Hail, Franklin
- When
- June 26, 4:42 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Mt Vernon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.183, -95.233
Hail in Texas, June 26, 2002
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 1:15 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:15 AM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 215 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2002 AN UPPER LOW IS STILL ROTATING OVER THE HEART OF THE CWA THIS MORNING...HOWEVER THIS FEATURE WILL BEGIN A SNAIL LIKE PROGRESSION TOWARD THE TEXAS COAST TODAY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO NEAR HOUSTON IS FORMED. THE MODELS KEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE...SO AFTERNOON CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE WITH HEATING. CLOUD COVER AND AFTERNOON PRECIPITATION WILL HELP KEEP TEMPS BELOW 90...SO WILL CONTINUE TO FORECAST MID TO UPPER 80S THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. PRELIMS... SHV 87/71/88/71 5353 MLU 85/71/86/71 5353 TXK 87/70/87/70 5353 TYR 88/72/88/72 5353 LFK 87/71/87/72 5353 ELEVEN .SHV...NONE.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:43 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 26, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in New York, June 26, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, June 26 to 27, 2002
- Wildfire in California, June 26 to 29, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 26, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, June 26, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 26, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, June 26, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 26, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 26, 2002
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 26, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 26, 2002
More
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5296611.