Hail, Taylor
- When
- April 6, 7:36 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Tuscola
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.217, -99.800
Hail in Texas, April 6, 2002
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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 6, 7:16 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 7:16 PM CST, 20 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 815 PM CST SAT APR 6 2002 LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A WARM FRONT JUST SOUTH OF THE CONCHO VALLEY WHICH WAS PRODUCING AN EAST WIND AND FOG ACROSS THE REGION. THEREFORE HAD TO UPDATE AND INCLUDE MENTION OF FOG TONIGHT. THERE COULD BE AREAS OF DENSE FOG IN THE HILLS BUT WILL COVER THOSE ISOLATED AREAS IN THE NOWCAST. NEXT...HAVE ALSO ADJUSTED TEMPERATURES DOWN A TAD WITH A RISING TREND OVERNIGHT AS THE WARM FRONT SURGES NORTH. MEANWHILE...LATEST 88D LOOP DID SHOW TSTORMS INCREASING IN THE STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION AND IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING TROF. WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORING FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED SVR WIND GUSTS. A MODERATE RISK FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING SOME STRONG TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ON SUNDAY AS A DRY LINE AND STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET MAX MOVE INTO DEEPER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. IN ADDITION...STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL ALSO AID IN SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILED INFORMATION ON ALL SEVERE WEATHER PLEASE GO TO THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER AT WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV AND ALSO REFER TO OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJT .SJT...LAKE CAUTION ALL ZONES TONIGHT. GUERRERO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 2:29 PM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-070000- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 229 PM CST SAT APR 6 2002 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER 10 PM. THE AREA UNDER A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE TO BALLINGER TO JUNCTION. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...BUT A DAMAGING WIND GUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE MAY OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND DRYLINE ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE AS IT ENTERS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AND TO KEEP TUNED TO WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY.
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 2:30 PM CST, 5 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-070000- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 230 PM CST SAT APR 6 2002 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER 10 PM. THE AREA UNDER A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE TO BALLINGER TO JUNCTION. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...BUT A DAMAGING WIND GUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE MAY OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND DRYLINE ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE AS IT ENTERS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AND TO KEEP TUNED TO WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY.
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 2:34 PM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-070000- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 234 PM CST SAT APR 6 2002 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER 10 PM. THE AREA UNDER A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE TO BALLINGER TO JUNCTION. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...BUT A DAMAGING WIND GUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE MAY OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND DRYLINE ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE AS IT ENTERS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WEST CENTRAL TEXAS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AND TO KEEP TUNED TO WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY.
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 5:43 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-071200- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 543 PM CST SAT APR 6 2002 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT AND A MODERATE RISK OF TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY... TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER 10 PM. THE AREA UNDER A RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ABILENE TO BALLINGER TO JUNCTION. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...BUT A DAMAGING WIND GUST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS. ON SUNDAY...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND DRYLINE ARE FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST. TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE AS IT ENTERS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY NOON SUNDAY. WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AND TO KEEP TUNED TO WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT BUT LIKELY ON SUNDAY.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5287958.