Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, October 2002
143 severe thunderstorm warnings in October 2002. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in October 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 143
- Busiest day
- October 28, 200217 severe thunderstorm warnings
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Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews | 118 min |
| Oct 1, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 111 min |
| Oct 1, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Parmer | 48 min |
| Oct 1, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 85 min |
| Oct 1, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Yoakum | 49 min |
| Oct 1, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 91 min |
| Oct 1, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 25 hr |
| Oct 1, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 80 min |
| Oct 1, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Cochran | 43 min |
| Oct 1, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 38 min |
| Oct 1, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter | 77 min |
| Oct 1, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 29 min |
| Oct 1, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 28 min |
| Oct 1, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 68 min |
| Oct 1, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 44 min |
| Oct 2, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 23 min |
| Oct 2, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 40 min |
| Oct 2, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 2 hr |
| Oct 5, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 74 min |
| Oct 5, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Terry | 26 min |
| Oct 5, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 78 min |
| Oct 5, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 89 min |
| Oct 5, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 21 hr |
| Oct 5, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 66 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Parker | 35 min |
| Oct 6, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Montague | 59 min |
| Oct 6, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 50 min |
| Oct 6, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 65 min |
| Oct 6, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland | 67 min |
| Oct 6, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 47 hr |
| Oct 6, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 48 min |
| Oct 7, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 56 min |
| Oct 8, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin | 11 days |
| Oct 8, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 111 min |
| Oct 8, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 10 days |
| Oct 8, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal, Hays | 58 min |
| Oct 8, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 54 min |
| Oct 8, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 10 days |
| Oct 8, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Wilson | 53 min |
| Oct 18, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 40 min |
| Oct 18, 9:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 38 min |
| Oct 18, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 4 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 17 min |
| Oct 18, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 3 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 60 min |
| Oct 18, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 hr |
| Oct 18, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 3 hr |
| Oct 18, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 3 hr |
| Oct 18, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 3 days |
| Oct 18, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ward | 4 days |
| Oct 18, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ward | 4 days |
| Oct 18, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 38 min |
| Oct 18, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 4 days |
| Oct 18, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 4 days |
| Oct 18, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 61 min |
| Oct 18, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 5 days |
| Oct 18, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 60 min |
| Oct 18, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 59 min |
| Oct 18, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 56 min |
| Oct 18, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 66 min |
| Oct 18, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Nolan | 33 min |
| Oct 18, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 54 min |
| Oct 18, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay | 50 min |
| Oct 19, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Van Zandt | 62 min |
| Oct 19, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Smith | 50 min |
| Oct 19, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 68 min |
| Oct 19, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 21 hr |
| Oct 19, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Wharton | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin | 9 days |
| Oct 19, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 16 more | 72 days |
| Oct 20, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 103 min |
| Oct 20, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 84 min |
| Oct 20, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 81 min |
| Oct 20, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 69 min |
| Oct 20, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 88 min |
| Oct 20, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 47 min |
| Oct 20, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 82 min |
| Oct 20, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 90 min |
| Oct 20, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Willacy | 44 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 63 hr |
| Oct 21, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 5 days |
| Oct 21, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 56 min |
| Oct 22, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell | 64 min |
| Oct 22, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 55 min |
