Alabama, 2023Heat in Alabama, July 28 to 29, 2023
July 28 to 29, 2023 · NWS HUN · 7 events in 7 counties and zones
Heat index values reached 105 to 108 degrees during the afternoon hours of the 28th and 29th.
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.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 reached 105 to 108 degrees during the afternoon hours of the 28th and 29th.
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 28, 8:42 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 8:42 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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</html>Heat, Madison
- When
- July 28, 10:00 AM CST to July 29, 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)
Heat index readings peaked at 105 to 108 degrees on the 28th and 29th. Temperatures remained in the middle to upper 70s during the overnight hours.
Heat, Limestone
- When
- July 28, 10:00 AM CST to July 29, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.810, -86.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index readings peaked at 105 to 108 degrees on the 28th and 29th. Temperatures remained in the lower to middle 70s during the overnight hours.
Heat, Colbert
- When
- July 28, 10:00 AM CST to July 29, 6:00 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 readings peaked at 106 degrees on the 28th and 29th. Temperatures remained in the lower to upper 70s during the overnight hours.
Heat, Lauderdale
- When
- July 28, 10:00 AM CST to July 29, 6:00 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 readings peaked at 106 degrees on the 28th and 29th. Temperatures remained in the lower to upper 70s during the overnight hours.
Heat, Franklin
- When
- July 28, 10:00 AM CST to July 29, 6:00 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 readings peaked at 106 degrees on the 28th and 29th. Temperatures remained in the lower to middle 70s during the overnight hours.
Heat, Lawrence
- When
- July 28, 10:00 AM CST to July 29, 6:00 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 readings peaked at 106 degrees on the 28th and 29th. Temperatures remained in the lower to middle 70s during the overnight hours.
Heat, Cullman
- When
- July 28, 1:00 PM CST to July 29, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.132, -86.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index readings peaked at 105 to 108 degrees on the 28th and 29th. Temperatures remained in the lower to middle 70s during the overnight hours.
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 28, 20232 deaths · $552,000 · 5 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 28 to 29, 20231 death · $230,000 · EF1 · 13 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 28, 2023$29 million · 4 in hail · 13 events
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 28, 2023$6.9 million · 70 kt wind · 40 events
- Rip Current in Michigan, July 28, 20231 death · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 28, 2023$1.3 million · 4 in hail · 43 events
- Hail in Kansas, July 28, 2023$8.3 million · 2 in hail · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 28, 20231 injured · $786,000 · 1.25 in hail · 32 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 28, 2023$169,000 · EF1 · 40 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, July 28 to 30, 2023$1.0 million · 2.5 in hail · 13 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, July 28, 2023EF1 · 77 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 28, 2023$133,000 · EF1 · 21 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: 1117465, 1117467, 1117470, 1117471, 1117472, 1117473, 1117468.