2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 19, 8:21 PM CST, 14 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
821 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002
SEVERE WEATHER ONGOING ACROSS PARTS OF THE CWA AT THIS TIME. HAVE
SENT AN UPDATE TO REFLECT THE NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL
MIDNIGHT. OTHERWISE...LITTLE OR NO CHANGE TO ONGOING FORECAST.
CP/MF/NR/MB/DC/JB.
.EWX...TORNADO WATCH CENTRAL AND WEST UNTIL 03Z
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EAST UNTIL 06ZTXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-192300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 300 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS REGION... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BANDERA...EDWARDS...GILLESPIE...KERR...KINNEY...LLANO... MAVERICK...REAL...UVALDE...VAL VERDE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BANDERA...BRACKETTVILLE...DEL RIO... EAGLE PASS...FREDERICKSBURG...KERRVILLE...LEAKEY...LLANO... ROCKSPRINGS...UVALDE AN APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE...COUPLED WITH ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE...WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE TO THE NORTH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO AND THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING... WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR SPREADING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WEDNESDAY. FOR INFORMATION ON WEATHER THREATS IN SURROUNDING AREAS...PLEASE REFER TO OUTLOOKS FROM OFFICES IN MIDLAND/ODESSA...SAN ANGELO... FORT WORTH...HOUSTON/GALVESTON AND CORPUS CHRISTI.
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-200000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 400 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH TORNADOS...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ATASCOSA...BANDERA...BASTROP...BEXAR...BLANCO...BURNET...CALDWELL... COMAL...DIMMIT...EDWARDS...FRIO...GILLESPIE...GUADALUPE...HAYS... KENDALL...KERR...KINNEY...LLANO...MAVERICK...MEDINA...REAL... TRAVIS...UVALDE...VAL VERDE...WILLIAMSON...WILSON...ZAVALA. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...AUSTIN...BANDERA...BASTROP... BOERNE...BRACKETTVILLE...BURNET...CARRIZO SPRINGS...CRYSTAL CITY... DEL RIO...EAGLE PASS...FLORESVILLE...FREDERICKSBURG...GEORGETOWN... HONDO...JOHNSON CITY...JOURDANTON...KERRVILLE...LEAKEY...LLANO... LOCKHART...NEW BRAUNFELS...PEARSALL...ROCKSPRINGS...SAN ANTONIO...SAN MARCOS...SEGUIN...UVALDE AN APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE...COUPLED WITH ABUNDANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE...WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING. SPOTTER NETWORKS MAY NEED TO BE ACTIVATED. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO AND THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING... WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR SPREADING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WEDNESDAY. FOR INFORMATION ON WEATHER THREATS IN SURROUNDING AREAS...PLEASE REFER TO OUTLOOKS FROM OFFICES IN MIDLAND/ODESSA...SAN ANGELO... FORT WORTH...HOUSTON/GALVESTON AND CORPUS CHRISTI.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
727 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0659 PM HONDO TX 80 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
03/19/02 MEDINA
0707 PM HONDO TX 2.75 INCH HAIL
03/19/02 MEDINA REPORTED BY CO-OP OBSERVER
DCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
824 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 PM PEARSALL TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/19/02 FRIO REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0733 PM MCNAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL
SAN ANTONIO TX 63 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
03/19/02 BEXAR REPORTED BY SCHOOL
NETWORK
0748 PM BROOKS AFB TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/19/02 BEXAR REPORTED BY MEDIA
0750 PM LEON VALLEY
E ROAD AND LOOP 410 LEON VALLEY TX 2.00 INCH HAIL
03/19/02 BEXAR REPORTED BY HAMS
0740 PM KELLY AFB TX .75 INCH HAIL
03/19/02 BEXAR REPORTED BY METAR
METAR
0755 PM STINSON FIELD TX 67 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
03/19/02 BEXAR REPORTED BY METAR
0805 PM MARION TX
TRAINER HALLE ROAD BLDG ROOF BLOWN OFF
AND I 10 CAUSING I10 TO BE
CLOSED
REPORTED BY HAMS
DCThe Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:35 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The derecho continued across Hays County where winds estimated at 60 to 70 knots knocked over trees, brought down large limbs and damaged homes and vehicles. The worst damage was in the southeast part of the county, near the town of San Marcos, where several power lines were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2002
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: 5283934, 5285561.