| Oct 22, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 65 min |
| Oct 22, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Fayette | 56 min |
| Oct 22, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 5 hr |
| Oct 22, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 4 days |
| Oct 22, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 5 days |
| Oct 22, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Yoakum | 40 min |
| Oct 22, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Yoakum | 40 min |
| Oct 22, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 5 days |
| Oct 22, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 2 hr |
| Oct 22, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 112 min |
| Oct 22, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 5 days |
| Oct 22, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 45 hr |
| Oct 22, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Val Verde | 64 min |
| Oct 22, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak | 5 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, McMullen | 40 min |
| Oct 23, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 2 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 118 min |
| Oct 23, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces | 84 min |
| Oct 23, 4:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 118 min |
| Oct 23, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 31 hr |
| Oct 23, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 69 days |
| Oct 24, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 4 days |
| Oct 24, 6:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 4 days |
| Oct 24, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 60 min | |
| Oct 24, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 64 min | |
| Oct 24, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 39 min | |
| Oct 24, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 60 min | |
| Oct 24, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 30 min | |
| Oct 24, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Oct 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 67 days |
| Oct 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 67 days |
| Oct 27, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 22 hr |
| Oct 27, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 26 hr |
| Oct 27, 7:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos, Ward | 9 hr |
| Oct 27, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 9 hr |
| Oct 27, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ward | 11 hr |
| Oct 27, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 11 hr |
| Oct 27, 8:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 56 min |
| Oct 27, 9:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 55 min |
| Oct 27, 9:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 37 min |
| Oct 28, 1:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 38 min |
| Oct 28, 3:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 45 min |
| Oct 28, 4:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 61 min |
| Oct 28, 4:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sterling | 52 min |
| Oct 28, 4:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 56 min |
| Oct 28, 6:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 41 min |
| Oct 28, 6:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 27 min |
| Oct 28, 6:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin | 27 min |
| Oct 28, 12:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 31 min | |
| Oct 28, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 20 min | |
| Oct 28, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | 40 min | |
| Oct 28, 10:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 54 min |
| Oct 28, 11:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 57 min |
| Oct 28, 11:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Orange | 58 min |
| Oct 28, 11:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 29 min |
| Oct 29, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 56 min |
| Oct 29, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 29 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pecos County12
- Cameron County8
- Hidalgo County8
- Gaines County7
- Reeves County6
- Ward County6
- Ector County5
- Willacy County5
- El Paso County4
- Crane County4
- Kenedy County4
- Yoakum County3
- Austin County3
- Brooks County3
- Duval County3
- Nueces County3
- Martin County3
- Andrews County2
- Deaf Smith County2
- Lamb County2
- Carson County2
- Midland County2
- Hays County2
- Haskell County2
- Reagan County2
- Sterling County2
- Irion County2
- Coke County2
- Wharton County2
- Bastrop County2
- Caldwell County2
- Jim Wells County2
- Live Oak County2
- McMullen County2
- Kleberg County2
- San Patricio County2
- Aransas County2
- Refugio County2
- La Salle County2
- Loving County2
75 more counties
- Jefferson County2
- Parmer County1
- Dallam County1
- Hartley County1
- Randall County1
- Bailey County1
- Cochran County1
- Potter County1
- Castro County1
- Hale County1
- Swisher County1
- Winkler County1
- Culberson County1
- Terry County1
- Garza County1
- Jack County1
- Parker County1
- Montague County1
- Wise County1
- Denton County1
- Eastland County1
- Taylor County1
- Comal County1
- Guadalupe County1
- Atascosa County1
- Wilson County1
- Hudspeth County1
- Fisher County1
- Throckmorton County1
- Nolan County1
- Runnels County1
- Archer County1
- Clay County1
- Kaufman County1
- Van Zandt County1
- Smith County1
- Brazoria County1
- Brazos County1
- Burleson County1
- Chambers County1
- Colorado County1
- Fort Bend County1
- Galveston County1
- Grimes County1
- Harris County1
- Houston County1
- Jackson County1
- Liberty County1
- Madison County1
- Matagorda County1
- Montgomery County1
- Polk County1
- San Jacinto County1
- Walker County1
- Waller County1
- Washington County1
- Travis County1
- Williamson County1
- Lee County1
- Fayette County1
- Terrell County1
- Zapata County1
- Edwards County1
- Val Verde County1
- Bee County1
- Calhoun County1
- Goliad County1
- Victoria County1
- Webb County1
- Dawson County1
- Hardin County1
- Jasper County1
- Orange County1
- Newton County1
- Gray County1
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Sources
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