Hail, Montgomery
- When
- August 20, 6:38 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Montgomery
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.383, -86.300
Dime size hail was reported at the intersection of Interstate 65 and US 31.
Hail in Alabama, August 20, 2002
2 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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 20, 1:56 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 1:56 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 256 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002 CONVECTION HAS BEGUN TO DEVELOP ACROSS TENNESSEE VALLEY. SPC HAS ISSUE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SHORTLY...COVERING ALL BUT EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES. THIS WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. DEWPOINTS ACROSS FORECAST AREA IN THE MID 70S. INSTABILITY INDICES ARE GREATEST IN THE WATCH AREA...AND EXPECT ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY. HAVE ALREADY ISSUED A COUPLE OF WARNINGS. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER EASTERN TENNESSEE BY 24 HOURS...THIS SETS UP MORE OF AN EAST FLOW...ALLOWING DRIER...MORE STABLE AIR TO FILTER INTO THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE ISOLATED POPS NORTH...WITH SCATTERED WORDING ACROSS CENTRAL AREAS. MOISTURE BEGINS TO RETURN ON THURSDAY WITH WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW. CONVECTION BECOMES MORE DIURNAL AGAIN ON FRIDAY. MODELS INDICATING SLIGHTLY COLER TEMPERATURES ARRIVE AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. HSV 073/094 073/093 072 2223 BHM 073/094 073/092 074 2323 MGM 073/093 073/092 073 2323 .BHM...NONE. 83
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 4:51 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
ALZ001>018-022>026-030>034-039-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 551 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 623... DEKALB...ETOWAH...JACKSON...MADISON...MARSHALL... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 623 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM... BIBB...BLOUNT...COLBERT...CULLMAN...FAYETTE... FRANKLIN...GREENE...HALE...JEFFERSON...LAMAR... LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LIMESTONE...MARENGO...MARION... MORGAN...PERRY...PICKENS...SHELBY...ST CLAIR... SUMTER...TUSCALOOSA...WALKER...WINSTON...
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 5:56 PM CST, 42 minutes before
ALZ001>018-022>026-030>034-039-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 656 PM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 623 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... BIBB...BLOUNT...COLBERT...CULLMAN...DEKALB... ETOWAH...FAYETTE...FRANKLIN...GREENE...HALE... JACKSON...JEFFERSON...LAMAR...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE... LIMESTONE...MADISON...MARENGO...MARION...MARSHALL... MORGAN...PERRY...PICKENS...SHELBY...ST CLAIR... SUMTER...TUSCALOOSA...WALKER...WINSTON...
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- August 20, 6:41 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 7 mi S of Montgomery
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.283, -86.300
Nickel size hail was observed south of Montgomery along Interstate 65.
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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- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 20, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 20, 2002
- Hail in Iowa, August 20, 2002
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- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 20, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 20, 2002
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 20, 2002
More
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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: 5312332, 5312333.