Texas, 2002

Hail in Texas, July 6, 2002

July 6, 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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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 6, 9:42 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 9:42 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
1042 AM CDT SAT JUL 6 2002

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SPREAD W INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF CWA
THIS MORNING. SATL SHOWS SHEAR AXIS EXTENDING NW/SE ACROSS W TX WITH
UPPER LOW OVER NM BEGINNING TO DRAW MOISTURE AND LIFT FURTHER WWD.
RADAR LOOP SHOWS PRECIP ROTATING SLOWLY AROUND AXIS OVER LOW ROLLING
PLAINS. THIS WILL PLACE NE CORNER IN LINE FOR RECEIVING EXCESSIVE
RAIN NEXT FEW HOURS. HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH FLASH FLOOD WATCH
ACROSS NE ZNS THROUGH THIS AFTN AS A RESULT. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION
DEVELOPING ACROSS ERN PLAINS OF NM ASSCD WITH UPPER LOW WILL MV
ACROSS NRN ZNS THIS AFTN. WILL UP POPS ACROSS MOST OF NRN AREAS FOR
REMAINDER OF TODAY. WILL HAVE TO WATCH EDDY COUNTY NM FOR ADDITIONAL
FLOODING POTENTIAL THIS AFTN/EVE AS THEY HAVE RECEIVED HEAVIEST
RAINS OVER PAST COUPLE DAYS.

.MAF...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM TXZ047-048-052-053.
NM...NONE.

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The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:40 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Gaines

When
July 6, 12:40 PM CST
Where
Gaines County, 28 mi NW of Seminole
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
33.000, -102.983

A severe thunderstorm produced dime size hail on the Gaines County and Lea County New Mexico border.

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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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: 5303951.