Alabama, 2002

Hail in Alabama, August 2, 2002

August 2, 2002 · NWS BMX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Heat and drought
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  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$2,000
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 Aug 2, 8:50 PM CST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 8:50 PM CST, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
950 PM CDT FRI AUG 02 2002

SHORTWAVE IS CAUSING THINGS TO FIRE ALONG THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS.  BUMPING UP THE POPS TO REFLECT.

.BHM...NONE.

90

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 4:24 PM CST, 5 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
524 PM CDT FRI AUG 02 2002

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

0448 PM    TUSCALOOSA                AL   50 MPH TSTM GUST
08/02/02   TUSCALOOSA                     SEVERAL TREES DOWN,
                                          DAMAGING HOUSES NEAR THE
                                          INTERSECTION OF 1ST
                                          STREET EAST AND 25TH AVE
                                          EAST.  REPORTED BY
                                          TRAINED SPOTTER.

0452 PM    TUSCALOOSA                AL   50 MPH TSTM GUST
08/02/02   TUSCALOOSA                     TREE DOWN ACROSS
                                          RAIL-ROAD TRACK AT 6TH
                                          AVE EAST.  DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          ALSO REPORTED.  REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Local storm report, Aug 2, 4:24 PM CST, 5 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED FOR FORMAT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
524 PM CDT FRI AUG 02 2002

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

0448 PM    TUSCALOOSA                AL   50 MPH TSTM GUST
08/02/02   TUSCALOOSA                     SEVERAL TREES DOWN,
                                          DAMAGING HOUSES NEAR THE
                                          INTERSECTION OF 1ST
                                          STREET EAST AND 25TH AVE
                                          EAST.  REPORTED BY
                                          TRAINED SPOTTER.

0452 PM    TUSCALOOSA                AL   50 MPH TSTM GUST
08/02/02   TUSCALOOSA                     0.75 INCH HAIL
                                          TREE DOWN ACROSS                                           RAIL-ROAD TRACK AT
                                          6TH AVE EAST.  DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL ALSO REPORTED.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Local storm report, Aug 2, 8:10 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
910 PM CDT FRI AUG 02 2002

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

0900 PM    STEVENSON                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
08/02/02   JACKSON                        COUNTY 911 OFFICE
                                          REPORTED TREES DOWN
                                          ACROSS HIGHWAY 72 AND
                                          COUNTY ROAD 287
Local storm report, Aug 2, 9:01 PM CST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1001 PM CDT FRI AUG 02 2002

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

0915 PM    STEVENSON                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
08/02/02   JACKSON                        EMA REPORTED NUMEROUS
                                          TREES DOWN AROUND
                                          STEVENSON

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cullman

When
August 2, 9:30 PM CST
Where
Cullman County, Vinemont
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
34.250, -86.867

Golf ball size hail was reported near South Vinemont.

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: 5313319.