Hail, Bullock
- When
- July 19, 12:23 PM CST
- Where
- Bullock County, 3 mi W of Union Spgs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -85.767
Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 19, 2003
A few trees were knocked down near the intersection of US 82 and SR 110 west of Union Springs. One of the trees fell on a vehicle.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 happened
The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
A few trees were knocked down near the intersection of US 82 and SR 110 west of Union Springs. One of the trees fell on a vehicle. Quarter size hail was also reported at this location during the storm.
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 Jul 19, 1:47 AM CST, 10 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 1:47 AM CST, 10 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 247 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003 A NORTHERLY FLOW CONTINUES ALOFT WITH A MCS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH MS VALLEY THIS MORNING. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS COMPLEX SHOULD REMAIN TO THE WEST OF AL. HOWEVER, WITH A SURFACE BOUNDARY AND POSSIBLY OTHER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVING INTO THE REGION, SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM FORECAST STILL LOOKS GOOD. 00Z BMX SOUNDING SHOWS A CAP AT 700MB AND THIS COULD SLOW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SOME, BUT INSTABILITY AND BOUNDARYS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO BREAK THE CAP BY AFTERNOON AND SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH GOOD MICROBURST POTENTIAL. STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. THE MODELS INDICATE THERE MAY BE SUBSIDENCE OVER THE AREA ON SUNDAY WHICH MAY STRENGTHEN THE CAP. THEREFORE ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER TROF AND POSSIBLE MCS MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE PATTERN AS SUMMER CONTINUES. .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BHM 91 71 91 71 89 / 50 20 20 10 MGM 91 71 92 71 90 / 50 20 30 20 .BHM...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 12:06 PM CST, 17 minutes before
ALZ011>015-017>050-192015- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 106 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)... SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY GROW STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY.... BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...A TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR... LOCAL TV AND RADIO...FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 10:01 AM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
ALZ022-191700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1101 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003 .A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PICKENS COUNTY UNTIL NOON CDT... .WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. AT 1059 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN PICKENS COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR PALMETTO... ETHELSVILLE...CARROLLTON...REFORM AND GORDO THROUGH NOON 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. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. IF LIGHTNING IS OBSERVED... WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST LIGHTNING STRIKE BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. LAT...LON 3351 8825 3314 8825 3313 8790 3354 8791
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 10:37 AM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
ALZ023-191715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1137 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003 .A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TUSCALOOSA COUNTY UNTIL 1215 PM CDT... .WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. .FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. AT 1135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTHPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR SAMANTHA... TUSCALOOSA...NORTHPORT...HOLT AND KELLERMAN THROUGH 1215 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. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. IF LIGHTNING IS OBSERVED... WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST LIGHTNING STRIKE BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. LAT...LON 3333 8783 3309 8771 3331 8720 3358 8743
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 11:06 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
ALZ031-191745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1206 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003 .A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR GREENE COUNTY UNTIL 1245 PM CDT... .WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. AT 1201 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF UNION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR CLINTON...UNION AND EUTAW THROUGH 1245 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. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. IF LIGHTNING IS OBSERVED... WAIT AT LEAST 30 MINUTES AFTER THE LAST LIGHTNING STRIKE BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. LAT...LON 3305 8813 3290 8813 3273 8783 3300 8782
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 11:43 AM CST, 40 minutes before
ALZ042-191845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1243 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003 .A THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR LOWNDES COUNTY UNTIL 145 PM CDT... .WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. AT 1239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER MOSSES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR WHITE HALL... LOWNDESBORO...BENTON...MOSSES AND HAYNEVILLE THROUGH 145 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. IN ADDITION...SMALL HAIL...UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS...TAKE SHELTER NOW. LAT...LON 3232 8683 3211 8687 3199 8659 3227 8644
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bullock
- When
- July 19, 12:23 PM CST
- Where
- Bullock County, 3 mi W of Union Spgs
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -85.767
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Utah, July 19, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 19, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 19, 2003
- Flash Flood in Nevada, July 19, 2003
- Lightning Strikes in South Carolina, July 19 to 21, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, July 19, 2003
- Hail in Minnesota, July 19, 2003
- Hail in Nebraska, July 19, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 19, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 19, 2003
- Lightning Strike and Heavy Rain in North Carolina, July 19 to 21, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 19, 2003
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 2003
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: 5376620, 5376621.