Heat in Madison, Alabama
Heat May 30, 2011 · Madison, Alabama
What the National Weather Service wrote
Numerous participants in the Cotton Row Race (5 and 10K) succumbed to heat illness. Up to 5 participants were ambulanced to a local hospital. Dozens of others were treated at a medical area located on site.
The wider storm
A heat wave developed as a large upper level high pressure system strengthened over the region producing unseasonably hot weather. High temperatures reached the lower to mid 90s. Numerous heat illnesses were reported at a Huntsville 5 and 10K running event on the 30th.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 321755. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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