1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 30, 2:19 AM CST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 219 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002 QUITE BUSY EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 54 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM. PLAN TO MAKE ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FORECAST. LATEST ETA RUN HAS VORTICITY MAXIMUM...ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER NORTH MEXICO...MOVING ACROSS FORECAST AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE FAIRLY ACTIVE OVER THE FORECAST AREA THIS WEEKEND. EXPECT HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER NORTHERN THIRD COUNTIES...WITH SEVERE WEATHER THREAT PICKING UP AGAIN ON SUNDAY OVER ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... HSV 66/54 67/43 66 88920 BHM 70/60 73/44 69 97920 MGM 80/63 78/51 73 64630 .BHM...NONE. 70
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.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.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1235 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1125 PM 3SE ARAB AL WIND DAMAGE
03/30/02 MARSHALL SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN FROM JUST EAST
OF ARAB TO NEAR
ALBERTVILLE. ONE HOME HAD
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
POSSIBLE TORNADO.LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1249 AM CST SAT MAR 30 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.
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.
1125 PM 3SE ARAB AL WIND DAMAGE
03/29/02 MARSHALL SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN FROM JUST EAST
OF ARAB TO NEAR
ALBERTVILLE. ONE HOME HAD
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.
POSSIBLE TORNADO.ALZ003>004-007>008-010>018-020-022>026-301100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA 237 AM CST SAT MAR 30 2002 A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR CENTER...IN CHEROKEE COUNTY...WEST TO NEAR FAYETTE AT 240 AM CST. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 54 AS THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE AREA... FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE...MORGAN... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 54 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM... BLOUNT...CHEROKEE...CULLMAN...DEKALB...ETOWAH... FAYETTE...JEFFERSON...LAMAR...MARION...MARSHALL... PICKENS...SHELBY...ST CLAIR...TUSCALOOSA...WALKER... WINSTON...
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines were blown down just east of the city of Fayette.
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: 5284655.