The official temperature had already reached a very hot 100 at noon at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery and also Montgomery’s Dannelly Field. Here are some other noon temperatures:
99 Auburn
98 Troy, Anniston, Birmingham Airport, Shelby County Airport, Tuscaloosa
97 Gadsden, Evergreen, Ozark
86 Huntsville
84 Decatur
Nearby thunderstorms were the reason that the Huntsville and Decatur temperatures had lowered into the mid 80s.
At 12:25, a short line of thunderstorms extended from along the Morgan/Marshall County line southwestward through East Cullman County into NE Walker County. The line of storms was moving toward the SE.
The strongest thunderstorms were lined up across the Morgan/Marshall County line and entering into West Marshall County and moving toward Guntersville.
