Alabama, 2002

Hail in Alabama, April 28, 2002

April 28, 2002 · NWS BMX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

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

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 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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 28, 7:00 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 7:00 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
800 PM CDT SUN APR 28 2002

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
FORECAST AREA.  FEW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS
AS WELL.  CAPE/INSTABILITY QUITE HIGH ACROSS AREA FROM TUSCALOOSA TO
BIRMINGHAM TO ROANOKE...SPC HAS JUST ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR THESE AREAS.  THIS WATCHG WILL REPLACE THE PREVIOUS
TORNADO WATCH ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA...AND WILL BE IN AFFECT
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.  HAVE ALREADY SENT UPDATE ZONES.

.BHM...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 5:02 PM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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.
Local storm report, Apr 28, 6:50 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
750 PM CDT SUN APR 28 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0726 PM    HAZEL GREEN               AL   0.75 IN HAIL
04/28/02   MADISON                        DIME SIZE HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED IN HAZEL GREEN.

0729 PM    ARDMORE                   AL   1.00 IN HAIL
04/28/02   LIMESTONE                      QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL IN
                                          ARDMORE.

0730 PM    NEW MARKET                AL   1.00 IN HAIL
04/28/02   MADISON                        QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED IN NEW MARKET.

0735 PM    ARDMORE                   AL   0.88 IN HAIL
04/28/02   LIMESTONE                      NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS
                                          OBSERVED IN ARDMORE.

0740 PM    NEW MARKET                AL   1.50 IN HAIL
04/28/02   MADISON                        ONE AND ONE HALF INCH
                                          DIAMETER SIZE HAIL WAS
                                          REPORTED IN NEW MARKET.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dekalb

When
April 28, 8:21 PM CST
Where
Dekalb County, Ft Payne
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
34.433, -85.733

Penny size hail was reported in Fort Payne.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5293026.