Hail in Alabama, March 31, 2002

Name: Hail in Alabama, March 31, 2002
Start: 2002-03-31T14:43
End: 2002-03-31T14:44
Location: Alabama

March 31, 2002 · NWS BMX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 31, 2:00 PM CST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 2:00 PM CST, 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
200 PM CST SUN MAR 31 2002

SEVERE WEATHER IS BEGINNING OVER WATCH AREA 67.  MSAS HAS THE FRONT
EXTENDING FROM THE LOW OVER NEW ORLEANS...LA NORTHEAST TO
MONTGOMERY...AL...TO ROME...GA.  THE MODELS AGREE THAT THE FRONT
WILL MOVE SOUTH OUT OF OUR AREA WITH THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT.  ONCE THE DYNAMICS LEAVE OUR COUNTY WARNING
AREA AIDED BY LOOSING THE DAYTIME HEATING THE STORMS SHOULD DIE DOWN
QUICKLY.

THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH
THE NEXT FRONT.  SO ADDED POPS TUESDAY NIGHT.

FOR THE EXTENDED...RAIN ENTERS BACK INTO THE PICTURE ON SUNDAY.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY.  FIRST PERIOD
POPS WILL BE DETERMINED AT RELEASE TIME.
HSV UB 041/067 048/077 047 ?000
BHM UB 045/070 048/078 051 ?000
MGM UB 050/074 048/080 053 ?000

.BHM...WW67 ALZ44>50 UNTIL 6 PM.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 10:42 AM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before

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 REPORTED

Special weather statement, Mar 31, 11:20 AM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before

ALZ001>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.

Local storm report, Mar 31, 1:12 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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 BROADCASTER

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Russell

When: March 31, 2:43 PM CST
Where: Russell County, Cottonton
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.117, -85.067

Dime size hail was reported near the Cottonton community and in the Mahrt community. EMA

Hail, Russell

When: March 31, 2:44 PM CST
Where: Russell County, Ft Mitchell
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 32.333, -85.017

Dime size hail fell around Fort Mitchell and Twin Springs.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, March 2002

Sources

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: 5284664, 5284665.