Texas, 2002

Damaging 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.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • 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
$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

DC
Local 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

DC
Local 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

DC
Local 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

DC
Local 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

DC
Local 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, SPOTTER

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm 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.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5285487.