1 flash flood, 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 Apr 24, 10:15 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL 1115 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003 AIRMASS STABILIZED NICELY DURING THE AFTERNOON AS MCS PUSHED THROUGH THE STATE. NEARLY CONTINUOUS RAINFALL HAS MAINTAINED STABLE AIRMASS OVER ALL BUT THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES. WHILE MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN IN THE HEAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...THREAT OVER ALABAMA HAS SHIFTED TOWARDS FLASH FLOODING AS TSTMS CELLS RIDE OVER COOL WEDGE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. .BHM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR WEST ALABAMA.
ALZ011>015-017>050-242030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 133 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... THE COMBINATION OF AN APPROACHING WEATHER SYSTEM...CURRENTLY SPINNING ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...AND A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH ACROSS THE AREA...WILL ALLOW FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME RATHER STRONG...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT THE THREAT OF STRONG STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FROM SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THROUGH TONIGHT...RAINFALL COULD ALSO BE HEAVY AT TIMES...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY. THE STORMS ON FRIDAY COULD BECOME STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE ...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALL BEING POSSIBLE. THIS SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED AS IT DEVELOPS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BECOME REQUIRED DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AND THEN AGAIN DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY.
ALZ030>032-242330-
THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY EXTENDED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
601 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
.A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SUMTER...HALE AND GREENE
COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY..MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR
GAINESVILLE...EPES...CLINTON...BOLIGEE...UNION...EUTAW...KNOXVILLE
AND AKRON THROUGH 630 PM CDT.
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE STRONG WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL. WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. OUTDOOR
OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...TRASH CANS....OR OTHER HOUSEHOLD
ITEMS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND.
LAT...LON 3297 8817 3277 8819 3263 8833 3270 8769
3284 8755 3304 8752ALZ011-250045-
THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
711 PM CDT THU APR 24 2003
.A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...
.WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORM.
AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM OVER BEXAR...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR BEXAR...WESTON...
HAMILTON...HACKLEBURG AND BEAR CREEK THROUGH 745 PM CDT.
THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS STRONG WINDS. WINDS 35 TO 45
MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN
FURNITURE...TRASH CANS....OR OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS COULD BE BLOWN
AROUND.
LAT...LON 3415 8820 3427 8818 3432 8796 3431 8764
3417 8767 3408 8819The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous roads were flooded across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, April 2003
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: 5354170.