Alabama, 2002Tornado in Alabama, March 29, 2002
March 29, 2002 · NWS BMX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1.4 million
- 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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 29, 8:32 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 8:32 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 29, 9:21 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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.Local storm report, Mar 29, 11:17 PM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1117 PM CST FRI MAR 29 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM 7NE MOULTON AL 0.88 IN HAIL
03/29/02 LAWRENCE NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED NEAR CADDO.
935 PM TRINITY AL 0.88 IN HAIL
03/29/02 MORGAN NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED NEAR TRINITY.
0935 PM 4E MOULTON AL 1.00 IN HAIL
03/29/02 LAWRENCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED EAST OF MOULTON
NEAR THE COUNTY LINE.
0935 PM 7NE MOULTON AL 1.75 IN HAIL
03/29/02 LAWRENCE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED NEAR CADDO.
1008 PM 4E MOULTON AL FUNNEL CLOUD
03/29/02 LAWRENCE POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED
JUST EAST OF MOULTON BY
FIRE FIGHTER.
1020 PM NEEL AL 2.00 IN HAIL
03/29/02 MORGAN TWO INCH DIAMETER SIZE
HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR
THE CITY OF NEEL.Tornado, Marshall
- When
- March 29, 11:20 PM CST to 11:36 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, 1 mi W of Red Hill
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.7 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Property damage
- $1.4 million
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -86.450
A tornado first touched down at a cemetary just west of Red Hill. The F1 tornado travelled on a near due east path crossing CR 14 (Warrenton Road), a small ridge and SR 79. The tornado then climbed another ridge downing trees. Once on top of the ridge, the tornado paralleled Section Line Road (CR 166) downing trees and power lines and causing damage especially to out buildings, farm buildings, chicken houses, and other weak structures. Most substantial structures affected by the tornado had minimal damage as identified from visual inspection. The tornado ended at CR 152 (Oneonta Cut Off Road). Red Cross officials identified 3 structures with major damage and 18 with minor damage. There were no deaths or injuries reported with this tornado.Beg. 34 15.404/86 26.232 End: 34 15.291/86 16.998
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 29 to 30, 2002$2.4 million · F2 · 62 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 29, 2002$195,000 · 2 in hail · 48 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 29, 2002$30,000 · 1 in hail · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 29 to 30, 2002$20,000 · 1 in hail · 7 events
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, March 29, 2002$8,000 · F0 · 12 events
- Flood and Hail in Texas, March 29 to 30, 20021 in hail · 11 events
- Flood and Hail in Tennessee, March 29 to 30, 2002$2,000 · 1 in hail · 10 events
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 29, 2002$3,000 · F0 · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 29, 20021.75 in hail · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, March 29, 2002$12,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail in Missouri, March 29, 20020.75 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Illinois, March 29, 20021 in hail · 2 events
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: 5284407.