1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Jan 23, 1:20 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 120 PM CST WED JAN 23 2002 ONE LAST UPDATE THIS AFTERNOON. TWEEKED THE TEMPS/CLOUDS SLIGHTLY AND LOWER POPS FOR NW AL. 75 .BMX... AL...NONE.
ALZ001>050-232200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 100 PM CST WED JAN 23 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOISTURE LADEN AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. WATER LEVELS ON MANY STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE STILL HIGH...AND THE GROUND IS EXTREMELY SATURATED...DUE TO ALL THE RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST WEEK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY IF IT FALLS REPEATEDLY OVER ANY PARTICULAR LOCATION...WILL BRING A CONTINUED THREAT OF FLOODING. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...THE HIGHEST THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING WILL BE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY... ESPECIALLY IN THE QUAD CITIES AREA. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR... LOCAL TV AND RADIO...FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The temperature at the Huntsville International Airport topped out at 74 degrees setting a new record high for the date. The previous record was 68 degrees last set in 1972.
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, January 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: 5279881.