Texas, 2002

Hail in Texas, July 3, 2002

July 3, 2002 · NWS MAF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 3, 1:08 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:08 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
208 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2002

MORNING UA ANLYS SHOWED SHEAR AXIS ACROSS TX HILL COUNTRY EXTENDING N
ACROSS RED RIVER INTO OK. MID LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDED FM NEB
PNHDL ACROSS WRN NM WITH LAST EVENINGS PAC SYSTEM NOW ONSHORE OVER
SRN CA. H8 MAP INDICATED TONGUE OF GULF MOISTURE ARCHING FM BRO
THROUGH MAF INTO NEB PNHDL WHERE EARLY AFTN CU FIELD RESIDES.
LATEST RADAR LOOP SHOWS CONVECTION SPINNING AROUND UPPER LOW...
CENTERED VCNTY SJT...WITH ADDITIONAL CONVECTION FIRING IN DAVIS MTNS
AND ALONG WEAK OUTFLOW FM SE BASIN INTO TERRELL COUNTY. WILL PLACE
HIGHEST POPS ACROSS NE ZNS OVERNIGHT IN VCNTY SHEAR AXIS WITH SCT
TERM ACROSS MTNS. CENTRAL PERMIAN BASIN EXPECTED TO REMAIN ON FRINGE
OF ACTIVITY TONIGHT HOWEVER PRECIP CHCS WILL INCREASE ON THU AS
SYSTEM GRADUALLY LIFTS NNW. MODELS AGREE ON SYSTEM ELONGATING FURTHER
WITH AXIS BY THU EVE STRETCHING FM TX PNHDL INTO NE CWA. THIS SHOULD
PLACE MORE OF CWA IN FAVORED REGION OF ASCENT. WITH HISTORY OF HEAVY
RAINFALL ASSCD WITH SYSTEM SO FAR WILL CONSIDER LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
MENTION ACROSS NE ZNS WHERE STRONGEST ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO LINGER
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THU.

CONTINUED INFLUX OF MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE LLVL FLOW WILL MAINTAIN
HIGH POPS THROUGH THU NIGHT. SHEAR AXIS HANGS IN OVER AREA ON FRI
WITH FOCUS LIKELY TURNING BACK TO FAVORED OROGRAPHY AND REMNANT
SHRTWV ENERGY PROGGED ALONG RIO GRANDE BY AFTN.

IN EXTENDED...
SYSTEM OVER SRN CA LOOKS TO GET TRAPPED UNDERNEATH BUILDING RIDGE
ACROSS CENTRAL ROCKIES AND PLAINS THEN REMAIN OVER NM THROUGH
WEEKEND. WITH WEAKNESS IN RIDGE AND PREVAILING WEAK ERLY FLOW
ALOFT WILL KEEP ISOLD POPS IN MTNS WITH PLAINS REMAINING DRY.
ANOTHER SHRTWV PROGGED TO ROTATE AROUND PERIPHERY OF UPPER RIDGE
AND KEEP HEIGHTS FM RISING TOO MUCH OVER SRN HIGH PLAINS AND SLOW
TEMPERATURE CLIMB INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. TOO EARLY TO GET EXCITED
ABOUT THIS FEATURE HOWEVER ECMWF SHOWS SOME SUPPORT OF ITS TRUTH.

MAF 69/86/68/89 355
LSA 67/84/66/86 356
6R6 71/90/70/93 656
MRF 63/86/64/86 545
CNM 70/95/70/96 545

.MAF...
TX...NONE.
NM...NONE.

COBB

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Upton

When
July 3, 2:25 PM CST
Where
Upton County, 1 mi NW of Mc Camey
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
31.150, -102.250

What these are

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

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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: 5303872.