FAR NE PERIPHERY OF OUR FORECAST AREA (E FRANKLIN COUNTY TN, N JACKSON COUNTY AL) HAS DISSIPATED. THE REMAINING PRECIPITATION IS OVER E TN AND FURTHER N OVER WESTERN KY. NEVERTHELESS, WITH A COUPLE OF LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES (AND ANOTHER ONE JUST ENTERING FRANKLIN COUNTY TN), WILL KEEP ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. HAVE REMOVED THUNDERSTORMS FROM FORECAST FOR AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TONIGHT GIVEN THE GENERALLY WARMER TEMPS AT THE CURRENT TIME THAN YESTERDAY ALONG WITH SOME LINGERING CLOUD COVER. DEWPOINT, QPF, AND SKY COVER GRIDS WERE ALSO TWEAKED AS WELL. SL.77 && .AVIATION... FOR 06Z TAFS... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS N AL/S MIDDLE TN WITH ONE EXCEPTION. KMSL MAY EXPERIENCE MVFR CONDITIONS WITH HZ BTWN 11-13Z. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AT KHSV AND KMSL SITES BETWEEN 18Z-06Z. SL.77 && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 925 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-031015- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 925 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...MAINLY OVER AREAS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS..LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe drought (D2) conditions were declared on the 3rd and ended on the 25th.
Severe drought (D2) conditions were declared on the 3rd and ended on the 25th.
Severe drought (D2) conditions were declared on the 3rd and ended on the 25th.
Severe drought (D2) conditions were declared on the 3rd and ended on the 25th.
Severe drought (D2) conditions were declared on the 3rd and ended on the 25th.
Severe drought (D2) conditions were declared on the 3rd and ended on the 25th.
Severe drought (D2) conditions were declared on the 3rd and ended on the 25th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2012
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: 385925, 385934, 385935, 385938, 385939, 385940, 385941.