In a very warm and moist airmass ahead of an approaching front, heat index values rose above 100 degrees during the afternoon of June 13. The heat index at several locations across Central Alabama hit 105 degrees, heat advisory criteria.
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The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
In a very warm and moist airmass ahead of an approaching front, heat index values rose above 100 degrees during the afternoon of June 13. The heat index at several locations across Central Alabama hit 105 degrees, heat advisory criteria.
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 13, 11:44 AM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1244 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z AVIATION. && .DISCUSSION... ACTIVE AFTERNOON AND EVENING STILL IN THE CARDS HERE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION BRINGING POSSIBLE SEVERE STORMS TO THE AREA. LOOKING AT THE CURRENT BIG PICTURE...SFC LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS NOW NEAR PENNSYLVANIA WITH THE TRAILING COLD FRONT STRETCHING SOUTHEASTWARD THRU THE MISSOURI BOOTHILL AND INTO EXTREME NORTHERN ARKANSAS. SATELLITE ALSO INDICATES A NARROW CLOUD LINE ACROSS NORTHERN AL/MS IN ASSOCIATION WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A WEAKNESS IN THE MID LEVELS. BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES (FRONT/CLOUD LINE) ARE SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM PREVIOUS/ONGOING CONVECTION AND AREAS OF WEAK CONVERGENCE SEEN ACROSS KY/TN. AS OF THIS WRITING...RADAR INDICATES LITTLE TO NO CONVECTION JUST TO THE NORTH OF ALABAMA...OTHER THAN A COUPLE SMALL RETURNS NEAR THE TN/KY LINE. CLOSER TO HOME...SFC RIDGING CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AS THE TROUGH/FRONT APPROACH FROM THE NORTH. TEMPS ARE ALREADY IN THE MID/UPPER 80S WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOW/MID 90S. DEW POINTS ARE STILL IN THE LOW 70S ACROSS THE BOARD. AFTER SOME MESOSCALE ANALYSIS OVER OUR AREA...NO BOUNDARIES COULD BE DETECTED ACROSS THE CWA. WITH NO LIFTING MECHANISM CURRENTLY IN THE VICINITY STILL DO NOT EXPECT CONVECTIVE INITIATION UNTIL THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES NEARER/INTO THE AREA. AS FAR AS THE SETUP FOR THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING IS CONCERNED...NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED. WITH RATHER LITTLE NEW GUIDANCE TO CONSIDER AT THIS JUNCTURE HAVE NOT MADE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO POP/WX GRIDS FOR THE SYSTEM. TIMING STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR NOW...GENERALLY 3 PM NORTH TO 10 PM SOUTH...GIVE OR TAKE AN HR. QUESTIONS REMAIN WITH REGARDS TO THE OVERALL COVERAGE OF STORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WILL STORMS BE MORE SCATTERED AND IN CLUSTERS...OR WILL THEY EVENTUALLY CONGEAL INTO A SOLID LINEAR FEATURE? IT LOOKS LIKE ONLY TIME WILL TELL...UNFORTUNATELY. SEVERE WEATHER PARAMETERS REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME. SOUNDING PROFILES STILL INDICATE PLENTY OF INSTABILITY...DRY AIR ALOFT...AND STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES. DOWNDRAFT CAPES ARE ALSO RATHER HIGH. THEREFORE DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN THE HIGHEST THREAT...FOLLOWED BY LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. HOWEVER...THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER THAT COULD HINDER ORGANIZED DEVELOPMENT. FIRST...MEAN MOISTURE REMAINS ON THE LOW SIDE...WITH ALL MOISTURE RESIDING IN THE LOWEST LEVELS. SECOND...CONVERGENCE JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT DOESN'T LOOK VERY STRONG THANKS TO WESTERLY SFC WINDS AND NW WINDS ALOFT. WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING A SPECIAL BALLOON RELEASE AROUND 20Z THIS AFTERNOON TO BETTER SAMPLE THE ATMOSPHERE JUST PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE SYSTEM. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AS WE MOVE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ONE MORE THING TO TALK ABOUT FOR TODAY...HEAT. THE ONGOING HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES FOR UP TO A COUPLE HOURS IN THE WEST. THEREFORE A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR COUNTIES GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. 19 && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE TO THE ONGOING AVIATION FORECAST. STORMS HAVE NOW BEGUN TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ACROSS TN AND WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD THRU THE DAY. WITH THE STORMS STILL NORTH OF THE STATE AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE...WILL NOT MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO TSRA TIMING UNTIL THEY AT LEAST ENTER NORTH AL WHEN A BETTER MOTION/SPEED CAN BE ATTAINED. LOOK FOR TS TO AFFECT MOST...IF NOT ALL...TERMINALS AT SOME POINT DURING THE LATE AFTN AND EVNG. STRONG WINDS AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY SOME STORMS...WHILE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE MORE PREVALENT. ACTIVITY WILL COME TO AN END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AS THE FRONT PASSES THRU. CIGS SHOULD REMAIN VFR THRU THE PERIOD...WITH REDUCED VIS WITHIN TSTORMS. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE WEST PRIOR TO FRONTAL PASSAGE...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NW AFTERWARD. SPEEDS OF 10-15 KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE COMMON AT EACH TERMINAL UNTIL THE STORMS/FRONT PASS THRU. PATCHY FOG MAY BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT IF WINDS BECOME LIGHT ENOUGH. 19 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 67 86 62 90 65 / 20 0 0 0 0 ANNISTON 68 88 63 90 67 / 30 0 0 0 0 BIRMINGHAM 68 88 66 91 69 / 20 0 0 0 0 TUSCALOOSA 70 90 66 93 70 / 30 0 0 0 0 CALERA 70 89 66 91 69 / 30 0 0 0 0 AUBURN 72 87 68 90 68 / 60 0 0 0 0 MONTGOMERY 74 92 67 94 70 / 60 0 0 0 0 TROY 74 91 68 92 69 / 60 0 0 0 0 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BIBB...FAYETTE...GREENE...HALE...JEFFERSON...LAMAR... MARENGO...MARION...PERRY...PICKENS...SHELBY...SUMTER... TUSCALOOSA...WALKER...WINSTON. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 120 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 ALZ011>015-017>050-141830- 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- 120 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE AROUND 105 DEGREES GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. THE THREATS INCLUDE DAMAGING STRAIGHT- LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THIS SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES AS EARLY 3 PM...AND SHOULD END ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES AROUND 10 PM. .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 MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat Index values rose to 105 degrees at Clayton, in western Barbour County.
Heat Index values rose to 105 degrees at Sylacauga.
Heat Index values rose to 105 degrees at Tuscaloosa.
Heat Index values rose to 105 degrees at Alexander City.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 2013
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: 467226, 467224, 467225, 467223.