Alabama, 2002

Hail in Alabama, May 3, 2002

May 3, 2002 · NWS BMX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 3, 7:35 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 7:35 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
835 PM CDT FRI MAY 03 2002

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIED DOWN ACROSS FORECAST AREA.  BAND OF SHOWRS
ACROSS TENNESSEE VALLEY ONLY PRECIP ACROSS THE AREA.  MONITORING
THUNDERSTORMS OVER LA/AR.  RUC DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW IN THIS AREA
AND MOVES IT ACROSS FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT...AND WILL LEAVE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WORDING ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA.
UPPED POPS IN NORTHEAST TO LIKELY.  ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO TEMPS.
UPDATED ZONES OUT SHORTLY.

.BHM...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 4:54 PM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
554 PM CDT FRI MAY 03 2002

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

1120 AM    ARLEY                     AL   LIGHTNING
05/03/02   WINSTON                        HOUSE STRUCK BY
                                          LIGHTNING

1123 AM    HOUSTON                   AL   0.75 IN HAIL
05/03/02   WINSTON

1143 AM    HALEYVILLE                AL   LIGHTNING
05/03/02   WINSTON                        PERSON STRUCK BY
                                          LIGHTNING.

1150 AM    GOOD HOPE                 AL   0.88 IN HAIL
05/03/02   CULLMAN                        REPORTED BY CULLMAN
                                          COUNTY EMA. NICKEL SIZE
                                          HAIL NEAR GOOD HOPE.

1158 AM    CULLMAN                   AL   1.00 IN HAIL
05/03/02   CULLMAN                        REPORTED BY CULLMAN
                                          COUNTY EMA. QUARTER SIZE
                                          HAIL 8 MILES SOUTH OF
                                          CULLMAN.

1225 PM    SUSAN MOORE               AL   0.75 IN HAIL
05/03/02   BLOUNT                         REPORTED BY BLOUNT COUNTY
                                          EMA. DIME SIZE HAIL WEST
                                          OF SUSAN MOORE.

1240 PM                              AL   1.00 IN HAIL
05/03/02   MARSHALL                       EXTREME SOUTH PART OF
                                          COUNTY

0310 PM    SYLACAUGA                 AL   WIND DAMAGE
05/03/02   TALLADEGA                      FEW TREES DOWN

0345 PM    NEWELL                    AL   0.75 IN HAIL
05/03/02   RANDOLPH

0355 PM    BETHEL                    AL   0.75 IN HAIL
05/03/02   RANDOLPH                       COVERING GROUND

1125 PM    SUSAN MOORE               AL   0.75 IN HAIL
05/03/02   BLOUNT

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Blount

When
May 3, 10:25 PM CST
Where
Blount County, 3 mi SSW of Snead
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
34.067, -86.383

Dime size hail fell in Susan Moore.

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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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: 5294565.