Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 13, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 13, 2002
Start: 2002-06-13T08:20
End: 2002-06-13T16:55
Location: Texas

June 13, 2002 · NWS LUB · 6 events in 2 counties and zones

5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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: $175,000
Events: 6

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 Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 1:22 AM CST, 6 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:22 AM CST, 6 hours 58 minutes before

SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
222 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002

EARLY MORNING CONVECTION GETTING ITS ACT TOGETHER IN SOUTHEAST
COLORADO AND THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. SOUTHERN STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST. NEW STORMS COULD DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE
SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS ALONG ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
PRODUCED BY THIS CONVECTION. CAPE VALUES NEAR 3000 J/KG BY 18Z AND
LITTLE CAP...ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH MID LEVEL
LIFT OVER THE FA SHOULD GET STORMS STARTED BY EARLY AFTERNOON. BY
LATE AFTERNOON THE FOCUS FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT SHIFTS TO THE WESTERN
SOUTH PLAINS WHERE THE BEST DYNAMICS WILL BE. HIGH PW VALUES AND ANY
STORMS REDEVELOPING OVER THE SAME AREAS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

MAX TEMPERATURES TODAY HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE THICKNESS OF CLOUD
COVER BUT STILL BELIEVE THAT TEMPS COULD REACH INTO THE MID 80S
NORTH TO LOWER 90S SOUTHWEST. WIND SHIFT TO THE EAST EXPECTED TODAY
WHICH WILL PUMP IN HIGHER DEW POINTS ACROSS THE WHOLE FA. EAST WINDS
ARE ALSO A GOOD DIRECTION TO FEED MOISTURE INTO STORMS THAT FORM
TODAY AND TONIGHT. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAY
WILL PRODUCE RAIN CHANCES THROUGH MONDAY.

PRELIM NUMBERS...

FRIONA      87/60/83/60 5744
TULIA       86/60/83/60 6633
LUBBOCK     91/63/85/61 3633
BROWNFIELD  93/63/85/61 3743
CHILDRESS   89/64/85/63 6633
ASPERMONT   91/66/86/64 5633

.LUB...NONE
AC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:00 AM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before

TXZ021>044-131630-

AREA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
600 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EXTREME
SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORMED IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE OVERNIGHT
HAVE PRODUCED OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE EXTREME
SOUTHERN PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS TODAY.
THESE BOUNDARIES WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS MECHANISM FOR THUNDERSTORMS
TO DEVELOP TODAY. STORMS THAT MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
AREAS TODAY MAY BECOME SEVERE.

THIS AFTERNOON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE WESTERN SOUTH PLAINS NEAR THE TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO BORDER. THE
THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE
HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. ONCE THE STORMS DEVELOP THEY ARE EXPECTED TO
MOVE SOUTHEAST.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:18 UTC.

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Event by event

5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hall

When: June 13, 8:20 AM CST
Where: Hall County, Memphis
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 34.717, -100.533

Hail, Lynn

When: June 13, 3:04 PM CST
Where: Lynn County, 6 mi E of New Moore
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.017, -101.933

An NWS cooperative observer reported quarter size hail in Wells.

Hail, Lynn

When: June 13, 4:14 PM CST
Where: Lynn County, 1 mi N of Tahoka
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Crop damage: $75,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.200, -101.783

Hail, Lynn

When: June 13, 4:31 PM CST
Where: Lynn County, Tahoka
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 33.183, -101.783

Hail, Lynn

When: June 13, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Lynn County, 4 mi N of Odonnell
Measured: 1 in hail
Crop damage: $100,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 33.017, -101.833

Thunderstorm Wind, Lynn

When: June 13, 4:55 PM CST
Where: Lynn County, 1 mi N of Odonnell
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 32.983, -101.833

The West Texas Mesonet station north of town measured 61 mph wind gusts.

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, June 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: 5302578, 5302573, 5302574, 5302575, 5302576, 5302577.