Texas, 2002

Hail in Texas, March 12, 2002

March 12, 2002 · NWS SHV · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 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 Mar 11, 9:00 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 9:00 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
900 PM CST MON MAR 11 2002

WILL MAKE NO CHANGES TO THE LAST UPDATE ISSUED EARLIER.
SEVERAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
THE FOUR STATE REGION. COLDER AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AND INTO THE FORECAST AREA
HAS HELPED PRODUCE NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHEAST TEXAS.
WOULD THINK THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BECOMING MORE POSSIBLE
AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES OVER REGION. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE HAIL
AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MENTIONED IN CURRENT
ZONES SO WILL NOT UPDATE.

06

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 11, 8:35 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
835 PM CST MON MAR 11 2002

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

0820 AM    CONVERSE                  LA   LIGHTNING
03/11/02   SABINE                         LIGHTNING STRUCK A MAN INSIDE
                                          HIS HOME. THE MAN WAS REPORTED
                                          TO BE CONSCIOUS. REPORT FROM
                                          LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:30 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Smith

When
March 12, 12:30 AM CST
Where
Smith County, Tyler
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
32.350, -95.300

Hail, Smith

When
March 12, 12:33 AM CST
Where
Smith County, Tyler
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
32.350, -95.300

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.

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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: 5281113, 5281114.