Hail in Texas, April 24, 2002

Name: Hail in Texas, April 24, 2002
Start: 2002-04-24T17:17
End: 2002-04-24T17:52
Location: Texas

April 24, 2002 · NWS FWD · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

5 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.

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Wind
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Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 2:17 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 2:17 PM CST, 3 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
317 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR TONIGHT IS TIMING OF FRONT AND ASSOCIATED
SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.  NORTH TEXAS ATMOSPHERE REMAINS CAPPED PER
MORNING SOUNDING AND 19Z LAMP ANALYSIS.  CIN VALUES WELL BELOW MINUS
140 J/KG.  IF THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT THIS
EVENING...THEY SHOULD FORM SOUTHEAST OF A ATHENS...TO LAMPASAS LINE
WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT PRIMARILY SOUTH OF ATHENS... AND EAST
OF THE WACO AREA.  THE FIRST FRONT (WIND SHIFT LINE) AT 20Z WAS FROM
EAST OF SHERMAN...TO ALLIANCE...TO NEAR BROWNWOOD.  THE SECOND
FRONT (COOLER AIR AND STRONG WINDS0 AT 20Z WAS ALONG A MUSKOGEE TO
NEAR ABILENE LINE.  THE FIRST FRONT SHOULD REACH A SULPHUR SPRINGS
TO LAMPASAS LINE AROUND 530 PM...AND PALESTINE TO AUSTIN LINE AROUND
700 PM.

LATER TONIGHT THE FRONT STALLS SOUTH OF THE CWA...THEN LIFTS
NORTHWARD BY THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY WITH ISENTROPIC LIFT BEGINNING
WEST AND SOUTHWEST THURSDAY...AND SPREADING RAIN AND SHOWERS BACK
OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.  OUR ATMOSPHERE
DOES NOT BECOME FAVORABLE (UNSTABLE ENOUGH) FOR THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL
LATE FRIDAY.  THE RAIN ENDS WEST TO EAST EARLY SATURDAY WITH FAIR
SKIES AND WARMER TEMPERATURES SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

FCSTID = 75
DFW   52  64  53  67 /   0  30  40  40
ACT   57  66  56  70 /  30  30  40  30

.FWD...
TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 2:45 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-250900-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
345 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF A TERRELL...WACO...TO KILLEEN LINE.

A COLD FRONT LOCATED NEAR A SHERMAN...FORT WORTH...TO BROWNWOOD LINE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING.  ALTHOUGH A
CAP OF WARM AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS.  THE
COLD FRONT MAY PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM...
MAINLY ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA.  ANY STORMS WHICH DO FORM
COULD BECOME SEVERE.  TEMPERATURE AND VERTICAL WIND PROFILES SUGGEST
THAT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.

ALSO...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL
CAUSE NORTH WINDS TO INCREASE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH.  SOME HIGHER
GUSTS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.  THESE WINDS WILL MAKE THE
OPEN WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS ACROSS ALL NORTH TEXAS
TONIGHT.

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 4:46 PM CST, 31 minutes before

TXZ094-095-103>107-118>123-130>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-251030-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
546 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING
SOUTHEAST OF A BONHAM...DENTON...WEATHERFORD...COMANCHE LINE.

AT 545 PM A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM BONHAM...TO
DENTON...T0 WEATHERFORD...TO COMANCHE.  THIS FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS
FOR SEVERE THUNDESTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS.

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:17 UTC.

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Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Fannin

When: April 24, 5:17 PM CST
Where: Fannin County, Bailey
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.433, -96.167

Hail, Erath

When: April 24, 5:28 PM CST
Where: Erath County, Chalk Mtn
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 32.167, -97.917

Hail, Hunt

When: April 24, 5:35 PM CST
Where: Hunt County, Wolfe City
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.367, -96.083

Hail, Lamar

When: April 24, 5:43 PM CST
Where: Lamar County, Paris
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.650, -95.533

Hail, Bosque

When: April 24, 5:52 PM CST
Where: Bosque County, 5 mi W of Walnut Spgs
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 32.067, -97.833

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

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: 5288421, 5288422, 5288424, 5288423, 5288425.