1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 Sep 11, 12:31 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 131 PM CDT WED SEP 11 2002 WILL BASICALLY TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT AND SWEET. DONT PLAN ON MAKING ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE. DRY COLD FRONT SHOULD PUSH INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA BY TOMORROW MORNING...BRINGING TEMPERATURE READING BACK DOWN TO MORE SEASONABLE VALUES. NEXT CHANCE FOR ANY RAINS WILL NOT BE UNTIL THIS WEEKEND AHEAD OF ANOTHER APPROACHING SYSTEM. NOT REAL CONFIDENT IN RAIN CHANCES RIGHT NOW...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT MENTION OF CHANCE POPS. PRELIMS FOLLOW: HSV 062/086 060/086 063 0000 BHM 064/088 063/088 065 0000 MGM 067/091 066/088 067 0000 .BHM...NONE. 73
ALZ001>050-111930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 100 PM CDT WED SEP 11 2002 HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The high temperature observed at Dannelly Field was 99 degrees. This temperature established a new record high. The previous record was 98 degrees set back in 1962.
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, September 2002
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: 5315745.