Hail in Alabama, November 11, 2002

Name: Hail in Alabama, November 11, 2002
Start: 2002-11-11T00:10
End: 2002-11-11T00:10
Location: Alabama

November 11, 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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Tropical storms and surge
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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Nov 10, 4:59 PM CST, 7 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 4:59 PM CST, 7 hours 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
459 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

GOING TO UPDATE TO INCLUDE THE NEW TORNADO WATCH.

.BHM...NONE.

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 1:00 PM CST, 11 hours 10 minutes before

ALZ001>050-102200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
100 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

.DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING TOWARDS ALABAMA TONIGHT.  AHEAD
OF THIS SYSTEM...EXPECT INCREASING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND
STRENGTH THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT.  DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES AND
INSTABILITIES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AHEAD OF
THIS COLD FRONT.  THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACE MUCH OF
NORTHERN ALABAMA UNDER A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TONIGHT.  THE
COUNTIES UNDER THE HIGH RISK ARE GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF
INTERSTATE 59.  ISOLATED TORNADOES...DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...
AND EVEN SOME LARGE HAIL MAY BE ENCOUNTERED IN SOME OF THE STRONGEST
STORMS.

A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
REMAINDER OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE SEVERE RISKS TAPERS OFF FARTHER
SOUTH TO A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA.

ALL PERSONS ACROSS THE STATE NEED TO REMAIN ALERT TONIGHT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE
THE NECESSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERLY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY BE
REQUIRED BY THIS EVENING OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA.  ALL COUNTIES IN THE
HIGH AND MODERATE RISK AREAS WILL PROBABLY BE ACTIVATED AT SOMETIME
DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...
THIS COLD FRONT WILL STALL OUT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE
FORECAST AREA KEEPING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST ON
MONDAY.  HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
ANTICIPATED.  THEN ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN FROM THE
WEST ON TUESDAY PUSHING THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OUT OF
ALABAMA TUESDAY NIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 10, 11:37 PM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1137 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

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

1050 PM    BESSEMER                  AL   TORNADO
11/10/02   JEFFERSON                      ACADEMY DRIVE AND OAK
                                          STREETS - COMPLETE
                                          DESTRUCTION OF BUSINESS
                                          AREA AND SEVERAL HOMES.

Local storm report, Nov 10, 11:40 PM CST, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1140 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

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

1050 PM    BESSEMER                  AL   TORNADO
11/10/02   JEFFERSON                      18TH STREET AREA

Special weather statement, Nov 10, 11:44 PM CST, 26 minutes before

ALZ008>010-015>050-111000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA
1144 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 754...

  BLOUNT...CULLMAN...DEKALB...JACKSON...MARSHALL...
  PICKENS...WALKER...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES REMAIN IN
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 754
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM...

  AUTAUGA...BARBOUR...BIBB...BULLOCK...CALHOUN...
  CHAMBERS...CHEROKEE...CHILTON...CLAY...CLEBURNE...
  COOSA...DALLAS...ELMORE...ETOWAH...GREENE...
  HALE...JEFFERSON...LEE...LOWNDES...MACON...
  MARENGO...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...PIKE...RANDOLPH...
  RUSSELL...SHELBY...ST CLAIR...SUMTER...TALLADEGA...
  TALLAPOOSA...TUSCALOOSA...

Local storm report, Nov 10, 11:52 PM CST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1152 PM CST SUN NOV 10 2002

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

1100 PM    ONEONTA                   AL   TORNADO
11/10/02   BLOUNT                         HAUS DAMAGE - TREES DOWN

1130 PM    SPRING CREEK              AL   TORNADO
11/10/02   CHEROKEE                       BUSINESSES DAMAGED

Local storm report, Nov 11, 12:01 AM CST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1201 AM CST MON NOV 11 2002

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

1120 PM    TUCKER CROSSROADS         AL   TORNADO
11/10/02   CHEROKEE                       8 HOUSES DAMAGED 1
                                          DESTROYED

Local storm report, Nov 11, 12:07 AM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1207 AM CST MON NOV 11 2002

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

1200 PM    LINCOLN                   AL   0.75 IN HAIL
11/10/02   TALLADEGA                      W OF LINCOLN -
                                          CR207/I-20

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:09 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Calhoun

When: November 11, 12:10 AM CST
Where: Calhoun County, Bynum
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.617, -85.967

Quarter size hail was observed near Bynum.

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

Every storm in Alabama in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, November 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: 5321588.