Alabama, 2022Excessive Heat and Heat in Alabama, July 20 to 22, 2022
July 20 to 22, 2022 · NWS HUN · 10 events in 6 counties and zones
Heat index values peaked at 111 degrees in Muscle Shoals and 110 in Huntsville on the 20th and 21st. In Vinemont, the heat index peaked at 110 on the 21st.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
Heat index values peaked at 111 degrees in Muscle Shoals and 110 in Huntsville on the 20th and 21st. In Vinemont, the heat index peaked at 110 on the 21st. Overnight low temperatures were in the middle to around 80. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s.
What forecasters said that day
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 20, 9:31 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 9:31 AM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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- When
- July 20, 11:00 AM CST to July 22, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.442, -87.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values reached 105 to 109 degree range on the 20th, 21st and 22nd. High temperatures were in the middle 90s. Overnight low temperatures were only in the lower to middle 70s.
Heat, Lawrence
- When
- July 20, 11:00 AM CST to July 22, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.522, -87.311 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values reached 105 to 109 degree range on the 20th, 21st and 22nd. High temperatures were in the middle 90s. Overnight low temperatures were only in the lower to middle 70s.
Heat, Madison
- When
- July 20, 11:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached reached 105 to 109 degrees during the early afternoon hours before climbing later in the day (see Excessive Heat entry).
Heat, Cullman
- When
- July 20, 11:00 AM CST to July 21, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.132, -86.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached reached 105 to 109 degrees on the afternoon of the 20th and again during the midday through early afternoon hours of the 21st before higher heat was experienced during the late afternoon (see Excessive Heat entry). Overnight lows were only in the lower to middle 70s.
Excessive Heat, Colbert
- When
- July 20, 12:00 PM CST to July 21, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Colbert forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -87.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index peaked at 111 degrees on the 20th and 21st in Muscle Shoals. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s. Overnight low temperatures were in the middle to upper 70s.
Excessive Heat, Lauderdale
- When
- July 20, 12:00 PM CST to July 21, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.901, -87.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index peaked at 111 degrees on the 20th and 21st in Muscle Shoals. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s. Overnight low temperatures were in the middle to upper 70s.
Excessive Heat, Madison
- When
- July 20, 2:00 PM CST to July 21, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index peaked at 110 degrees on the 20th and 21st at the Huntsville International Airport. The heat index peaked at 110 degrees on the 20th at the Madison County Airport in Meridianville. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s. Overnight low temperatures were in the middle to upper 70s.
Excessive Heat, Cullman
- When
- July 21, 2:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.132, -86.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index peaked at 111 degrees on the 20th and 21st in Muscle Shoals. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s. Overnight low temperatures were in the middle to upper 70s.
Heat, Colbert
- When
- July 21, 7:00 PM CST to July 22, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Colbert forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -87.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values remained in the 105 to 109 degree range into the evening hours of the 21st, and again during the midday through middle afternoon hours of the 22nd.
Heat, Lauderdale
- When
- July 21, 7:00 PM CST to July 22, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.901, -87.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values remained in the 105 to 109 degree range into the evening hours of the 21st, and again during the midday through middle afternoon hours of the 22nd.
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 20, 20221 death · 9 injured · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in North Carolina, July 20 to 21, 2022$1.0 million · 4 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 20, 2022$117,000 · EF1 · 8 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 20, 2022$170,000 · 52 kt wind · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 20 to 21, 2022$54,000 · 1 in hail · 19 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 20, 2022$44,000 · 61 kt wind · 7 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Tennessee, July 20 to 21, 2022$21,000 · 12 events
- Heat in New York, July 20 to 24, 202226 events
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 20, 2022$24,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events
- Excessive Heat in Kentucky, July 20, 202222 events
- Excessive Heat in Illinois, July 20, 202219 events
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 20, 2022$17,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1038212, 1038213, 1038214, 1038216, 1038205, 1038206, 1038215, 1038207, 1038209, 1038210.