1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 31, 12:45 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 1245 PM CST SUN MAR 31 2002 ONE MORE UPDATE TO ZONES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 67. .BHM...SVR TSTORM WATCH 44>50.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED PM/AM SEVERAL REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1042 AM CST SUN MAR 31 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1017 AM ABERNANT AL 0.88 IN HAIL
03/30/02 TUSCALOOSA EMA REPORTED NEAR
ABERNANT
CORRECTED HAIL SIZE
1040 AM HUEYTOWN AL 0.75 IN HAIL
03/30/02 JEFFERSON STORM SPOTTER REPORTED
1040 AM SHELBY AL 2.75 IN HAIL
03/30/02 SHELBY HAM REPORTED NEAR
S.SHADES RD./HWY 152
1053 AM PELHAM AL 1.50 IN HAIL
03/30/02 SHELBY STORM SPOTTER REPORTED
1115 AM HARPERSVILLE AL 1.75 IN HAIL
03/30/02 SHELBY EMA REPORTED
1130 AM WINTERBORO AL 1.00 IN HAIL
03/30/02 TALLADEGA EMA REPORTED
1205 PM LINEVILLE AL 1.00 IN HAIL
03/30/02 CLAY EMA REPORTED
1210 PM STEMLEY AL 1.50 IN HAIL
03/30/02 TALLADEGA EMA REPORTED
1225 PM AL WIND DAMAGE
03/30/02 TALLADEGA SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN
NEAR OLD LINCOLN HWY/SIMS
RD
1240 PM AL 0.88 IN HAIL
03/30/02 RANDOLPH EMA REPORTED VERY HEAVY
RAINS = STREET FLOODING
1255 PM POTASH AL 0.88 IN HAIL
03/30/02 RANDOLPH EMA REPORTEDALZ001>050-DDHHMM- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1120 AM CST SUN MAR 31 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON... ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN THIRD OF ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON.... THE AREA OF A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...HAS BEEN REDUCED TO JUST CENTRAL AND SOUTH ALABAMA. THE AREA IS NOW GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM LINDEN...TO CLANTON...TO HEFLIN. SOME THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTH ALABAMA... WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STANDING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
112 PM CST SUN MAR 31 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1253 PM HOPE HULL AL 0.88 IN HAIL
03/31/02 MONTGOMERY PUBLIC REPORT
0105 PM MONTGOMERY AL 0.25 IN HAIL
03/31/02 MONTGOMERY WAKA BROADCASTERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A large tree was blown down and landed on an automobile. The vehicle suffered moderate damage.
Nickel size hail was observed northwest of Eufaula near the Barbour and Russell 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
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: 5284662, 5284663.