2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 17, 2:10 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 310 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 CURRENT CONVECTION SHOULD DIE ACROSS EASTERN ZONES. TODAY...EXPECT FRONT...CURRENTLY OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS TO SLIDE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...PER AVN MODEL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT MAINLY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING HOURS. DECREASING CLOUDS SATURDAY AS RIDGING BUILDS IN. THEN SEVERAL DAYS OF STABLE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AS THE LONG WAVE TROUGH TO THE EAST ANCHORS A SURFACE RIDGE WESTWARD INTO TEXAS. LONG RANGE FORECAST... RAIN RETURNS TO THE FORECAST TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY (ALBEIT SLIGHT) AS MORE MOISTURE IS TAPPED OFF THE GULF WHEN WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHEASTERLY WITH AN APPROACHING DIFLUENT TROUGH AXIS. .PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AUS 92/62/80/50 4500 DRT 97/65/82/60 2520 SAT 92/63/82/56 3500 .EWX...NONE. 02/08/DC
TXZ186>191-204>207-219>222-171015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 214 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... AT 210 AM CDT...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM WEST OF BOERNE TO WEST OF SAN ANTONIO TO WEST OF PLEASANTON... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF MEDINA...FRIO...KENDALL...BEXAR...ATASCOSA...WILSON...GUADALUPE...AND COMAL COUNTIES FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 3 HOURS. WIND GUSTS TO 25 TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PAST HOUR...ALONG WITH RAINFALL RATES VARYING FROM ONE QUARTER TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL DEADLY LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. TEMPERATURES IN THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE COOLED DOWN TO THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 WEST OF SAN ANTONIO IN THE PAST 1 TO 2 HOURS.
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:28 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm winds damaged 16 cars and knocked over fences in the northwest part of San Antonio, near I-10 and Callaghan Road. The area of damage was very limited in extent, covering only about a square mile.
Severe thunderstorm winds damaged property of the Animal Defense League on Wurzbach Parkway in northeast San Antonio. Fences were knocked down and roofs were taken off buildings.
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, 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: 5293956, 5293957.