1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Dec 23, 3:15 AM CST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 315 AM CST MON DEC 23 2002 ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT TORNADO/SEVERE WEATHER THREATS OF THE YEAR FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS COMES TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS CAN EXPECT A WET MORNING WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS TO CREATE A SHOPPING HAZARD. A MORE OMINOUS THREAT EXISTS EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR WHERE DAYTIME HEATING WILL ENHANCE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT INTO A THEAT FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES. IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE MORNING STREAMER CELL SPEEDS OF AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH, WOULD BE CONCERNED OF A FLASH FLOOD THREAT. SOILS REMAIN NEARLY SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS, BUT WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES HOLDING BELOW 1.5 FOR THE MOST PART, EXPECT ONLY THREAT OF SUSTAINED HEAVY RAINS TO BE IN THE PATHS OF ANY SUPERCELLS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES LATER TODAY. WILL MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FOR THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS WITH SEVERE WORDING MENTIONED AREA-WIDE. WITH 06Z SATELLITE TRENDS SHOWING A SLIGHT EASTWARD POSITION OF THE UPPER LOW CENTER COMPARED TO FORECAST AND A PAIRED JET PATTERN INDICATING DEEPENING OVER CENTRAL TEXAS FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS, THE QPF TRENDS WILL PROBABLY BE A BIT AHEAD OF THE ALREADY FASTER GFS. RAINFALL INTENSITIES ARE STEADILY INCREASING IN RESPONSE TO THE LOW LEVEL JET OVER THE CENTRAL COUNTIES. WITH A NEAR SOLID AREA OF RAIN EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL PORTIONS HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA BY AROUND DAYBREAK, WILL CALL FOR HIGH POPS OF 80 TO 100 PERCENT OVER THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS. HELICITIES COULD APPROACH 500 M2S2 OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES TOWARD NOON ACCORDING TO THE RUC WITH 1500 J/KG OR GREATER CAPES, THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES NEEDS TO BE WORDED STRONGLY HERE. FOR WESTERN SECTIONS, WILL KEEP POPS IN THE 50-60 PERCENT RANGE WITH SEVERE WORDING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. DAYTIME HEATING COULD TRIGGER A FEW HAILSTORMS DESPITE A GOOD DRY PUNCH ENTERING WEST TX. WITH THE FASTER SPEED, WILL PLAN ON LESS MOISTURE BEING AVAILABLE WHEN THE BASE OF THE TROUGH LIFTS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY. WILL TRIM POPS TO A SLIGHT CHANCE NORTHEAST. OTHERWISE A WARM AND DRY ZONAL PATTERN WILL RESUME AGAIN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL THE GFS AND NOGAPS DEPICT ANOTHER VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM THREATENING THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK. A WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH MAINLY NORTH TEXAS THURSDAY, BUT THE AIR SHOULD BE TOO DRY TO SUPPORT MEASURABLE RAINS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AUS 066/041/052/030/057 +5200 DRT 071/043/056/034/061 52-00 SAT 071/042/057/035/059 +4-00 .EWX...NONE. 18/3/PM
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-241200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 554 AM CST MON DEC 23 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY FOR THE EASTERN-MOST AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BASTROP...GIDDINGS...GONZALES...CUERO...LA GRANGE AND HALLETTSVILLE. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS TODAY OVER THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY. A POTENT UPPER AIR SYSTEM WILL INTERACT WITH A WARM FRONT TO TRIGGER THE SEVERE WEATHER. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE THE MAJOR THREATS THIS MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD START TO DECREASE DURING THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM AROUND SUNRISE INTO THIS EVENING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
0836 AM EST MON DEC 23 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0835 AM 20 E MANOR TX FX TORNADO
12/23/02 TRAVIS CARS FLIPPED OVER,
GAS STATION ROOF BLOWN OFF
AND A HOME MISSING A ROOF.
PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
0836 AM EST MON DEC 23 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0835 AM 20 E MANOR TX FX TORNADO
12/23/02 BASTROP CARS FLIPPED OVER, GAS
STATION ROOF BLOWN OFF AND
A HOME MISSING A ROOF.
PMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO TIMES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
0900 AM EST MON DEC 23 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0704 AM 20 E MANOR TX FX TORNADO
12/23/02 BASTROP CARS FLIPPED OVER, GAS
STATION ROOF BLOWN OFF AND
A HOME MISSING A ROOF.
0704 AM JUST EAST OF MANOR TX TORNADO
12/23/02 TRAVIS 1 MOBILE HOME DESTROYED
POWER LINES DOWN, TREES UPROOTEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
0900 AM EST MON DEC 23 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0835 AM 20 E MANOR TX FX TORNADO
12/23/02 TRAVIS CARS FLIPPED OVER, GAS
STATION ROOF BLOWN OFF AND
A HOME MISSING A ROOF.
0855 AM JUST EAST OF MANOR TX TORNADO
12/23/02 TRAVIS 1 MOBILE HOME DESTROYED
POWER LINES DOWN, TREES UPROOTEDThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were knocked down and damage was reported to outbuildings between Giddings and Lexington as a result of severe thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, December 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: 5326149.