1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
335 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0335 PM PANDALE
04/07/02 VAL VERDE TX GOLF BALL SIZE
HAILPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
447 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0423 PM 2NW DEL RIO TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 VAL VERDE
0430 PM DEL RIO TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 VAL VERDE
0435 PM DEL RIO TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 VAL VERDE REPORTED BY
SPOTTER
0436 PM DEL RIO TX TORNADO
04/07/02 VAL VERDE SEVERAL REPORTS FROM
PUBLIC OF FUNNEL
CLOUDS
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
DCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
451 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0445 PM LAUGHLIN AFB TX 3.00 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 VAL VERDE REPORTED BY
OBSERVER
DCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TO CHANGE TORNADO TO
FUNNEL CLOUD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
458 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0423 PM 2NW DEL RIO TX .75 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 VAL VERDE
0430 PM DEL RIO TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 VAL VERDE
0435 PM DEL RIO TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 VAL VERDE REPORTED BY
SPOTTER
0436 PM DEL RIO TX FUNNEL CLOUD
04/07/02 VAL VERDE SEVERAL REPORTS FROM
PUBLIC OF FUNNEL
CLOUDS
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
DCThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Skywarn Amateur Radio Operators spotted a tornado as it touched down in open country to the west of Brackettville, near US 90, and tracked toward the east. It caused no known damage.
As the supercell thunderstorm moved eastward from Val Verde County into Kinney County, hail continued to be reported. However, it was initially less widespread than it had been in Val Verde County. Stones at times were reported to be as large as tennis balls and were propelled by winds near 50 mph. Widespread damage to windows of cars and buildings was indicated across the town of Brackettville. The storm was somewhat unusual in that the large hail fell first, with the small hail following later. Two persons received minor injuries in Brackettville when they were struck by hail.
Severe thunderstorm winds spread across much of the the town, knocking down trees and blowing down numerous tree limbs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2002Warnings 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: 5285338, 5285339, 5285340.