Heat in Alabama, July 30, 2024

Name: Heat in Alabama, July 30, 2024
Start: 2024-07-30T09:00
End: 2024-07-30T19:00
Location: Alabama

July 30, 2024 · NWS HUN · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

Heat index values reached 105 to 108 degrees in a few locations during the afternoon hours in north central and northwest Alabama.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.

Heat index values reached 105 to 108 degrees in a few locations during the afternoon hours in north central and northwest Alabama.

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 30, 5:10 AM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 5:10 AM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

8 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Morgan

When: July 30, 9:00 AM CST to 5:00 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 up to 107 degrees.

Heat, Limestone

When: July 30, 9:00 AM CST to 5:00 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 up to 107 degrees.