Hail, Washington
- When
- July 21, 11:00 AM CST to 11:01 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Millry
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.633, -88.317
Hail in Alabama, July 21, 2002
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.
- 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
- 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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 21, 9:55 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 9:55 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1100 AM CDT SAT JUL 20 2002 ZONE PACKAGE UPDATE TO REFLECT GREATER THAN EXPECTED CLOUD AND PRECIP COVERAGE...DECREASING TODAYS HIGHS MOST AREAS. ALSO BUMPD WINDS ZONES NORTH OF I-10 TO A MORE NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. 16 ******************* PREVIOUS **************************** CLUSTER OF STORMS JUST OFFSHORE THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND DRIFTING SLOWLY WEST WITH SOME NEW DEVELOPMENT BACK TO THE EAST. EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS POPPING UP OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES AFTER SUNRISE. CONVECTION TODAY SHOULD BE MORE ABUNDANT THAN YESTERDAY WITH DEEP MOISTURE...OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND A CONTINUATION OF THE MID/UPPER LEVEL SHEAR ZONE ACROSS REGION. SOME PULSE STORMS WILL OCCUR. GOOD CHANCE FOR STORMS AGAIN MONDAY AS UPPER TROUGH AXIS/SHEAR ZONES REMAINS STALLED ALONG COAST. BELIEVE THE HEAT INDEX WILL BE DOWN A BIT WITH THE EXPECTED LOWER MAX TEMPS BUT LOCALLY HIGH DEW POINTS NEAR STORMS COULD SEND THE HEAT INDEX BETWEEN 105 AND 110 AGAIN. WILL HIGHLIGHT HEAT INDICES ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES ONLY. MARINE...GENERALLY WEST WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS DURING THE DAY WILL CONTINUE. WILL MENTION WINDS AND WAVES/SEAS HIGHER NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. FIRE..NO HIGH LIGHTS. HUMIDITY REMAINS ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHHOLDS. EXTENDED...UPPER TROF TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREA WEATHER...WILL CONTINUE IOSOLATED TO SCATTERED...MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. /11 PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB TT 093/074 092/073 094 11545 PNS TT 093/075 092/074 093 11545 DTS TT 091/077 090/076 090 11545 GZH TT 092/071 092/071 092 11646 2R0 TT 093/071 092/071 093 11645 61A TT 092/071 092/071 092 11646 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:58 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, July 21, 2002
- Wildfire in California, July 21 to 31, 2002
- Wildfire in California, July 21 to 24, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 21, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, July 21, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 21, 2002
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, July 21, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 21, 2002
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 21, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 21, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 21, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 21, 2002
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2002
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: 5312251.