Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 10, 2002

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$302,000

Crop damage

$1.7 million

Events

35

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.

NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 10, 12:00 PM CST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
100 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2002

FIRST PERIOD RAIN CHANCE DEPENDS ON LATE AFTERNOON TRENDS. EXPECT
ANY STORMS TO DEVELOP INITIALLY WEST OR SOUTHWEST OF OUR AREA, AND
MOVE NORTHEAST. SEE SPC DAY1 OUTLOOK FOR SEVERE POTENTIAL.
INCREASING CIN TONIGHT SUGGESTS THAT ANY STORMS IN OUR AREA WOULD BE
MAINLY THIS EVENING. FOR SATURDAY WILL PROBABLY HAVE DRYLINE IN
EASTERN ZONES, BUT CONVERGENCE ALONG IT MAY BE FAIRLY WEAK. ALSO,
LATEST ETA HAS 700 MB TEMPERATURES OF 11-12C, AND 1000-500 MB
THICKNESS OF 580-582 DECAMETERS, SUGGESTING SUBSTANTIAL INHIBITION.
NEXT SHALLOW FRONT PUSHES INTO THE AREA BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT,
HOWEVER, WITH LOSS OF HEATING AND CONTINUED WARM LAYER ALOFT, WOULD
NOT EXPECT STORMS WITH THE FRONT. DRY SUNDAY IN POSTFRONTAL AIRMASS.
LOOKS CLEAR SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY WITH CONFLUENT NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
DOWNSTREAM OF MID LEVEL RIDGE.

PRELIMINARY:
FRI 55/86/53/74 300-  TIA 56/85/53/71 3---  CDS 62/88/62/75 31--
BNF 58/90/57/78 200-  LUB 62/89/57/75 2---  ASP 65/86/64/77 1---

.LUB...NONE.

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 16 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:44 UTC.

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Hail

Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

Tornado

A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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.

• Rip Current in Florida, May 10, 20021 death · 1 event
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 10, 2002$3.1 million · F0 · 14 events
• Flooding in Alaska, May 10 to 13, 2002$1.0 million · 3 events
• Flash Flood in Alabama, May 10, 2002$25,000 · 1 event
• Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 10 to 11, 2002F0 · 18 events
• Flash Flooding and Hail in South Carolina, May 10 to 11, 200250 kt wind · 15 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 10, 20021.75 in hail · 4 events
• High Wind in California, May 10 to 11, 20023 events
• Flooding in Wisconsin, May 10 to 12, 20022 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 10, 20021.75 in hail · 2 events
• Hail in Georgia, May 10, 20020.75 in hail · 2 events
• Extreme Cold in Oregon, May 10 to 11, 20022 events

Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2002Warnings in Texas, May 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: 5296702, 5296548, 5296547, 5296549, 5296550, 5296551, 5296553, 5296552, 5296619, 5296554, 5296616, 5296617, 5296621, 5296625, 5296626, 5296623, 5296622, 5296624, 5296628, 5296629, 5296627, 5296618, 5296620, 5296631, 5296632, 5296633, 5296630, 5296636, 5296634, 5296698, 5296635, 5296637, 5296699, 5296700, 5296701.