A strong ridge of high pressure centered over the Central Plains and locally dry conditions resulted in unseasonably warm temperatures across Central Alabama. Scattered locations reached at least 100 degrees or a heat index of 105 or greater for several days between June 23 and June 27, before expanding areawide for the end of the month.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
A strong ridge of high pressure centered over the Central Plains and locally dry conditions resulted in unseasonably warm temperatures across Central Alabama. Scattered locations reached at least 100 degrees or a heat index of 105 or greater for several days between June 23 and June 27, before expanding areawide for 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 22, 11:28 AM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1228 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012 .UPDATE... FOR AVIATION. && .DISCUSSION... ONLY MADE MINOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH THIS UPDATE. TRIMMED POPS AND LEFT THE NORTHEAST WITH LESS THAN A 20 POP FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONTINUE TO OBSERVE LIMITED MOISTURE OVER THE AREA WITH PWAT VALUES AROUND 1.3 INCHES. THERE IS EVIDENCE OF SLIGHTLY BETTER BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST WHERE A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPED LATE YESTERDAY EVENING. KBMX MORNING SOUNDING SHOWS 700 MB TEMP HAS DECREASED FROM 11 TO 9 DEG C. THE NORTHEAST WILL ALSO HAVE THE LOWEST 500 TO 700 MB HEIGHTS/TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON THAT MAY ALLOW FOR SOME VERY ISOLATED SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM TO DEVELOP. CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA WILL BE PRECLUDED BY RELATIVELY WARM MID LEVEL TEMPS AND A LACK OF BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE. TEMPS HAVE WARMED QUICKLY THIS MORNING AND A VERY WARM AFTERNOON IS ON TAP WITH READINGS WELL INTO THE 90S. 87/GRANTHAM AVIATION... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT ALL SITES FOR THIS TAF CYCLE. SCATTERED CU AROUND 7K FT MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AS A WEAK COLD FRONT STALLS OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA... AND LIGHT WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. 77/GLEASON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 93 68 95 69 96 / 10 10 10 0 0 ANNISTON 93 69 94 71 95 / 10 10 10 0 0 BIRMINGHAM 94 71 95 73 96 / 10 10 0 0 0 TUSCALOOSA 96 70 97 72 98 / 0 0 0 0 0 CALERA 93 71 95 71 96 / 10 10 0 0 0 AUBURN 92 69 94 70 94 / 0 0 10 0 0 MONTGOMERY 94 71 95 73 95 / 0 0 10 0 10 TROY 93 67 94 70 94 / 0 0 10 0 10 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 87/77
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 540 AM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ALZ011>015-017>050-231200- MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE- CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA- CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA- CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON- BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 540 AM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AN UPPER DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXPAND EASTWARD TOWARD ALABAMA OVER THE WEEKEND. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY COULD PRODUCE HEAT INDICIES ABOVE 105 DEGREES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 08/MNK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A combination of COOP observer data and ASOS data from the Tuscaloosa Regional Airport recorded temperatures of 100 or greater each day.
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, June 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: 411647, 411653, 411648, 411649, 411655, 411650, 411654, 411651.