Hail in Texas, March 31, 2002

Name: Hail in Texas, March 31, 2002
Start: 2002-03-31T00:30
End: 2002-03-31T00:30
Location: Texas

March 31, 2002 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 30, 9:05 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 9:05 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
905 PM CST SAT MAR 30 2002

LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EXTREME EAST
TEXAS AND NORTH LOUISIANA AT THIS TIME. UPPER LOW SPINNING ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING
WITH THE UPPER LOW. ACTIVITY WITH UPPER LOW SHOULD MOVE INTO THE
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...NORTH AND EAST OF THE UPPER
LOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. NEW TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL TEXAS. WILL UPDATE ZONES FOR NEW
WATCH AND LOWER RAIN CHANCES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS BEHIND LINE FROM
ABOUT IDABEL OKLAHOMA SOUTH TO NACOGDOCHES TEXAS. HEAVIEST RAIN WILL
CONTINUE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST TEXAS...AND
NORTH LOUISIANA.

.SHV...FFA THROUGH TONIGHT...
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-
108>112-124>126-136>138-149>151.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 10:17 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1015 PM CDT SAT MAR 30 2002

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

0447 PM    TYLER                     TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   SMITH                          QUARTER SIZED HAIL FELL
                                          JUST EAST OF TYLER
                                          REPORT FROM SPOTTERS

0450 PM    LONGVIEW                  TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   GREGG                          QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN LONGVIEW
                                          REPORT FROM NWS EMPLOYEE

0505 PM    RUSK                      TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   CHEROKEE                       GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IN RUSK
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

0527 PM    5 SW HENDERSON            TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   RUSK                           DIME SIZED HAIL FELL NEAR
                                          THE HICKEY COMMUNITY AT THE
                                          JUNCTION OF HWY 42 AND FM 839
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

0532 PM    8 SW HENDERSON            TX   .88 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   RUSK                           NICKEL SIZED HAIL FELL AT
                                          THE JUNCTION OF FM 1798
                                          AND FM 839 NEAR MCKNIGHT
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

0546 PM    8 SW RUSK                 TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   CHEROKEE                       GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          FROM THE FIRE DEPT

0547 PM    10 W JEFFERSON            TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   MARION                         FELL ON SOUTH END OF LAKE OF THE
                                          PINES
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

0558 PM    LOONEYVILLE               TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   NACOGDOCHES                    REPORT FROM SPOTTERS

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 10:30 PM CST, 2 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1030 PM CDT SAT MAR 30 2002

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

0600 PM    DOUGLASS                  TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   NACOGDOCHES                    QUARTER SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 21
                                          REPORT FROM SPOTTERS

0611 PM    CUSHING                   TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   NACOGDOCHES                    REPORTED FROM SPOTTERS

0725 PM    2 N NACOGDOCHES           TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   NACOGDOCHES                    FELL AT THE JUNCTION OF HWY 59
                                          AND 259 NEAR REDFIELD
                                          REPORT FROM SPOTTERS

0750 PM    HUNTINGTON                TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/30/02   ANGELINA                       ***SEVERAL INJURIES REPORTED***
                                          TREE ON HOUSE ALONG HWY 1669 WEST
                                          OF HUNTINGTON NUMEROUS TREES ALSO
                                          DOWN OVER ROADS IN THE VICINITY

0805 PM    ETOILE                    TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/30/02   NACOGDOCHES                    HOUSES IN THE ETOILE COMMUNITY
                                          ARE HEAVILY DAMAGED RESIDENTS
                                          TRAPPED IN THEIR HOMES
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 12:15 AM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1215 AM CST SUN MAR 31 2002

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

0625 PM    BECKVILLE                 TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/30/02   PANOLA                         TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY
                                          RD 257. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0700 PM    DIBOLL                    TX   1 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   ANGELINA                       HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0702 PM    LUFKIN                    TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   ANGELINA                       DIME SIZE HAIL AT THE
                                          AIRPORT.  REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0722 PM    2 S LUFKIN                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   ANGELINA                       DIME SIZE HAIL ON HWY 59.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0735 PM    HUNTINGTON                TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   ANGELINA                       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0755 PM    KICKAPOO                  LA   .88 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   DE SOTO                        NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0812 PM    SAN AUGUSTINE             TX   WIND DAMAGE
03/30/02   SAN AUGUSTINE                  TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 103.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0835 PM    SPRINGHILL                LA   .75 INCH HAIL
03/30/02   WEBSTER                        DIME SIZE HAIL.  REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Rusk

When: March 31, 12:30 AM CST
Where: Rusk County, 10 mi SW of Henderson
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 32.050, -94.917

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, March 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: 5281360.