Texas, 2002

Tornado in Texas, July 4, 2002

July 4, 2002 · NWS MAF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 4, 1:45 PM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:45 PM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
245 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2002

500MB SHEAR AXIS JUST TO THE NORTH OF OUR CWA SHOULD STAY TO THE
NORTH AND EAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AS ANOTHER 500MB LOW
OVER THE AZ/NM BORDER MOVES SLOWLY TOWARD THE AREA.  THE PERMIAN
BASIN AREA WILL REMAIN ON THE SUBSIDENT SIDE OF THE SHEAR AXIS NOW
OVER THE SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...IF
THE TROUGH EDGES JUST SLIGHTLY MORE WEST OR SOUTH...WE COULD
DEFINITELY SEE SOME DECENT RAIN HERE.  WITH THAT IN MIND...WILL
PROBABLY GO WITH LOW-GRADE CHANCE POPS OVER THE PERMIAN BASIN...LOWER
TRANS PECOS AND NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA.  THE NORTHEASTERN
SECTION OF THE CWA STILL RUNS THE RISK OF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WILL
HAVE TO KEEP POPS HIGHER THERE.  THE OTHER LOW THEN APPROACHES THE
AREA WHILE ALSO SHIFTING A BIT TO THE SOUTH WHICH WILL ENHANCE ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE DAVIS/GLASS MOUNTAINS DURING THE
AFTERNOON TOMORROW...AND ALSO HELP WITH OUR CHANCES FOR CONVECTION IN
THE PERMIAN BASIN AND TRANS PECOS REGIONS.  THROUGHOUT THE NEXT TWO
NIGHTS...SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY TAKE PLACE AS MOST OF THESE
STORMS WILL NOT BE MOVING VERY FAST.  MODELS TEND TO AGREE WITH
KEEPING A SHEAR AXIS/INVERTED 500MB TROUGH HANGING AROUND THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.  THIS SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN THE SLOW-MOVING HISTORY OF THIS
SYSTEM AND THE LACK OF A JET STREAM TO MOVE THE DISTURBANCE ALONG.
SO WILL KEEP 20 OR 30 PERCENT CHANCE POPS FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
SUNDAY.

BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH SETS UP OVER THE ROCKIES THAT
HAS BEEN ADVERTISED CONSISTENTLY BY THE EXTENDED AVN/MRF.  WITH
POSSIBLY DEEP EASTERLY FLOW AND WAVES SWINGING AROUND THE SOUTHEAST
SIDE OF THAT HIGH...WE COULD SEE CONVECTION HERE NEXT WEEK.  WILL
HOLD OFF FOR NOW ON INSERTING SLIGHT CHANCE OR CHANCE POPS MOST
PLACES CONSIDERING THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE STRENGTH/POSITIONING OF THE
HIGH AND TIMING OF ANY SHORTWAVES THAT MOVE THROUGH IT.

THE PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE BELOW IS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY.
OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE WEST TEXAS/SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO ZONE FORECAST.

MAF  68/88/69/91  3343
LSA  66/87/67/90  6443
6R6  70/91/71/92  3343
MRF  61/87/63/89  4554
CNM  68/93/69/95  4433

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

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The radar

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Glasscock

When
July 4, 7:13 PM CST
Where
Glasscock County, 8 mi W of Garden City
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
50 yd
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
31.867, -101.633

A brief tornado was reported along highway 137.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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

The same day elsewhere

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: 5303937.