1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 31, 1:36 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 136 PM CST THU JAN 31 2002 A COLD FRONT STRETCHED FROM ARKANSAS THROUGH LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN ALABAMA TONIGHT. A LINE OR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...THE SHEARING AND LACK OF CONCENTRATED STRONG UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL INHIBIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. NEVERTHELESS...COLDER AIR WILL ADVECT INTO THE THE STATE IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS ON FRIDAY. THAT MEANS TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL OR REMAIN STEADY IN THE 40S ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. ANOTHER...BASICALLY REINFORCING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON FRIDAY. THIS SHOULD BE A DRY SYSTEM FOR THE MOST PART. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE A VERY INTERESTING SYSTEM TO ARRIVE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. EXTENDED RANGE MODELS SHOW A DEEP...NEARLY CUTOFF...LOW DIPPING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS MONDAY NIGHT. THE AIR APPEARS COLD EVEN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM FOR SNOWFALL. WITH MOISTURE FROM A SURFACE LOW IN THE GULF AND...LIFT FROM THE DYNAMICS OF THE UPPER LOW ... NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA COULD SEE SOME SNOW SOME TIME TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY. STAY TUNED. HSV EU 046/046 026/044 027 77740 BHM EB 049/055 027/050 030 77540 MGM EB 056/065 031/052 033 77340 .BHM...NONE. 77
ALZ001>050-010900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 100 PM CST THU JAN 31 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WAS IN PLACE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALABAMA...IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT THAT STRETCHED THROUGH WESTERN ARKANSAS AND EASTERN TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL APPROACH NORTHWEST ALABAMA BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND THEN PUSH EAST INTO GEORGIA FRIDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER NORTHWEST ALABAMA BY LATE THIS EVENING IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE FRONT...AND CONTINUE EAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO A MORE STABLE AIR MASS AND WILL WEAKEN...AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE DURING THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY...WITH DRIER AND COOLER AIR OVERSPREADING THE AREA FROM THE WEST BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The afternoon high temperature recorded at the Huntsville International Airport was 76 degrees. This temperature established a new record high temperature.
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: 5279997.