Alabama, 2002

Hail in Alabama, May 2, 2002

May 2, 2002 · NWS BMX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 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
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 May 2, 7:10 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 7:10 PM CST, 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
810 PM CDT THU MAY 02 2002

CONVECTION ALONG FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST
AREA.  THE WATCH FOR NORTHWEST AL HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
MONITORING A COUPLE OF CELLS MOVING INTO COLBERT AND LAUDERDALE
COUNTIES CURRENTLY.  HAVE RECOMBINED THE ZONES TO BETTER REFLECT
ORIENTATION OF FRONT.  TWEAKED TEMPERATURES DOWN A CATEGORY ACROSS
NORTHERN AREAS.  UPDATED ZONES ALREADY SENT.

.BHM...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 3:45 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
445 PM CDT THU MAY 02 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    CLOVERDALE                AL   0.88 IN HAIL
05/02/02   LAUDERDALE                     SPOTTER REPORT OF NICKEL
                                          SIZE HAIL - RELAYED BY
                                          LAUDERDALE EMA OFFICE.
Local storm report, May 2, 4:18 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
518 PM CDT THU MAY 02 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0459 PM    ANDERSON                  AL   0.88 IN HAIL
05/02/02   LAUDERDALE                     SPOTTER REPORT OF NICKEL
                                          SIZE HAIL.  REPORT
                                          RELAYED BY LAUDERDALE
                                          COUNTY EMA.

0501 PM    LEXINGTON                 AL   0.88 IN HAIL
05/02/02   LAUDERDALE                     NICKEL SIZE HAIL EAST OF
                                          LEXINGTON.
Local storm report, May 2, 4:53 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
553 PM CDT THU MAY 02 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0540 PM    ARDMORE                   AL   WIND DAMAGE
05/02/02   LIMESTONE                      ROOF OFF OF HOME 7 MILES
                                          SOUTH OF ARDMORE
Local storm report, May 2, 5:17 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
617 PM CDT THU MAY 02 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0556 PM    HAZEL GREEN               AL   0.88 IN HAIL
05/02/02   MADISON                        NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          NEAR HAZEL GREEN.  REPORT
                                          RELAYED BY MADISON COUNTY
                                          EMA.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Colbert

When
May 2, 7:26 PM CST
Where
Colbert County, Maud
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
34.650, -88.117

Dime size hail was reported in Maud.

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5294474.