Hail, Cherokee
- When
- December 23, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Jacksonville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.950, -95.267
Hail in Texas, December 23, 2002
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
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 23, 8:00 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 8:00 PM CST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
800 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002
WELL...RUC SEEMS TO BE VERIFYING WITH MOVEMENT OF FRONT...A LITTLE
FASTER THAN THE MESOETA I USED. BUT MESOETA IS VERIFYING WELL WITH
THE 2ND ROUND OF CONVECTION STREAMING IN FROM FTW AND SAT AREAS.
THESE STORMS COULD BE HAILERS GIVEN THEIR ELEVATED NATURE BEHIND THE
FRONT AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF COLDER AIR ALOFT WITH THEM. ANYHOW...NO
NEED TO LOWER POPS OUT WEST. ADJUSTED WINDS AND TEMPS IN SOME GROUPS.
NEW TORNADO WATCH COVERS SAME COUNTIES/PARISHES...EXTENDED TIL 3 AM
BUT TX PORTION IS INCREASINGLY BEHIND THE FRONT PUSHING SOUTHWARD
THROUGH OCH AND LFK ALREADY. 17
.SHV...TORNADO WATCH TIL 3 AM
TXZ152-153-165>167
LAZ010-011-013-017>022.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT SOUTH OF I 30.Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 12:00 PM CST, 8 hours 45 minutes before
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-TXZ096- 097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-241200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1200 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...ESPECIALLY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FURTHER NORTH...THERE IS A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY BETWEEN INTERSTATE 20 AND INTERSTATE 30. A VIGOROUS PAIR OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...AND THIS EVENING IT SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA TO NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. IN THE WARM AND HUMID AIR SOUTH OF THE FRONT...SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY AND THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE SHOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS. NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT...ELEVATED INSTABILITY ABOVE THE COOL SURFACE AIR WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. LATER TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA...BRINGING WITH IT AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY AS A SQUALL LINE. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES... LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SCENARIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS...SKYWARN NETWORKS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 23, 6:16 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
616 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0420 PM HUXLEY TX WIND DAMAGE
12/23/02 SHELBY TREED DOWNED IN THE
HUXLEY VICINITY.
REPORT FROM SHERIFF.
0515 PM 10 W MANY LA WIND DAMAGE
12/23/02 SABINE POWER LINES DOWNED
ALONG STATE HIGHWAY
191. REPORT FROM
SHERIFF.
VIII.Local storm report, Dec 23, 6:36 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TIME IN MANY REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
636 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0420 PM HUXLEY TX WIND DAMAGE
12/23/02 SHELBY TREES DOWNED IN THE
HUXLEY VICINITY.
REPORT FROM SHERIFF.
0505 PM 10 W MANY LA WIND DAMAGE
12/23/02 SABINE POWER LINES DOWNED
ALONG STATE HIGHWAY
191. REPORT FROM
SHERIFF.
VIII.Local storm report, Dec 23, 6:41 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
641 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
1108 AM 5 N LUFKIN TX .75 INCH HAIL
12/23/02 ANGELINA REPORT AT HIGHWAY 69 FROM
STORM SPOTTERS.
0145 PM 1 S MANSFIELD LA WIND DAMAGE
12/23/02 DE SOTO MOBILE HOME DAMAGE.
REPORT FROM STORM
SPOTTERS.
VIII.Local storm report, Dec 23, 7:02 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
702 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM NACOGDOCHES TX FLOODING
12/23/02 NACOGDOCHES EVACUATIONS ALONG
CALIFORNIA AVENUE IN TOWN.
HIGH WATER ALONG BAYOUS
TORO AND BONITA. REPORT
FROM NACOGDOCHES DAILY
SENTINEL NEWSPAPER.
0635 PM NATCHEZ LA FLOODING
12/23/02 NATCHITOCHES FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY
119. REPORT FROM SHERIFF.
0655 PM 2 S NACOGDOCHES TX 1 INCH HAIL
12/23/02 NACOGDOCHES REPORT FROM STORM
SPOTTERS.
VIII.Local storm report, Dec 23, 7:15 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
715 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....
0525 PM 6 S VOWELLS MILL LA WIND DAMAGE
12/23/02 NATCHITOCHES TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED. FROM A STORM
SPOTTER REPORT.
0635 PM ALTO TX 1.25 INCH HAIL
12/23/02 CHEROKEE REPORT FROM SHERIFF OFFICE
0635 PM WELLS TX 1.25 INCH HAIL
12/23/02 CHEROKEE REPORT FROM SHERIFF
OFFICE.
VIII.Local storm report, Dec 23, 8:16 PM CST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
816 PM CST MON DEC 23 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0615 PM 3 SE ST MAURICE LA WIND DAMAGE
12/23/02 WINN TREE DOWN OVER HIGHWAY 71
BETWEEN ST MAURICE AND
MONTGOMERY REPORT FROM LAW
ENFORCEMENT
15The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:46 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, December 23, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, December 23, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, December 23, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, December 23 to 24, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 23, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, December 23, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, December 23, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, December 23, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 23 to 24, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Texas, December 23 to 24, 2002
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, December 23 to 24, 2002
- Hail in Texas, December 23, 2002
More
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 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: 5321674.