The combination of above normal temperatures in the lower 90s with high humidity, led to a heat related death in Lawrence County, Alabama.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
The combination of above normal temperatures in the lower 90s with high humidity, led to a heat related death in Lawrence County, 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 30, 11:52 AM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1252 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1048 AM CDT MON JUL 30 2012/ STRONG AND WARM UPPER RIDGING CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS OF TEXAS/NEW MEXICO...ALONG WITH TROUGHING ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND REGION...RESULTED A NW FLOW ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THIS FLOW...STORMY AT TIMES WAS BRINGING A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE REGION. ONE OF THE WEAKER IMPULSES HELPED TO BRING SOME CONVECTION ACROSS PARTS OF THE VALLEY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT TO OUR NW WILL HELP CONTINUE A THREAT FOR MORE SHOWERS/STORMS. THE NEW NAM...ALONG WITH THE OLDER HIRES AND GFS DO SUGGEST MORE ACTIVITY FOR THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY EVENING. THE NAM CONTINUED ITS FORECAST WITH A STRONGER LOWER LEVEL JET (BOUNDARY LAYER - 925 MB) FORMING THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THIS INFLOW...EVEN THOUGH IT IS FROM THE SW-W WILL RAISE STORM RELATIVE HELICITIES TO OVER 300M/S FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING. THIS COUPLED WITH PASSING UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND A STILL MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN SOME OF THE STORMS POTENTIALLY BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG/DAMAGING WINDS. OUR MORE WESTERN AREAS WOULD STAND BETTER CHANCES OF EXPERIENCING THE STRONGER STORMS. ADDITIONAL MOISTURE IN THE FLOW OF COURSE MEANS MORE CLOUDS. THUS HAVE LOWERED HIGH TEMPERATURES BY A CATEGORY ALL SPOTS EXCEPT OUR EASTERN AREAS. RSB && .AVIATION... FOR 18Z TAFS... A WEAK SURFACE LOW...AND SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THE OVERNIGHT...BRINGING SCATTERED CONVECTION. BRIEF PERIODS OF NUMEROUS CONVECTION CANNOT BE RULED OUT. SOME OF THE STORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF KMSL COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 50KT...AND MVFR AND/OR LOWER REDUCTIONS. KHSV COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED BY CONVECTION. FOR BOTH SITES...HAVE LEFT IN VCTS INTO THE EARLY EVENING...WITH TEMPO TIMING AT BOTH SITES FOR STRONGER CONVECTION FORECAST LATER. VCSH ARE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY MORNING...WITH BETTER CHANCES OF DRIER CONDITIONS AFTER 15Z. RSB && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1258 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-311030- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1258 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT AS A STRONGER DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE REGION. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS MAY LINGER INTO TUESDAY...AS THE DISTURBANCE SLOWLY EXITS TO THE SOUTHEAST. TYPICAL MAINLY DAYTIME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN ON WEDNESDAY...CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. RSB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A middle aged male died after suffering from a heat stroke in Lawrence County, AL.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Lawrence | 2012-07-30 | 42 | Male | Unknown | Direct |
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