1 hail, 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 4, 11:19 AM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 1219 PM CDT TUE JUN 04 2002 UPDATED ZONE FORECAST FOR AFTERNOON WORDING...WITH NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. WET MICROBURST CHECKLIST INDICATES VERY HIGH POTENTIAL FOR MICROBURSTS WITH AFTERNOON CONVECTION. JUST NOW REACHING THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY... WITH A FEW MORE DEGREES NEEDED CENTRAL AND SOUTH. EXPECT VERY STRONG DOWNDRAFTS AND OUTFLOWS WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. .BHM...NONE. 70
ALZ001>050-DD1530- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 730 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002 ...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.... AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BEGINS TO MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES TODAY...HIGH PRESSURE THAT HAS BEEN ACROSS THE AREA WILL START TO WEAKEN. THIS...ALONG WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON... WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTH TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD LAST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DUE FORM ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE THRESHOLDS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS UNLIKELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 89 JBW
ALZ001>050-042003- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 100 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE HIGH PRESSURE THAT HAS BEEN ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST TODAY IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL CAUSE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY FROM A LINE OF TUSCALOOSA...TO BIRMINGHAM...TO ANNISTON...AND SOUTH. ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED...IF A THUNDERSTORMS DOES DEVELOP...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL WILL POSSIBLE OCCUR. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS UNLIKELY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL FACTOR: HUNTSVILLE IS 0 BIRMINGHAM IS 0 MONTGOMERY IS 0
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:18 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Golf ball size hail was reported in the Brecon community, just south of Talladega.
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
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