Texas, 2002Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, April 7 to 8, 2002
April 7 to 8, 2002 · NWS EWX · 2 events in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Crop damage
- $200,000
- Events
- 2
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 9:15 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 9:15 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1015 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAS BEEN DOMINATED BY SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT WHICH HAS JUST ABOUT RUN ITS COURSE FOR THE EASTERN TIER OF
COUNTIES BUT IS STILL ONGOING ACROSS FRIO...ATASCOSA AND WILSON
COUNTIES AT THIS WRITING. ZONES HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND MODIFIED
SOMEWHAT TO REFLECT ONGOING CONVECTION AND CONTINUATION OF WW #75
AND CANCELLATION OF WW #74. BENEFICIAL RAINS HAVE FALLEN ACROSS
JUST ABOUT ALL COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
.EWX...NONE.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION
UPPER LOW MOVING EAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO WITH TRAILING DRY LINE FROM
SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND TO SANDERSON. CURRENT PROJECTIONS ARE FOR THE
DRY LINE TO PUSH INTO FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF OUR AREA BY 4
PM...MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS BY MIDNIGHT...EASTERN PORTIONS
LATE TONIGHT. AS PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED...THIS SHOULD BE A SQUALL
LINE TYPE EVENT WITH POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL...HIGH WINDS ALONG THE LINE
AND BOW TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL EXIT THE EASTERN PORTIONS BY NOON TOMORROW
WITH CLEARING SKIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES AS DRY WESTERLY AIR MIXES
DOWN. MOSTLY CLEAR MONDAY NIGHT AS RIDGING BUILDS IN. INCREASING
MID AND HIGH CLOUDS BY WEDNESDAY AS DIFLUENT AXIS AHEAD OF NEXT
SYSTEM MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. SEVERAL DAYS OF DREARY WEATHER IN
STORE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS UPPER LOW TO WEST APPROACHES AND
OPENS GULF. SHOWERS AND THUNDESTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN BY FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY AS TROUGH MOVES ACROSS...DECREASING CLOUDS SUNDAY.
PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AUS 64/81/57/78/54 84000
DRT 58/88/58/82/60 50000
SAT 62/85/58/80/57 82000
.EWX...CAUTION ON AREA LAKES EASTERN HALF.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:12 PM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
712 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0400 PM DEL RIO TX WIND DAMAGE
04/07/02 VAL VERDE SPANISH TILE ROOF, TRUCK
HAIL DAMAGE
REPORTED BY
SPOTTER
TIME ESTIMATED
0400 PM VAL VERDE PARK ESTATES
DEL RIO TX TORNADO
04/07/02 VAL VERDE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
TIME ESTIMATED
DCLocal storm report, Apr 7, 7:18 PM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
818 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0725 PM DHANIS TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 MEDINA REPORTED BY
SPOTTER
0730 PM BLANCO TX FUNNEL CLOUDS
04/07/02 BLANCO FUNNEL CLOUDS
REPORTED BY
CO-OP OBSERVER
DCLocal storm report, Apr 7, 7:46 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
846 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0829 PM 7E FRIO TOWN TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 FRIO REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS
DCLocal storm report, Apr 7, 8:39 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
939 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0847 PM BIGFOOT TX TORNADO
04/07/02 FRIO REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
DCLocal storm report, Apr 7, 9:02 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
1002 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 PM FLORESVILLE TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 WILSON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
DCLocal storm report, Apr 7, 9:55 PM CST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
1055 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM 2.5 N DEVINE TX WIND DAMAGE
04/07/02 MEDINA TWO MOBILE HOMES
DESTROYED. VEHICLE PICKED
UP AND SLAMMED DOWN
REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
DCFlash Flood, Atascosa
- When
- April 7, 10:30 PM CST to April 8, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County, North Portion
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.894, -98.527 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rainfall of up to 6 inches fell over the northwest part of Atascosa County in the late evening hours, causing flash flooding. Minor damage was indicated to roads and bridges over the northern part of the county, with more significant damage to crops in the north part of the county.
Hail, Atascosa
- When
- April 7, 10:50 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Atascosa County, Pleasanton
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 28.950, -98.483
Hail up to the size of tennis balls, driven by winds of 40 to 50 mph, damaged windows of homes and cars in the Pleasanton area.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- 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.
- Flooding and Rip Currents in Guam, April 7 to 8, 20021 death · 3 injured · $150,000 · 4 events
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 7, 2002$800,000 · F2 · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, April 7, 2002$40,000 · F2 · 32 events
- Dust Storm in Colorado, April 7, 200219 injured · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 7, 20023 injured · $800,000 · F0 · 6 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 7 to 8, 20021 injured · $770,000 · 2.75 in hail · 21 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 7 to 8, 2002$183,000 · 1.75 in hail · 41 events
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 7, 20022 injured · $150,000 · F0 · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, April 7 to 8, 2002$150,000 · 6 events
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 7, 2002$100,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 7, 2002$80,000 · 80 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 7, 2002$60,000 · 1 event
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: 5285590, 5285591.