1 funnel cloud, 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 29, 8:32 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 832 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002 SVR TSTM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTH ALABAMA. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THE COLD FRONT FROM SW TN INTO CENTRAL KY... SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST. SEVERE CONVECTION ONGOING ALONG THE FRONT WITH SCATTERED ACTIVITY DEVELOPING IN NW AL ATTM. MANY HAIL REPORTS HAVE COME IN FROM THIS ACTIVITY....THEREFORE GREATEST THREAT APPEARS TO BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE STILL POSSIBLE. LINE SHOULD CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS BUT SOME DECREASE IN INTENSITY SHOULD OCCUR OVERNIGHT. WITH ISSUE UPDATE SHORTLY...BUT CURRENT ZONE PACKAGE HAS SITUATION HANDLED QUITE GOOD. MAIN UPDATE CHANGE WILL BE TO BUMP TEMPS UP A TAD IN SOME LOCATIONS...MAINLY WEST AND NORTH. DEW POINTS IN THE 60S MOST SPOTS...SOUTH WINDS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...AND INCREASING CLOUDS. 75 .BHM...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
921 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 PM NEWBURG AL 0.88 IN HAIL
03/29/02 FRANKLIN NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN EASTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR
NEWBURG.
0905 PM HATTON AL 0.88 IN HAIL
03/29/02 LAWRENCE NICKEL SIZE HAIL FELL
ACROSS WESTERN LAWRENCE
NEAR HATTON.
0909 PM MOULTON AL 0.88 IN HAIL
03/29/02 LAWRENCE NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN MOULTON.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was reported just east of the city of Moulton.
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
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: 5284533.