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 Mar 12, 11:30 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 1130 AM CST TUE MAR 12 2002 LATEST WATER VAPOR SATELLITE LOOP INDICATES UPPER LOW MOVING INTO SW MS ATTM...AND PROJECTED MOVEMENT ALMOST DUE EAST. SURFACE REFLECTION OF UPPER SYSTEM JUST SLIGHTLY SOUTHEAST BETWEEN MSY AND MCB. INVERTED TROUGH STRETCHES NE ACROSS TN VLY WITH WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN THIRD OF AREA. LINE OF CONVECTION SEEN ON LOCAL RADARS NEAR GADSDEN...SOUTHWARD TO THE GULF COAST. STRONGEST ACTIVITY FROM MGM SOUTHWARD INTO WARM SECTOR. POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AS COLD POCKET MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. WILL ADJUST THE TEMPS SLIGHTLY ALL AREAS. POPS WILL BE LOWERED A BIT FOR AREAS W AND NW AND INCREASED SE. WILL ALSO MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL SE. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. .BHM...NONE. 75
ALZ001>050-122045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 130 PM CST TUE MAR 12 2002 A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM LINDEN...TO SELMA...TO ECLECTIC...TO ROANOKE. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA...LATE THIS AFTERNOON FROM WEST TO EAST. 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 WARNINGS LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
143 PM CST TUE MAR 12 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1225 PM GRADY AL WIND DAMAGE
03/12/02 MONTGOMERY CARPORT BLOWN ONTO HOUSE
ROOF. NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN.
1250 PM DADEVILLE AL WIND DAMAGE
03/12/02 TALLAPOOSA NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWNThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Golfball size hail was reported south of Lafayette near the Chambers and Lee county line.
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, March 2002
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