Alabama, 2023Excessive Heat and Heat in Alabama, June 30, 2023
June 30, 2023 · NWS HUN · 12 events in 8 counties and zones
Heat index values reached 105 to 109 degrees during the midday through afternoon hours for most of north central and northwest Alabama. Readings reached 110 to 112 degrees in a few locations.
Every event with a place to put it; 12 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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- Wind
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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 109 degrees during the midday through afternoon hours for most of north central and northwest Alabama. Readings reached 110 to 112 degrees in a few locations.
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 Jun 30, 10:54 AM CST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 10:54 AM CST, 6 minutes before
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</html>Heat, Colbert
- When
- June 30, 11:00 AM CST to 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 reached 105-109 degrees at times during this entire period. At times readings hit 110-112 degrees.
Heat, Lauderdale
- When
- June 30, 11:00 AM CST to 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 reached 105-109 degrees at times during this entire period. At times readings hit 110-112 degrees.
Heat, Franklin
- When
- June 30, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.442, -87.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached 105-109 degrees at times during this entire period. At times readings hit 110-112 degrees.
Heat, Lawrence
- When
- June 30, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.522, -87.311 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached 105-109 degrees at times during this entire period. At times readings hit 110-112 degrees.
Heat, Morgan
- When
- June 30, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.454, -86.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached 105-109 degrees at times during this entire period. At times readings hit 110-112 degrees.
Heat, Cullman
- When
- June 30, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 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 105-109 degrees at times during this entire period. At times readings hit 110-112 degrees.
Heat, Madison
- When
- June 30, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 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 105-109 degrees at times during this entire period. At times readings hit 110-112 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Colbert
- When
- June 30, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 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 reached 105-109 degrees at times during this entire period. At times readings hit 110-112 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Lauderdale
- When
- June 30, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 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 reached 105-109 degrees at times during this entire period. At times readings hit 110-112 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Morgan
- When
- June 30, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.454, -86.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached 105-109 degrees at times during this entire period. At times readings hit 110-112 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Limestone
- When
- June 30, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.810, -86.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached 105-109 degrees at times during this entire period. At times readings hit 110-112 degrees.
Excessive Heat, Madison
- When
- June 30, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 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 105-109 degrees at times during this entire period. At times readings hit 110-112 degrees.
- 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.
- Heat in Texas, June 30, 20231 death · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 30, 2023$10 million · 3 in hail · 14 events
- Wildfire in Idaho, June 30, 2023$9.2 million · 1 event
- Excessive Heat and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 30, 2023$493,000 · 56 kt wind · 40 events
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 30, 2023$66,000 · 56 kt wind · 56 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 30, 2023$452,000 · 2.5 in hail · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 30, 2023$167,000 · 1 in hail · 11 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 30, 2023$132,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 30, 2023$85,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kansas, June 30, 20231 injured · 2 in hail · 33 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 30, 2023$38,000 · 56 kt wind · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 30, 20234 in hail · 29 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1115460, 1115461, 1115462, 1115464, 1115465, 1115466, 1115467, 1115475, 1115476, 1115478, 1115479, 1115480.