1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 28, 2:00 PM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 300 PM CDT SUN APR 28 2002 MID/UPPER LEVEL FLAT RIDGE MIGRATES WESTWARD THROUGH 60 HRS AND ALLOWS UPPER FLOW TO BECOME NW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROUGHS ROTATE AROUND THE TOP OF THE RIDGE THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS FLAT RIDGE RETREATS A TAD SOUTH INTO THE EXTENDED...AND AGREE WITH PREVIOUS FORECASTER THAT CHANCES LOOK BETTER FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WED NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. CAN GEM/ECMWF/AVN ALL PUSH FRONT THROUGH ENTIRE AREA BY FRI TIME FRAME. SURFACE PATTERN EVOLVES SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS WEEKS ACTIVITY BUT WITH A FEW CHANGES. STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES UP THROUGH PA THIS AFTERNOON AND SWINGS A COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION. SHORT RANGE MODELS IN CLOSER AGREEMENT TODAY...BRINGING FRONT INTO TN VLY BY 00Z...AND STALLING THE BOUNDARY IN S AL MON AFTERNOON/EVENING. BOUNDARY RETURNS NORTHWARD TUESDAY AS WARM FRONT...WITH AIRMASS AREAWIDE BECOMING MOIST AND UNSTABLE AGAIN. MODELS DIFFER ON PLACEMENT OF FRONTAL BOUNDARIES BEYOND TUESDAY. SHORT WAVE MOVES ACROSS AREA SAME TIME FRAME AS WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHWARD INTO TN VLY TUE....WITH DECENT ISENTROPIC LIFT ON 305K SURFACE...GOOD INSTABILITY AND OMEGA...TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE BUT WILL TRIM BACK MAV POPS A TAD. POPS TONIGHT AND SVR...FRONT MOVES THROUGH NORTHERN ALABAMA TONIGHT. LARGE SCALE ASCENT/UPPER SUPPORT NOT REAL STRONG...BUT GOOD BAROCLINIC ZONE/INSTABILITY WILL LEAD SLGT CHC/CHC POPS. WILL MENTION EVENING ONLY TN VLY. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL AND DOWNBURST IF STORMS DEVELOP IN THE TN VLY...AND SOME ROTATION. WILL MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY. MODEL TEMP GUIDANCE RUNNING FAIRLY CLOSE...THEREFORE WILL REMAIN CLOSE AS IT AGREES WITH ONGOING FORECAST. PRELIM NUMBERS... HSV BB 055/076 056/081 065 753-143 BHM BE 060/079 058/084 067 7522232 MGM BE 065/084 060/087 067 7512231 .BHM...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
602 PM CDT SUN APR 28 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM IDER AL 1.75 IN HAIL
04/28/02 DEKALB GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN IDER BY STORM
SPOTTERS.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size to one and one half inch diameter size hail was observed in and around the city of New Market.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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