Damaging Wind in Texas, April 15, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in Texas, April 15, 2002
Start: 2002-04-15T23:00
End: 2002-04-15T23:00
Location: Texas

April 15, 2002 · NWS LUB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
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 Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 15, 10:40 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 10:40 PM CST, 20 minutes before

SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
1140 PM CDT MON APR 15 2002

THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF SOUTH PLAINS HAS DISSIPATED.  I WILL DROP POPS
IN THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES TO 20. THE DRYLINE WAS LOCATED ALONG THE
NM BORDER AND WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE CWFA LATER TONIGHT AS THE H5
TROUGH OVER THE UT/AZ LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO CO BY SUNRISE. I WILL
KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST
TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH SFC CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE
LATER TONIGHT FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP.

.LUB...NONE.

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lamb

When: April 15, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Lamb County, Littlefield
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.917, -102.317

Strong wind uprooted trees and blew the roof off of a trailer home.

What these are

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

Every storm in Texas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, April 2002

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: 5289138.