10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 7:15 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
815 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002
SQUALL LINE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM DFW TO SAT. MOVEMENT HAS
BEEN FASTER THAN PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED. COORDINATION W/SPC HAS LED
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH COVERING PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND
WESTERN ZONES. SOUNDINGS THIS EVENING INDICATE STRONG CAP TO THE
SOUTH (CRP) AND NO CAP AT ALL NORTH. LOW LEVEL JET RUNNING AT 40 KTS.
SURFACE DEWPOINTS NOW UP TO NEAR 70 WESTERN ZONES JUST AHEAD OF
SQUALL LINE. UPDATED ZFPHGX TO REFLECT SVR WATCH # 75.
47/42/BT
.HGX....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 1 AM CDT FOR
AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BURLESON...COLORADO...MADISON
AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH SE TX NORTH OF I-10 TONIGHT
SCA GALVESTON AND MATAGORDA BAYS.
SCA 00 TO 60 NM HIGH ISLAND TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL.
CLL TB 066/082 059/082 055 950
IAH TB 067/081 066/082 059 871
GLS TB 069/078 071/075 068 671
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PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
THE UPPER LOW WAS LOCATED OVER NM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WHILE A COUPLE
OF MCS STORMS WERE FIRING AWAY OVER CENTRAL AND WEST TEXAS. THE CAP
HAS LOOKED HARD TO BEAT SO FAR IN SE TX WHILE THE WARM AIR ADVECTION
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS HAS WON OVER THE PRESSURE GRADIENT...KEEPING
THE WINDS BELOW EXPECTED SPEEDS. FORECAST PROBLEMS TO CONSIDER
INCLUDE THE IMPACT OF STORMS TONIGHT AND MONDAY PLUS THE SCA
CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND BAYS. TEMPERATURES ARE A
CONCERN BEYOND MONDAY...THEN A RETURN OF POPS BY THURSDAY. OVERALL
LIKED THE AVN OVER THE ETA.
THE AVN SHEARS THE 500 MB LOW OFF OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MONDAY...
THEN BRINGS THE SURFACE FRONT INTO SE TX MONDAY NIGHT. PW/S AHEAD
OF THE SYSTEM REACH IN EXCESS OF 1.7 BY 12Z MONDAY. WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR AN MCS OR TWO TRAVERSING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING AND FOR THE RAINFALL POTENTIAL...WILL ISSUE
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO THE
RFC RAINFALL POTENTIAL...THE BEST LOCATION FOR THE WATCH IS ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BASIN
WIDE COULD OCCUR BY MIDDAY MONDAY. A CHANCE OF SEVERE CONTINUES AS
SE TX WILL BE IN THE FAVORABLE REGION LATER TONIGHT. CANNOT RULE OUT
ISOLATED SHOWERS MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM DISSIPATES AND MOVES
OVERHEAD. EXPECT THE NEXT SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY.
SEAS STILL ABOVE SCA CRITERIA OFFSHORE. EXPECT THE WINDS AND SEAS
OUT 60 NM AND WINDS OVER THE BAYS TO BE ABOVE CRITERIA TONIGHT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------TXZ176-195>197-210-211-080600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 752 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES... MADISON...BRAZOS...BURLESON...WASHINGTON...AUSTIN...COLORADO A SQUALL LINE EXTENDING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST TOWARD SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS EVENING. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE WESTERN PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHORTLY AFTER 1000 PM. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SQUALL LINE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. RESIDENTS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO KEEP ABREAST ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOCATIONS FURTHER TO THE EAST MAY BE PLACED UNDER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCHES AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:46 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported roof damage to a barn and homes just west of Weimar, and numerous power poles down in Weimar, and other parts of the county with electricity out.
Sheriff reported trees down in Brenham.
Sheriff reported trees and power lines down all around Conroe and from the eastern shore of Lake Conroe through Panorama Village to Sunset Ridge 5 miles north of Conroe.
Sheriff reported trees down, a barn roof blown off, and a trailer roof blown off.
On FM 518 in Friendswood, wind damage occurred to an auto repair shop, with loss of the sheet metal awning, and power lines were down.
Sheriff reported 3/4 inch Hail on State Highway 60 North, to the north of Bay City.
Power poles were knocked down in Bay City with thousands of homes losing electricity, numerous trees were down around the county, and a Chemical plant south of Bay City received minor siding damage.
Sheriff reported large trees knocked down in Brazoria and Sweeney.
Lake Jackson and Richwood Village received 3/4 inch Hail.
Sheriff reported quarter sized Hail at CR 521 in Brazoria.
There was extensive street flooding and road closures in Pasadena, along Red Bluff, along State Highway 225, and at Spencer Highway.
In extreme southeast Brazoria county, on the eastern end of Follets Island just before San Luis Pass, several homes received roof damage, two mobile homes were overturned, and there was one serious injury. Reported by Emergency Management.
There was an extensive number of power lines down along FM 3005 on Galveston Island.
Street flooding was reported in League City and Friendswood.
South Corrigan subdivision in Pearland had impassable roads.
Street flooding 2 to 3 feet deep was reported at Dixie Farm Road and Beamer, and around San Jacinto College South located on Beamer.
Wind damage to homes on the west end of Galveston Island, most extensive at Terramar and Bay Harbor subdivisions, with 4 houses missing up to half their roofs, and a couple dozen homes with missing shingles and blown out windows.
Police and Emergency Management reported that 200 to 300 homes had received hail damage on the west end of Galveston Island.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2002
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: 5293277, 5293278, 5293279, 5293280, 5293281, 5293282, 5293283, 5293284, 5293285, 5293286, 5293363, 5293366, 5293364, 5293365, 5293370, 5293371, 5293367, 5293368, 5293369, 5293372, 5293373.