Damaging Winds in Texas, June 26 to 27, 2002

Name: Damaging Winds in Texas, June 26 to 27, 2002
Start: 2002-06-26T23:30
End: 2002-06-27T00:20
Location: Texas

June 26 to 27, 2002 · NWS MAF · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

The Texas Mesonet measured two severe wind gusts in the northern Permian Basin from thunderstorms around midnight on the 26th.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 happened

The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.

The Texas Mesonet measured two severe wind gusts in the northern Permian Basin from thunderstorms around midnight on the 26th.

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 Jun 26, 1:55 PM CST, 9 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:55 PM CST, 9 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
255 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2002

UPPER RIDGE REMAINS ANCHORED ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO THIS
AFTERNOON...WHILE AN UPPER LOW WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS. A
RESULTANT NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES OVER THE FORECAST AREA. A
MID LEVEL WAVE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN KANSAS WILL RIDE SOUTH INTO THE
NORTHERN/NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN TONIGHT. THIS WAVE WILL HELP
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP TONIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCES
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN.

THE UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS. SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL WAVES WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE
AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE. AVN/ETA ARE HINTING AT A
CONVECTIVE COMPLEX DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO ON
THURSDAY...AND THEN PUSHING SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
PLAINS/WESTERN PERMIAN BASIN THURSDAY NIGHT. OTHER THAN A CHANCE OF
STORMS THURSDAY NIGHT IN THESE AREAS...WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF CONVECTION EACH DAY ACROSS MOST AREAS INTO THE WEEKEND.

THE UPPER RIDGE IS PROGGED TO BUILD BACK INTO THE FORECAST AREA
EARLY NEXT WEEK. WILL DRY THINGS OUT ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WITH
A WARMING TREND IN THE TEMPERATURES.

PRELIMINARY TEMPERATURES/PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION:

MAF  72/96/70/95    2232
LSA  68/95/66/95    3232
6R6  72/96/71/95    2111
MRF  61/92/62/88    3222
CNM  71/98/69/97    2132

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

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The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:29 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Gaines

When: June 26, 11:30 PM CST
Where: Gaines County, 2 mi N of Seminole
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 32.750, -102.650

Thunderstorm Wind, Dawson

When: June 27, 12:20 AM CST
Where: Dawson County, 2 mi SE of Lamesa
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 32.717, -101.933

What these are

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: 5301983, 5301982.