Alabama, 2025

Heat in Alabama, July 16, 2025

July 16, 2025 · NWS HUN · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

Temperatures reached the lower to middle 90s with heat index values reaching 105 to 108 degrees during the afternoon.

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.

Temperatures reached the lower to middle 90s with heat index values reaching 105 to 108 degrees during the afternoon.

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 16, 8:59 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 8:59 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute 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, Lawrence

When
July 16, 10:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where
Lawrence forecast zone
Reported by
RAWS
Coordinates
34.522, -87.311 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index reached 105 to 107 degrees during the afternoon hours.

Heat, Franklin

When
July 16, 10:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where
Franklin forecast zone
Reported by
RAWS
Coordinates
34.442, -87.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index reached 105 to 107 degrees during the afternoon hours.

Heat, Colbert

When
July 16, 12:00 PM CST to 5:00 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 to 108 degrees during the afternoon hours.

Heat, Lauderdale

When
July 16, 12:00 PM CST to 5:00 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 to 108 degrees during the afternoon hours.

Heat, Limestone

When
July 16, 12:00 PM 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 105 degrees during the afternoon hours.

Heat, Morgan

When
July 16, 12:00 PM 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 105 degrees during the afternoon hours.

Heat, Marshall

When
July 16, 2:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where
Marshall forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
34.367, -86.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index reached 105 degrees for a short period during the afternoon hours.

Heat, Madison

When
July 16, 3:00 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 degrees for a short period during the afternoon hours.

What these are

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.

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1282417, 1282418, 1282413, 1282414, 1282419, 1282420, 1282416, 1282415.