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 Jun 3, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 300 PM CDT MON JUN 03 2002 HOT...STIFLING DAY TODAY. MID 90S AREA WIDE WITH VERY LITTLE WIND. A FEW CU ARE POPPING UP FROM MEI TO GZH TO PNF. A BIT MORE UNSTABLE OVER THAT AREA THAN THE REST OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT DON/T EXPECT MUCH TO GET GOING OVER OUR FORECAST AREA TODAY. 10 PERCENT POP FOR SOUTHEAST SEEMS VERY REASONABLE TONIGHT...WILL USE 20 PERCENT IN SOUTHWEST. A SMALL SHOWER HAS STARTED OVER NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY. THE GULF LOW SEEMS TO BE STAYING OVER THE WESTERN GULF. ETA SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE SO WILL GO CLOSE TO ITS SOLUTION. THE HIGH PRESSURE THAT IS OVER US WILL GRADUALLY SLIDE EAST TOMORROW IN RESPONSE TO THE NEXT FRONT THAT IS JUST EAST OF THE ROCKIES. WITH ABUNDANT SOUTHERLY FLOW AND GULF MOISTURE CHANCE TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT LOOK REASONABLE. THE FRONT WILL BE IN OUR AREA THURSDAY SO WILL USE A LIKELY POP. ONE MORE DAY OF VERY HOT TEMPERATURES TOMORROW. GUIDANCE HIGHS SEEM ON LINE AND WILL USE A MIX. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY. HSV 071/094 071/089 069 0335 BHM 070/094 070/090 070 0224 MGM 070/095 070/091 070 -224 .BHM...NONE. 80
ALZ001>050-032000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 117 PM CDT MON JUN 3 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...ALLOWING HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE IS 0 BIRMINGHAM IS 0 MONTGOMERY IS 0
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The afternoon high temperature measured at the Huntsville International Airport was 95 degrees. This reading tied the previous record high temperature last set in 1998.
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, June 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: 5300427.