Heat and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 11 to 12, 2025

Name: Heat and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 11 to 12, 2025
Start: 2025-07-11T14:38
End: 2025-07-12T14:00
Location: Alabama

July 11 to 12, 2025 · NWS BMX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Scattered convection occurred across Central Alabama during the afternoon of July 11. Two cells collided in southeast Lee County, with a microburst occurring in Smiths Station.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 BMX wrote it up.

Scattered convection occurred across Central Alabama during the afternoon of July 11. Two cells collided in southeast Lee County, with a microburst occurring in Smiths Station. The next day, a heat-related fatality occurred at a motocross park in Blount County.

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:35 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lee

When: July 11, 2:38 PM CST to 2:42 PM CST
Where: Lee County, 0.62 mi SE of Motts
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 32.563, -85.124

A microburst occurred in Smiths Station, with large sections of metal roofing removed and trusses blown around at mostly open air buildings at the Lee County Flea Market. Additionally, small trees and tree limbs were snapped and power lines were downed around Smiths Station, including along Lee Roads 379, 430, 769, 2148, and Highway 280.

Heat, Blount

When: July 12, 1:00 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
Where: Blount forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 33.981, -86.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A 27-year-old male died after collapsing at McLarty Motocross Park in Blount County due to a combination of heat stress and underlying health conditions. Heat index values from nearby ASOS stations were in the mid 90s, with temperatures around 88-90 F.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Heat, Blount	2025-07-12	27	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Heat: Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 1262747, 1265119.