Texas, 2002

Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 29, 2002

April 29, 2002 · NWS FWD · 26 events in 9 counties and zones

21 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Property damage
$14,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
26

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 29, 11:04 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 11:04 AM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1204 PM CDT MON APR 29 2002

UPDATED TO BUMP UP TEMPERATURES EVERYWHERE EXCEPT THE
NORTHEAST...WHERE THE THE FRONT AND CLOUDINESS WILL BE HANGING
AROUND. PRECIP-WISE...THE CAP IS QUITE FORMIDABLE SOUTH OF THE
FRONT. HOWEVER...CANNOT RULE OUT SOMETHING SNEAKING
THROUGH...ESPECIALLY WITH THE FRONT HANGING AROUND THE RED RIVER
AND STRONG HEATING.

FCSTID = 30
FWD...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 12:35 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
TXZ091>095-101>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-292100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
135 PM CDT MON APR 29 2002

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM JACKSBORO...TO PLANO
...ROCKWALL...KAUFMAN...AND CANTON.

THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL....DAMAGING WINDS
...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. ANY TORNADOES THAT OCCUR MOST LIKELY
WILL BE NEAR THE RED RIVER.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED
WITHIN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...MOST LIKELY AFTER 500 PM.

ONCE AGAIN...HUMID AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR IS SITUATED ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.  THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS ALOFT...HIGH
INSTABILITIES...A STATIONARY FRONT...AND RELATIVELY LOW CLOUD BASES
NEAR THE RED RIVER SUGGESTS THAT A SUPERCELL TORNADO OR TWO COULD
OCCUR IN THAT AREA.

THE MITIGATING FACTOR FOR MOST OF THE AREA IS A STRONG CAPPING
INVERSION....ABOUT ONE MILE ABOVE THE SURFACE. THE STRONG CAP
SUGGESTS THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE OF STORMS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20
TODAY. CLOSER TO THE RED RIVER...THE CAP IS WEAKER...AND A FEW
SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE.

A SPECIAL UPPER AIR BALLON SOUNDING IS BEING LAUNCHED FROM FORT
WORTH...AND THE DATA FROM THE SOUNDING WILL BE USED TO UPDATE THE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK ABOUT 300 PM.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 2:22 PM CST, 38 minutes before
TXZ091>095-101>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-300900-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
322 PM CDT MON APR 29 2002

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM JACKSBORO...TO PLANO...ROCKWALL...
KAUFMAN...AND CANTON.

THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.  THE TORNADO
THREAT HAS BECOME QUITE LOW...BECAUSE OF LIGHT LOW LEVEL WINDS IN
THE THREAT AREA. NEVERTHELESS..THERE IS SUFFICIENT VERTICAL WIND
SHEAR AND INSTABILITY FOR A FEW SUPERCELL STORMS THIS EVENING
...MAINLY NEAR A STATIONARY FRONT JUST SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER.

AT 300 PM...THE STATIONARY FRONT WAS SITUATED NEAR A SHERMAN TO
COOPER LINE. THE THREAT OF DAMAGING SUPERCELL STORMS MAY BE GREATEST
NEAR AND IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THIS FRONT THROUGH MID-EVENING.

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUESTED WITHIN THE SLIGHT RISK
AREA...MOST LIKELY AFTER 600 PM.

ELSEWHERE...A FEW BRIEF THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR
WEST OF A MINERAL WELLS TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE THIS EVENING.

The radar

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Event by event

21 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Collin

When
April 29, 3:00 PM CST
Where
Collin County, Mc Kinney
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
33.188, -96.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A man was injured after being struck by lightning.

Hail, Stephens

When
April 29, 5:53 PM CST
Where
Stephens County, 4 mi NW of Gunsight
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
32.567, -98.917

Hail, Stephens

When
April 29, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Stephens County, 5 mi NE of Gunsight
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
32.583, -98.800

Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Pinto

When
April 29, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Palo Pinto County, Mineral Wells
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
32.800, -98.100

High winds destroyed a shed, peeled the tin roof off of an outbuilding, and blew tree limbs down.

Hail, Parker

When
April 29, 6:25 PM CST
Where
Parker County, Brock
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
32.683, -97.933

Hail, Wise

When
April 29, 6:25 PM CST
Where
Wise County, Boonsville
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.067, -97.867

Hail, Parker

When
April 29, 6:33 PM CST
Where
Parker County, 5 mi W of Weatherford
Measured
2.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
32.767, -97.883

Hail, Wise

When
April 29, 6:34 PM CST
Where
Wise County, 5 mi S of Bridgeport
Measured
3 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
33.150, -97.767

Hail, Wise

When
April 29, 6:38 PM CST
Where
Wise County, Paradise
Measured
2.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
33.150, -97.650

Hail, Stephens

When
April 29, 6:50 PM CST
Where
Stephens County, Crystal Falls
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
32.900, -98.900

Thunderstorm Wind, Stephens

When
April 29, 6:50 PM CST
Where
Stephens County, Crystal Falls
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
32.900, -98.900

Tree blown down by high winds.

Hail, Wise

When
April 29, 6:53 PM CST to 6:54 PM CST
Where
Wise County, Decatur
Measured
4.5 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
33.233, -97.600

Hail, Stephens

When
April 29, 7:05 PM CST
Where
Stephens County, 5 mi E of Crystal Falls
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
32.900, -98.817

Hail, Young

When
April 29, 7:08 PM CST
Where
Young County, 5 mi W of Graham
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
33.100, -98.683

Thunderstorm Wind, Young

When
April 29, 7:25 PM CST
Where
Young County, Graham
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
33.100, -98.600

A metal wall was blown out, and a tree was blown down.

Hail, Parker

When
April 29, 7:29 PM CST
Where
Parker County, 2 mi S of Aledo
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
32.667, -97.600

Hail, Parker

When
April 29, 7:30 PM CST
Where
Parker County, 1 mi S of Aledo
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
32.683, -97.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Young

When
April 29, 7:35 PM CST
Where
Young County, 7 mi NE of Graham
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
33.167, -98.517

Farm outbuildings were damaged by high winds.

Hail, Jack

When
April 29, 7:39 PM CST
Where
Jack County, Jermyn
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.267, -98.383

Windows were broken by golfball size hail.

Hail, Tarrant

When
April 29, 7:46 PM CST
Where
Tarrant County, Wheatland
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
32.617, -97.517

Hail, Jack

When
April 29, 7:46 PM CST
Where
Jack County, 6 mi NE of Jermyn
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.333, -98.317

Hail, Tarrant

When
April 29, 7:50 PM CST
Where
Tarrant County, Benbrook
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
32.683, -97.450

Hail, Cooke

When
April 29, 7:59 PM CST
Where
Cooke County, 4 mi W of Gainesville
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
33.633, -97.217

Hail, Tarrant

When
April 29, 8:10 PM CST
Where
Tarrant County, Wheatland
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
32.617, -97.517

Hail, Young

When
April 29, 10:41 PM CST
Where
Young County, Graham
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
33.100, -98.600

Hail, Young

When
April 29, 10:55 PM CST
Where
Young County, Graham
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
33.100, -98.600

What these are

Lightning
A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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.

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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: 5288546, 5288426, 5288427, 5288530, 5288428, 5288429, 5288430, 5288431, 5288432, 5288543, 5288544, 5288433, 5288545, 5288529, 5288532, 5288531, 5288533, 5288534, 5288536, 5288535, 5288537, 5288538, 5288539, 5288540, 5288541, 5288542.