Alabama, 2002

Hail in Alabama, April 30, 2002

April 30, 2002 · NWS TAE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 30, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
300 PM EDT TUE APR 30 2002

CURRENTLY: PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH MANY SITES REPORTING 5-7 MILES
IN HAZE. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHING INTO NRN FLA FROM ADJ GEORGIA.

DISCUSSION:AT UPPER LEVELS...UPPER TROF MOVING OFF ERN CANADA...
UPPER LOW MOVING ENE FROM CNTRL CALIF..EWD TOWARDS GREAT BASIN AND
THEN NE TOWARDS GREAT LAKES. HIGH MOVED OFF OLD MEX TOWARDS GULF WITH
PERSISTENT AND FAST WNW FLOW ACROSS THE SE CONUS. SEVERAL VORTS
ROLLING AROUND THE RIDGE AND ACROSS MAINLY NRN SXNS OF CWFA NEXT FEW
DAYS. AT SURFACE...NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT FROM AROUND FERNANDINA
BEACH W THRU NCNTRL ALA. LATEST GUIDANCE LESS BULLISH ON SEVERE OR
EVEN STRONG STORMS THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT. STILL...RADAR SHOWS
CONVECTION JUST N AND W OF CWFA. QUESTION IS HOW FAR S CONVECTION
WILL DRIFT. LAPS GUIDANCE STILL SHOWS UNSTABLE LIFTED INDICES AND
CAPE SOUTH OF BOUNDARY IN WARM SECTOR AND SELS HOLDING ON TO SLIGHT
RISK FOR ALL OUR CWFA. WITH LATE DEVELOPING SEA BREEZES AND ANY
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT KEEP TOGETHER WILL KEEP SCT EVENING
SHWRS/TSTMS N HALF AND WDLY SCT CONVECTION S HALF.

FORECAST:WILL USE 4 ZONE ZFP WITH THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
SUBDIVIDED TO ACCOUNT FOR ABOVE CONVECTION.

AS SURFACE LOW NE OKLAH MOVES EWD...FRONT WILL DRIFT NWD TO
MISS-TENN VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND UPPER HIGH BUILDS EWD INTO NE GULF SO
NEXT FEW DAYS LOOK WARM AND DRY. AGAIN...APRIL 2002 WILL GO DOWN AS
THE WARMEST ON RECORD FOR TALLAHASSEE.

WITH SW FLOW PERSISTING...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPS AND A DRY AIRMASS
CONT WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPS NEXT FEW DAYS. MODELS IN VERY GOOD
AGREEMENT AND WILL BLEND.

RECORD HIGHS FOR WEDNESDAY

TLH 95 1990
ABY 94 1990
DHN 92 1990
AQQ 89 1943
PFN 92 1959

EXTENDED:ABOVE MENTIONED CALIFORNIA LOW WILL HELP DRAG NEXT COLD
FRONT SEWD..NOW ACROSS PLAINS STATES...AND WILL APPROACH SE ALA
PREDAWN HOURS OF FRIDAY AND MOVE ACROSS REST OF CWFA ON FRIDAY B4
STALLING AND DISSIPATING ACROSS MARINE AREA FRI NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
THUS SCT POPS FOR FRIDAY. THIS WILL USHER IN COOLER TEMPS FRI INTO
WEEKEND.

MARINE:ONE ZONE FITS ALL WITH LIGHT SW FLOW AND SEAS AOB 2 FEET NEXT
FEW DAYS B4 SLOWLY INCREASING AHEAD OF THE NEXT BOUNDARY.

FIRE WX:FIRE WX WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WED AFTN DUE TO HIGH
DISPERSION.

PRELIM NUMBERS:

TLH 067/093 068/093 2-0-
PFN 072/085 074/086 2-0-
DHN 069/091 070/092 3-0-
ABY 068/091 069/092 4-0-
VLD 067/093 067/092 3-0-

.AL...NONE.
.GA...NONE.
.FL...FIRE WX WATCH WED AFTN FOR HIGH DISPERSION.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Henry

When
April 30, 5:35 PM EST
Where
Henry County, Abbeville
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.567, -85.250

Numerous reports of golfball size hail by the Henry County Sheriff.

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: 5293577.