1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 12, 12:29 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 129 PM CDT THU SEP 12 2002 THINGS ARE LOOKING INTERESTING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOPS SHOWING A DEFINITE WESTWARD MOVEMENT TO THE SYSTEM... EVEN THOUGH THE OFFICIAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECAST HAS IT MOVING NORTHWARD. FOR NOW WILL FOLLOW THE EXPERT FORECAST...SINCE THEYRE THE EXPERTS...AND HOPE ITS RIGHT. THIS BRINGS DEPRESSION ONSHORE FRIDAY NIGHT...AND THEN TRACKS IT ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SHOULD BRING A GOOD SHOT OF RAIN TO MY SOUTHEASTERN ZONES FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY...WITH RAIN CHANCES TAPERING OFF THE FURTHER NORTH AND WEST YOU GO. OF COURSE...IF THE DEPRESSION TRACKS A LITTLE MORE WEST OF THE CURRENT OFFICIAL TRACK...THEN THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED WESTWARD...AND POPS ADJUSTED UPWARD. NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES ALABAMA ON SUNDAY...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS OR STORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPS ARE A BLEND OF GUIDANCE. PRELIMS FOLLOW. HSV 064/088 067/085 067 0-12 BHM 067/089 068/085 069 0-33 MGM 068/089 070/088 070 0443 .BHM...NONE. 73
ALZ001>050-121930- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 100 PM CDT THU SEP 12 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 measured at Dannelly Field was 98 degrees. This temperature tied the previous record high.
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: 5315746.