Hail, Menard
- When
- December 30, 11:47 AM CST
- Where
- Menard County, 7 mi S of Hext
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 30.767, -99.533
Walnut sized hail.
Hail in Texas, December 30, 2002
A couple of severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front moving through the northwest hill country during the late morning and early afternoon.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 happened
The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
A couple of severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front moving through the northwest hill country during the late morning and early afternoon.
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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 30, 3:30 AM CST, 8 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 3:30 AM CST, 8 hours 17 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 330 AM CST MON DEC 30 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE BY EARLY AFTERNOON... TODAY... VERY STRONG SHORTWAVE HAS SLOWED DOWN AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO FEED INTO WC TX. IT SEEMS THAT ETA HAS PICKED UP ON THIS SLOWING DOWN WHILE AVN CONTINUES TO MOVE THE SYSTEM FASTER EVEN THOUGH BOTH MODELS CLOSE OFF AN UPPER LOW OVER WC TX THIS AFTERNOON. 06Z INITIALIZATION INDICATE THAT BOTH MODELS ARE ABOUT 4 MB TOO HIGH ON THE SURFACE PRESSURES. THIS TELLS ME THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM. AS LEFT FRONT EXIT REGION OF JET MAX MOVES ACROSS WC TX EARLY THIS AFTERNOON COUPLED W/LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...EXPECT RAPID COOLING ALOFT AND DESTABILIZATION TO OCCUR WHICH SHOULD SET OFF TSTORMS ACROSS THE HEARTLAND...NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY AND AROUND THE JUNCTION AREA. SOME OF THESE LOW TOPPED STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH VEERING WIND PROFILES. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL SEEM TO BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN THAT REGION. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO THE MOST RECENT SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK AT WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV TONIGHT... AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES EAST TONIGHT...EXPECT SKIES TO CLEAR. HOWEVER...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS FILLING IN BEHIND THE LOW SHOULD KEEP TEMPS A LITTLE WARMER TONIGHT. TUESDAY THROUGH NEW YEARS DAY... EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT AROUND TO THE SOUTH BRIEFLY. HOWEVER... CONTINUED DRY AND COOL AS NEXT FRONT ARRIVES IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DURING THE EVENING ON NEW YEARS DAY. THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE COOL AND DRY WEATHER THROUGH SATURDAY UNTIL ANOTHER FRONT...PROGGED BY MRF...REACHES WC TX SUNDAY MORNING. WITH THE LACK OF ANY GULF MOISTURE IN THE REGION...EXPECT THE THE DRY WEATHER PATTERN TO PERSIST. PRELIMS... ABI 067/034/059/034 2-00 SJT 067/034/061/035 2500 JCT 067/033/063/031 4100 .SJT...NONE. 26
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 5:15 AM CST, 6 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-302000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 515 AM CST MON DEC 30 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTRY...PARTS OF THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...AND THE HEARTLAND. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ARE JUNCTION...BROWNWOOD..AND SAN SABA. IF YOU LIVE NEAR THESE COMMUNITIES...BE SURE TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, San Saba
- When
- December 30, 12:51 PM CST
- Where
- San Saba County, Algerita
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.233, -98.867
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
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- High Wind in California, December 30 to 31, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, December 30, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, December 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, December 30, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, December 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 30, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 30, 2002
More
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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: 5326765, 5326766.