1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 300 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002 UPPER FLOW REMAINS NEARLY ZONAL THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH FLAT RIDGE ANCHORED FROM NORTHERN MEXICO INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROUGHS RIDE ACROSS THE TOP OF FLAT RIDGE. SURFACE FRONT LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF MGM TO JUST SOUTH OF GTR THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED WNW TO ESE ACROSS THE CWFA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY. MAINLY HAIL REPORTS TODAY WITH SOME AS LARGE AS GOLFBALLS. SEVERE WATCH MOST AREAS UNTIL 8 PM...BUT WILL MENTION POSSIBLE SEVERE ALL AREAS... WITH MAINLY EVENING MENTIONED SOUTH. NOT MUCH TIME FOR MODEL DISCUSSION THIS AFTERNOON...BUT FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT WITH A FEW SHORT WAVES RIDING CLOSE. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TOMORROW DEVELOPS A SURFACE WAVE ALONG THE FRONT...BUT MOST ACTIVE WEATHER SHOULD BE NORTH OF CWA. BIG QUESTION WILL BE EXACTLY WHERE THE FRONT ENDS UP. WED WILL KEEP CHC POPS N AL AND VERY LOW S AL AS ATMOSPHERE SHOULD BE CAPPED. FRONT RETURNS AGAIN LATE THURSDAY WITH SHWRS/TSTMS AGAIN POSSIBLE. FRONT STALLS OUT AGAIN ACROSS FAR SOUTH AL FRI AND AS HIGH PUSHES EASTWARD SAT/SUN...AREA WILL AGAIN SEE INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND CHC POPS. GUIDANCE NUMBERS IN SOMEWHAT OF AGREEMENT AND WILL STAY CLOSE. 75 HSV ET 067/084 067/082 055 75823554 BHM BE 067/085 068/085 058 75811444 MGM BB 067/089 068/091 065 754-0224 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-301917- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1217 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. ...MODERATE RISK NORTH AND SLIGHT RISK SOUTH... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT REFORM...TO COLUMBIANA...TO ROANOKE. THIS INCLUDES THE NORTHERN THIRD OF ALABAMA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO THE SOUTH...WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA. A WARM FRONT EXTENDS FROM JUST SOUTH OF TUSCALOOSA TO MONTGOMERY TO EUFAULA. SUPERCELLS WILL FORM NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SUPERCELLS NEAR THE WARM FRONT MAY BECOME TORNADIC AT TIMES. THE AIR MASS SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE...AND ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM THERE WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AT TIMES. ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
514 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0211 PM VERNON AL 0.75 IN HAIL
04/30/02 LAMAR DIME SIZE HAIL FELL IN
VERNON.
0218 PM CROSSVILLE AL 1.00 IN HAIL
04/30/02 LAMAR QUARTER SIZE HAIL
REPORTED IN CROSSVILLE.
0452 PM CLAYTON AL 1.00 IN HAIL
04/30/02 BARBOUR DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
REPORTED ALL AROUND THE
CITY OF CLAYTON.
0455 PM CLAYTON AL WIND DAMAGE
04/30/02 BARBOUR SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN
DOWN JUST SOUTH OF
CLAYTON...POSSIBLE
TORNADO.
0500 PM MILLPORT AL 0.75 IN HAIL
04/30/02 LAMAR DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
AT MILLPORT.
0505 PM PLEASANT GROVE AL 1.75 IN HAIL
04/30/02 PICKENS GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS
OBSERVED IN REFORM.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
600 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 PM 4S CLAYTON AL 1.00 IN HAIL
04/30/02 BARBOUR QUARTER SIZE JAIL
REPORTED NEAR CLAYTON.
0541 PM TUSCALOOSA AL 2.75 IN HAIL
04/30/02 TUSCALOOSA GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE
HAIL WAS REPORTED ALL
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AREAS
OF TUSCALOOSA.
0545 PM TUSCALOOSA AL WIND DAMAGE
04/30/02 TUSCALOOSA SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN
IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF
THE CITY OF TUSCALOOSA.
0546 PM FOSTERS AL 1.75 IN HAIL
04/30/02 TUSCALOOSA GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED IN FOSTERS.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall in a short period of time caused some flooding across Walker County. Many areas had standing water on roads and yards. A few streets were temporarily impassable due to high water. A few local creeks briefly rose out of their banks.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, April 2002
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: 5293244.