Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 13 to 14, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 13 to 14, 2002
Start: 2002-07-13T14:37
End: 2002-07-14T19:29
Location: Texas

July 13 to 14, 2002 · NWS FWD · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $4,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 13, 2:21 PM CST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:21 PM CST, 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
321 PM CDT SAT JUL 13 2002

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS MAINLY THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS.  THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN SOME VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.  A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL
BRIEFLY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.  STORMS WILL
DECREASE IN COVERAGE AFTER SUNSET BUT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS...AS
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD FROM OKLAHOMA.
MODELS KEEP THE UPPER LOW PARKED NEAR THE RED RIVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS AND THIS WILL PROVIDED ENOUGH LIFT TO SUPPORT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA.
THE UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN BY MID WEEK AS UPPER LEVEL
HIGHER PRESSURE STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. SHOULD SEE DRIER
CONDITIONS BY THE END OF THE WEEK WITH LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE IN
PLACE.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 70S AND HIGHS IN
THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S.

FCSTID = 79
DFW   71  92  71  93 /  30  30  20  20
ACT   72  94  71  93 /  50  40  30  30
PRX   70  92  70  92 /  30  40  30  30
DTO   71  92  70  91 /  30  30  20  20
TKI   71  92  70  91 /  30  30  20  20
DAL   71  92  71  93 /  30  30  20  20
TRL   70  92  70  92 /  30  40  30  30
CRS   72  94  72  94 /  40  40  30  30
TPL   72  94  71  93 /  50  40  30  30

.FWD...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:17 AM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-140500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1217 PM CDT SAT JUL 13 2002

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  THE STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS NEAR
AND SOUTH OF A HAMILTON...WACO TO PALESTINE LINE.  THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MILES AN
HOUR.  AN ISOLATED DOWNBURST WIND GUST UP TO 60 MILES WILL BE
POSSIBLE... HOWEVER...MOST STORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

The radar

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Event by event

2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, McLennan

When: July 13, 2:37 PM CST
Where: McLennan County, Mc Gregor
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.433, -97.417

Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton

When: July 13, 4:24 PM CST
Where: Hamilton County, Hamilton
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.700, -98.117

Power lines were blown down by high winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ellis

When: July 14, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Ellis County, Palmer
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.433, -96.667

Power lines and large tree limbs were blown down.

Hail, Ellis

When: July 14, 7:29 PM CST
Where: Ellis County, Palmer
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.433, -96.667

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

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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: 5304412, 5304413, 5304410, 5304411.