Texas, 2002Damaging Wind in Texas, April 8, 2002
April 8, 2002 · NWS EWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 8, 12:35 AM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 12:35 AM CST, 55 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
135 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002
UPDATED AND REALLIGNED ZONES FOR WATCH #77 VALID UNTIL 5 AM.
BACKING BUILDING STORMS OVR THE S CNTRL CWA ALONG WEAK OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY CONTG TO TRACK NEWD ACRS THE ERN CWA THIS MORNING.
WITH TRAINING OF STORMS ACRS THE SERN COUNTIES...WILL ISSUE FFA THRU
10 AM. UNDER GOOD SUBSIDENSE BY 18Z AS THE UPR TROF AND DRY LINE
MOV EAST. CDFNT TO PUSH SWD THRU CWA TONIGHT BUT STALLING ALONG THE
COAST AS AN INVERTED TROF TUE. NEXT UPR LOW TO DIG INTO THE SW
U.S./NRN MEX BY LATE THIS WEEK AND PUSHING EAST BY SUN.
PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AUS 84/57/78/54 5000
DRT 89/58/82/60 0000
SAT 85/58/80/57 5000
.EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THRU 10 AM FOR MUCH OF THE ERN/SERN CWA.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:46 PM CST, 5 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, 4 hours 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, 4 hours 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, 3 hours 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
DCLocal storm report, Apr 7, 11:00 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
1200 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1155 PM SHAVANO PARK SAN ANTONIO TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/07/02 BEXAR REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
DCLocal storm report, Apr 8, 1:00 AM CST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
200 AM CDT MON APR 8 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0830 PM YANCY TX TORNADO
04/07/02 MEDINA HWY 371
3 HOMES DESTROYED
REPORTED BY SHERIFF
0030 AM FLORESVILLE TX GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
04/08/02 WILSON ON HWY 97,
REPORTED BY SHERIFF
0148 AM SAN ANTONIO TX GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
04/08/02 BEXAR ON HWY PEARSALL AND
BLANCHER RD, SPOTTERThunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- April 8, 1:30 AM CST to 1:40 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Schulenburg
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 29.683, -96.917
A severe downburst blew over trees and knocked down large tree limbs in the Schulenburg area.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flooding in Texas, April 8, 20021 death · $300,000 · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 8, 2002$114,000 · 0.75 in hail · 28 events
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 8, 2002$300,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, April 8, 2002$130,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 8, 2002$130,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 8, 2002$100,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Louisiana, April 8, 2002$75,000 · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 8, 2002$25,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 8, 2002$25,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 8, 2002$25,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 8, 2002$20,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 8, 2002$15,000 · 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: 5285487.