Hail, Butler
- When
- May 2, 10:35 PM CST to 10:37 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County, Monterey
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.900, -86.883
Hail in Alabama, May 2, 2003
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 2, 9:05 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 9:05 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1005 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003 WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE THE WATCH AND MAKE DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT TO POPS. UPDATE OUT SOON. 29/EVERSOLE .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 5:30 AM CST, 17 hours 5 minutes before
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-021700- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 AM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) A WEAK FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY...BRINGING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...WITH SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 9:34 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-030400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1034 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2003
THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
IN SOUTH ALABAMA...
CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...MOBILE...BALDWIN...CLARKE...WILCOX...
MONROE...CONECUH...ESCAMBIA...BUTLER...CRENSHAW...AND
COVINGTON
IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...AND OKALOOSA.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 2, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 2, 2003
- Hail in Alabama, May 2, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, May 2, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 2, 2003
- Hail in Alabama, May 2, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 2, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 2, 2003
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 2, 2003
- Hail in Alabama, May 2, 2003
- Hail in Alabama, May 2, 2003
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 2, 2003
More
Every storm in Alabama in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, May 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: 5356523.