Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 2002
Start: 2002-06-04T17:55
End: 2002-06-04T21:18
Location: Texas

June 4, 2002 · NWS OUN · 5 events in 3 counties and zones

4 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: $10
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
325 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002

HEAVY RAIN EVENT GETTING ITS ACT TOGETHER. TRAINING ECHO REGIME
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS LOW LEVEL JET FEEDS
AREA TONIGHT. CURRENT ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO CONTINUE A SLOW TREK
SOUTHWARD THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS CAP HAS ALL BUT ERODED AROUND CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA...PER 3-HOURLY IHOP RAOBS. CATEGORICAL POPS WILL BE
INTRODUCED ALONG AND SOUTH OF CURRENT ACTIVITY...WITH CHANCE ACROSS
AREAS NORTH OF ACTIVITY. ADDITIONAL RAIN ACTIVITY POSSIBLE BEHIND
CURRENT LINE AS COUPLED JET DYNAMICS ACTS ON LARGE AREA. NOT OUT OF
THE QUESTION SOME OF THE ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO EVENTAULLY BUILDS INTO CWA LATE.

ALL MODELS POINT TO WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN...AND HPC EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL OUTLOOK APPEARS PRUDENT. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD REPORTS OF 1
TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES WITH ACTIVITY ACROSS NORTHERN
OKLAHOMA. WITH THIS TREND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...IF NOT GET
WORSE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR TONIGHT ACROSS AREAS
JUST AHEAD OF ACTIVITY TO A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLAY COUNTY
TEXAS...NORTHEAST TO HUGHES COUNTY IN OKLAHOMA. WILL HOLD OFF FOR
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY GET THERE VERY LATE OR
WEDNESDAY...AND MID SHIFT CAN DETERMINE IF THREAT CONTINUES THERE
EARLY WEDNESDAY.

MOS GUIDANCE TRYING TO CONVERGE ON HIGHS/LOWS NEXT SEVERAL
PERIODS...AND THEY ARE GOING CLOSE TO CURRENT FORECAST. THUS...NOT
MUCH CHANGE EXPECTED TO ZONE PACKAGE AFTER WEDNESDAY...

COORD W/ TSA.

FCSTID = 11

PRELIMINARY CCF NUMBERS...
OKC   62  76  58  81 / 100  60  10   0
HBR   59  78  57  83 /  80  60  10   0
SPS   65  79  60  83 / 100  80  20   0
GAG   55  77  52  83 /  60  30   0   0
PNC   59  76  56  80 / 100  40   0   0
DUA   69  78  61  80 /  80  80  40  10

.OUN...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...
     OKZ008-012-013-018>020-023>032-035>042-044>046-050
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...TXZ083>090.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:58 PM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
158 PM CDT TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0140 PM    CHESTER                   OK   .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02   MAJOR                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

TJ

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Event by event

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

Hail, Knox

When: June 4, 5:55 PM CST
Where: Knox County, 5 mi E of Vera
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.633, -99.483

Hail, Baylor

When: June 4, 5:55 PM CST
Where: Baylor County, 4 mi W of Red Spgs
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.617, -99.483

Thunderstorm Wind, Baylor

When: June 4, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Baylor County, 1 mi W of Westover
Property damage: $10
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.500, -99.033

Large tree limbs were downed.

Hail, Clay

When: June 4, 9:12 PM CST
Where: Clay County, 2 mi E of Bluegrove
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: STORM CHASER
Coordinates: 33.667, -98.217

Hail, Clay

When: June 4, 9:18 PM CST
Where: Clay County, 2 mi S of Henrietta
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: STORM CHASER
Coordinates: 33.783, -98.200

Hail was reported near the intersection of FM 2847 and Highway 148.

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.

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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: 5294606, 5294607, 5294608, 5294609, 5294610.