Texas, 2002Damaging Wind in Texas, March 19, 2002
March 19, 2002 · NWS EWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- 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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 19, 9:24 PM CST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 9:24 PM CST, 1 minute before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
924 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002
SEVERE WEATHER ONGOING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE CWA AT THIS
TIME. HAVE SENT AN UPDATE TO REFLECT TORNADO WATCH EXPIRING...
ALTHOUGH WILL CONTINUE MENTION OF SEVERE STORMS SOUTHWESTERN QUARTER.
DEEPER COLD AIR AND DRY INTRUSION SO HAVE LOWERED POPS NORTHWEST
HALF. CP/MF/NR/MB/DC/JB.
.EWX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EAST UNTIL 06Z.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 4:00 PM CST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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.
Local storm report, Mar 19, 7:27 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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
DCLocal storm report, Mar 19, 8:24 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY 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
DCLocal storm report, Mar 19, 8:40 PM CST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
840 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0426 PM LAUGHLIN AFB TX 1.25 INCH HAIL 03/19/02
VAL VERDE REPORTED BY METAR
0744 PM STINSON FIELD TX 77 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
03/19/02 BEXAR REPORTED BY METAR
0810 PM FLORESVILLE TX 75 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
03/19/02 WILSON REPORTED BY HAMS
DCLocal storm report, Mar 19, 9:10 PM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
910 PM CST TUE MAR 19 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0755 PM BRAVO ESTATES
03/19/02 SAN ANTONIO TX WIND DAMAGE
BEXAR TRAILER BLOWN OVER
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0848 PM MARY B. ERSKINE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
03/19/02 SEGUIN TX 68 MPH TSTM WIND
GUADALUPE GUST
REPORTED BY
SCHOOL NETWORK
0903 PM RANDOLPH AFB TX 80 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
03/19/02 BEXAR REPORTED BY METAR
DCThunderstorm Wind, Dimmit
- When
- March 19, 9:25 PM CST to 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dimmit County, 15 mi NW of Carrizo Spgs
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 28.667, -100.017
A second round of strong thunderstorms moved across northern Maverick County and into northwest Dimmit County, strengthening as they tracked east-southeastward. The storms produced high winds that caused spotty damage over the northwest part of Dimmit County, along SH83 just south of the Dimmit-Zavala County line. Numerous trees were knocked over, with limbs down across the area.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 19, 200240 injured · $7.1 million · F2 · 10 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, March 19 to 20, 20021 death · $269,000 · 1 in hail · 34 events
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 19, 200215 injured · $650,000 · F1 · 5 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 19, 2002$16 million · F1 · 17 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, March 19, 20022 injured · $600,000 · 59 kt wind · 2 events
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 19, 20021 injured · $650,000 · F0 · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 19, 2002$600,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 19, 2002$300,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Texas, March 19, 2002$250,000 · 57 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, March 19, 2002$200,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 19, 2002$200,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 19, 2002$150,000 · 1 event
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: 5283939.