Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 28, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 28, 2002
Start: 2002-07-28T17:45
End: 2002-07-28T18:33
Location: Texas

July 28, 2002 · NWS AMA · 5 events in 1 county or zone

Severe thunderstorms developed during the early evening hours over the northern Texas panhandle producing large hail and high winds.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 AMA wrote it up.

Severe thunderstorms developed during the early evening hours over the northern Texas panhandle producing large hail and high winds.

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 Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 28, 1:30 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 1:30 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before

TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
230 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002

THINGS ARE SHAPING UP TO BE MUCH QUIETER THAN LAST NGT.  THE SHRTWV
TROF RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SVR WX LAST NGT IS NOW MOVG EWD INTO OK.
THE WK SFC TROF LYING NE TO SW FM NR KGUY INTO THE SWRN TX PNHDL TO
NR KCVS WL RMN NRLY STNRY TNGT.  ALTHOUGH ISOLD CNVTN MAY DVLP IN
THE VCNTY OF THIS SFC TROF TNGT...FEEL THAT THE COVERAGE WL BE LESS
THAN LAST NGT.  WHEREAS YDA THERE WAS THE SHRTWV TROF PUSHING OUT
OF NM...TNGT THERE IS NO UPR LVL SUPPORT BHND THE SHRTWV TROF
CURRENTLY MOVG INTO OK...ONLY NVA/SUBSIDENCE.  TMRW IS A DIFFERENT
STORY AS SOME WK SHRTWV ENERGY FCSTD TO EJECT EWD OUT OF NM DURING
THE LT AFTN AND INTO THE EVE HRS.  ALSO...WK SFC TROF NOW LYING
ACRS WRN SXNS OF THE FA WL MERGE WITH WK FNTL BNDRY LTR TNGT AND
INTO MON.  FNTL BNDRY FCSTD TO MOV ACRS NWRN SXNS OF THE PNHDLS LT
TNGT/ERY MON MRNG AND THEN ACRS THE RMNDR OF THE FA BY MIDDAY OR SO
TMRW.  WL INCR POPS SLGTLY MON AFTN AND MON NGT DUE TO FNTL
BNDRY/SHRTWV ENERGY.

UPR RDG BUILDS BACK OVR THE SWRN STATES/SRN RCKYS/SRN PLNS STATES
BY TUE...HWVR WKNS IN THE UPR FLOW WITH INVERTED UPR TROF OVR
WRN/CNTRL TX TUE ALG WITH SHRTWV ENERGY RIDING AROUND THE INVERTED
UPR TROF WL AT LEAST WARRANT SLGT CHC POPS TUE THRU FRI MAINLY
DURING THE AFTN AND EVE HRS.  UPR RDG TAKES BACK CONTROL AND BUILDS
IN OVR THE CNTRL/SRN PLNS STATES BY THE WKND AND SHOULD SEE DRIER
AND MUCH WARMER CONDITIONS SAT AND SUN.

FCSTID = 11

AMARILLO    68 90 68 92 /  20 20 30 20
BEAVER      68 92 67 94 /  20 20 30 20
BOISE CITY  62 89 64 91 /  20 20 30 20
BORGER      67 92 70 92 /  20 20 30 20
BOYS RANCH  67 90 68 92 /  20 20 30 20
CANYON      68 93 68 93 /  20 20 30 20
CLARENDON   70 94 69 94 /  20 20 30 20
DALHART     64 91 66 91 /  20 20 30 20
GUYMON      68 92 67 94 /  20 20 30 20
HEREFORD    68 93 68 93 /  20 20 30 20
LIPSCOMB    68 92 67 94 /  20 20 30 20
PAMPA       67 92 67 92 /  20 20 30 20
SHAMROCK    72 94 68 96 /  20 20 30 20
WELLINGTON  72 95 70 97 /  20 20 30 20

.AMA...
TX...NONE.
OK...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 11:51 AM CST, 5 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
1251 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0805 PM    17N STINNETT              TX   WIND DAMAGE
07/27/02   HUTCHINSON                     SHED AND TREES BLOWN
                                          DOWN. REPORTED BY SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

0815 PM    FRITCH                    TX   WIND DAMAGE
07/27/02   HUTCHINSON                     POWERLINES DOWN IN
                                          FRITCH. REPORTED BY
                                          HUTCHINSON COUNTY EM.

0823 PM    18N STINNETT              TX   WIND DAMAGE
07/27/02   HUTCHINSON                     POWERLINES DOWN REPORTED
                                          BY HUTCHINSON COUNTY SO.

0830 PM    16N STINNETT              TX   FLOODING
07/27/02   HUTCHINSON                     15 INCHES OF WATER OVER
                                          THE ROADWAY AT
                                          INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS
                                          207 AND 281. REPORTED BY
                                          HUTCHINSON COUNTY SO.

0845 PM    BORGER                    TX   WIND DAMAGE
07/27/02   HUTCHINSON                     NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN IN
                                          BORGER. MAJOR STRUCTURE
                                          DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS.
                                          REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
                                          COUNTY EM.

0910 PM    7NE BORGER                TX   60 MPH WIND GUST
07/27/02   HUTCHINSON                     REPORTED BY HUTCHINSON
                                          COUNTY EM.

0915 PM    5E BORGER                 TX   FLOODING
07/27/02   HUTCHINSON                     WATER OVER THE ROAD ON
                                          HIGHWAY 152. REPORTED BY
                                          HUTCHINSON COUNTY EM.

0945 PM    1S CONWAY                 TX   60 MPH WIND GUST
07/27/02   CARSON                         REPORTED BY SKYWARN
                                          SPOTTER.

1000 PM    CLAUDE                    TX   WIND DAMAGE
07/27/02   ARMSTRONG                      NWS COOP OBSERVER
                                          REPORTED DAMAGE TO ROOFS
                                          OF TWO BARNS.

The radar

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Event by event

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

Hail, Sherman

When: July 28, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Sherman County, Stratford
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.417, -102.067

Hail, Sherman

When: July 28, 6:04 PM CST
Where: Sherman County, 2 mi S of Stratford
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.383, -102.067

Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman

When: July 28, 6:24 PM CST
Where: Sherman County, Stratford
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 36.417, -102.067

Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman

When: July 28, 6:28 PM CST
Where: Sherman County, 20 mi SE of Stratford
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.217, -101.817

Numerous tree limbs were reported down.

Hail, Sherman

When: July 28, 6:33 PM CST
Where: Sherman County, 14 mi SE of Stratford
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 36.267, -101.883

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, July 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: 5307303, 5307304, 5307305, 5307306, 5307355.