Hail in Texas, April 7, 2002

Name: Hail in Texas, April 7, 2002
Start: 2002-04-07T20:45
End: 2002-04-07T21:00
Location: Texas

April 7, 2002 · NWS EWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 2:15 PM CST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 2:15 PM CST, 6 hours 30 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
315 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002

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, 5:50 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
650 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM    BRACKETTVILLE             TX   WIND DAMAGE
04/07/02   KINNEY                         TREES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0550 PM    BRACKETTVILLE             TX   2.75 INCH HAIL
04/07/02   KINNEY                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0634 PM    UVALDE                    TX   TORNADO
04/07/02   UVALDE                         POSSIBLE ROTATION IN
                                          CLOUDS
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

DC

Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:01 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORREECTED TO CHANGE TORNADO TO
FUNNEL CLOUD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
701 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM    BRACKETTVILLE             TX   WIND DAMAGE
04/07/02   KINNEY                         TREES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0550 PM    BRACKETTVILLE             TX   2.75 INCH HAIL
04/07/02   KINNEY                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0634 PM    UVALDE                    TX   FUNNEL CLOUD
04/07/02   UVALDE                         POSSIBLE ROTATION IN
                                          CLOUDS
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

DC

Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:12 PM CST, 2 hours 33 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

DC

Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:18 PM CST, 1 hour 27 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

DC

Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:46 PM CST, 59 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

DC

Local storm report, Apr 7, 8:39 PM CST, 6 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

DC

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:45 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Wilson

When: April 7, 8:45 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Wilson County, Floresville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 29.133, -98.167

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: 5285399.