Typical summertime thunderstorms produced some minor wind damage, localized flooding, and two injuries due to lightning.
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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.
The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Typical summertime thunderstorms produced some minor wind damage, localized flooding, and two injuries due to lightning.
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 Jul 8, 7:03 AM CST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Birmingham AL 803 AM CDT Sat Jul 8 2023 ...New SHORT TERM... .SHORT TERM... (This afternoon through Sunday) Issued at 757 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2023 Increased PoPs and accelerated onset of showers and thunderstorms across the northwest based upon observational trends. RAP 13 km mesoanalysis depicts a shortwave trough over Western Tennessee that is supporting ongoing increasing convection across Southern West/Central TN southward into Northeast Mississippi. Expect this activity to affect Marion County within the hour and continue to move further east, affecting many of our northwest counties through mid morning. Otherwise, fair skies were experienced across much of the south and east with a few areas of patchy early morning fog, this all will give way to partly cloudy skies by mid to late morning as cumulus development will quickly occur as temperatures rise into the 80s over the next few hours. 05 Previous modified Short-Term Forecast Issued at 358 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2023 The next impulse will approach west Alabama by the late afternoon, and expect there will be scattered convection developing west of I-65 by mid afternoon. A line of thunderstorms will develop near the Mississippi River by mid afternoon and reach the Alabama state line by early evening. The severe threat today will be tied to this convective line, with the main threat being damaging straight line winds. Mid level lapse rates are too warm for any large hail production. The convective line will weaken as it approaches the I-65 corridor due to loss of daytime heating. Any remaining showers will shift into east Alabama by midnight, with a lull in any convective activity overnight through Sunday morning. The next impulse will bring a cluster of thunderstorms into Central Alabama Sunday afternoon and evening. Higher values of 0-6km bulk shear (>40kts) and better mid level lapse rates will produce more organized thunderstorm development, thus the reason for a higher threat level for severe storms on Sunday. 58/rose && .LONG TERM... (Sunday through Friday) Issued at 358 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2023 Sunday night through Friday. An active weather pattern is expected to continue through next week as an upper-level ridge remains over the southwestern CONUS, and a trough persists across the eastern half of the country. A complex of thunderstorms is expected to continue affecting Central Alabama into Sunday evening as a shortwave move across the region. If storms organize sufficiently, isolated damaging winds may occur even though lapse rates do not appear particularly impressive. Behind this activity, moisture quality may suffer across our north on Monday due to subsidence in the wake of this activity, pushing the highest rain chances to our southern counties near a weak front and area of low-level convergence. Subsidence and drier air is more evident for Tuesday across our northern half on the back side of a broad upper-level trough. Legitimate rain chances may get pushed to our far southern counties. Higher moisture content is likely to overspread the region on Wednesday and Thursday west-southwesterly low-level flow develops in response to a shortwave moving across the Plains and Ohio Valley. This should lead to scattered convection across much of the forecast area for Wednesday through Friday. 87/Grantham && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 621 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 2023 Widespread fog with vsbys blo 3 miles will prevail along and north of a KTCL-KBHM-KGAD line thru 14Z. The lowest vsbys will impact KTCL with LIFR conds. Once the fog and low clouds erode, VFR conds will prevail outside convective activity. Sct tstms will develop after 16Z across west Alabama. The storm movement will be east- southeast, so the convective activity will spread across the remainder of central Alabama during the afternoon hours. The activity will not be very organized during the afternoon, but a more organized line of storms could move into west Alabama around sunset. This line of storms will track east-southeast and impact the northern TAF sites. The tstms should be mostly gone by 05Z. MVFR cigs will develop across north Alabama by 09Z. 58/rose && .FIRE WEATHER... Warm and humid conditions will continue through Monday with minimum RH values above 50 percent each day. Winds should be westerly at 7 to 12 mph during the daylight hours. Rain chances will remain elevated through Monday. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Gadsden 90 70 87 67 / 60 40 80 40 Anniston 90 71 86 69 / 50 40 80 50 Birmingham 90 72 88 70 / 80 50 80 50 Tuscaloosa 90 73 88 70 / 80 60 80 60 Calera 90 73 87 70 / 70 40 80 60 Auburn 90 72 88 71 / 30 30 80 50 Montgomery 92 73 90 70 / 40 40 80 60 Troy 93 73 92 71 / 40 30 80 60 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...05 LONG TERM....87 AVIATION...58
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Birmingham AL 1030 AM CDT Sat Jul 8 2023 ALZ011>015-017>050-091830- 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- 1030 AM CDT Sat Jul 8 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the counties served by the National Weather Service office in Birmingham. .DAY ONE...Outlook through Tonight. There is a low risk of severe storms this afternoon and evening, mainly west of I-65. Damaging straight line winds is the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is a risk of severe storms Sunday, mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. The risk on Sunday will include all of Central Alabama. Damaging straight line winds and large hail are the primary threats. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Activation of storm spotters and emergency management may be needed Today and Sunday.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1004 AM CDT Sat Jul 8 2023
ALZ012-081530-
Lamar AL-
1004 AM CDT Sat Jul 8 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Lamar
County through 1030 AM CDT...
At 1004 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Blooming Grove, or near Vernon, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Vernon, Millport, Kennedy, Blooming Grove, Crossville, Cody, Hightogy
and Melborne.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3374 8815 3398 8796 3354 8795 3354 8821
TIME...MOT...LOC 1504Z 315DEG 27KT 3375 8801
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
61Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1158 AM CDT Sat Jul 8 2023
ALZ024>026-081730-
Jefferson AL-Shelby AL-St. Clair AL-
1158 AM CDT Sat Jul 8 2023
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Shelby, eastern
Jefferson and southern St. Clair Counties through 1230 PM CDT...
At 1158 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Pinson to Helena to near Coaling. Movement was
east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Eastern Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills, Alabaster, Homewood,
Pelham, Mountain Brook, Trussville, Helena, Pell City, Irondale,
Leeds, Moody, Calera, Chelsea, Montevallo, Columbiana, Springville,
Odenville and Wilsonville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3372 8612 3367 8615 3369 8620 3364 8617
3359 8622 3353 8620 3349 8625 3351 8628
3339 8638 3336 8634 3329 8636 3328 8643
3319 8650 3312 8646 3304 8652 3311 8697
3316 8697 3317 8702 3327 8690 3376 8668
TIME...MOT...LOC 1658Z 258DEG 26KT 3371 8666 3328 8685 3311 8731
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
61The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:01 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A 13 year-old female and 15 year-old female were struck by lightning at a ballpark in Vance. Both females were underneath a tent next to a chain link fence. Both sustained minor injuries and were taken to a local hospital.
Several trees uprooted southwest of Marbury, along County Road 68 and County Road 99.
Several trees uprooted in the Wetumpka area.
Lay Lake Fire Department reported McGowans Ferry Road flooded and impassable near County Road 33.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1120609, 1120611, 1120610, 1120612.