1 flash flood, 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 May 10, 7:49 AM CST, 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 849 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2002 SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING COLD FRONT OR DEW POINT FRONT NEAR A KTUP- KHSV-KCHA LINE AT 1300 UTC. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THREE HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOWING 3 TO 4 INCHES SINCE 1000 UTC. ALTHOUGH SOME CONTAMINATION DUE TO SMALL HAIL MAY BE OCCURRING, RADAR ESTIMATES SEEM REASONABLE FOR A WARNING. AT THIS TYPING, HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF WATER STARTING TO RUN OVER ROADS IN THE HACKLEBURG AREA. LATEST RUC SHOWING PRECIPITATION CONTINUING ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL THROUGH NOON. 65 .BHM...NONE.
ALZ001>050-101330- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 730 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. A WEAK COLD FRONT HAS STALLED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE AND WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY MOVED INTO THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. FURTHER SOUTH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS NUMEROUS. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SOME LOCAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR FROM BIRMINGHAM NORTH. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL OVER NORTHERN ALABAMA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR...LOCAL TV AND RADIO...FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER TODAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Radar estimated and cooperative observers reported rainfall of 2 to 4 inches in a short period of time. This heavy rainfall caused several roads to become temporarily impassable. A few roads were even washed out near Hackelburg.
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, May 2002
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