Hail, Brewster
- When
- May 25, 4:00 PM CST to 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brewster County, 6 mi ENE of Terlingua
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 29.367, -103.500
Hail covered the road into the lodge for 10 miles.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 25, 2002
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 25, 3:35 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 3:35 PM CST, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX...UPDATED
435 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2002
...UPDATED TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOX #330 UNTIL 10 PM CDT...
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE ON THE UPSWING FOR THE COUNTY WARNING
AREA THROUGH THE SHORT TERM FORECAST CYCLE AS THE TAIL END OF
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTERACTS WITH SUBTROPICAL ENERGY FROM
THE SOUTHWEST.
THE COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL TEXAS TO THE
SOUTHEAST PERMIAN BASIN AND PECOS RIVER IN WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO. THE COMBINATION OF DECENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IN THE
VICINITY OF THE FRONT...INCREASING PRECIPITABLE WATER...AND DIFFLUENCE ALOFT
SUGGEST THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AS HEATING
CONTINUES TO TAKE PLACE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONT FROM THE EASTERN
PERMIAN BASIN SOUTHWARD TO THE LOWER TRANS PECOS AND BIG BEND AREA
IN BEST LIFT AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH TONIGHT.
THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN MEMORIAL DAY BUT ADDITIONAL SHORT WAVE ENERGY
AND RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE SHOULD GENERATE
WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION SUNDAY.
A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. LOW PRESSURE/SURFACE TROUGH WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AS AN UPPER TROUGH
PASSES TO THE NORTH MONDAY. WILL MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
MONDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF COVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY.
WILL CONTINUE SLIGHT MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS A
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT REGIME DEVELOPS IN CONTINUED UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE.
WILL GO WITH A DRYING TREND THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE
DEVELOPS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES.
THE PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE BELOW IS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY.
OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE WEST TEXAS/SOUTHEASTERN
NEW MEXICO ZONE FORECAST.
MAF 61/84/62/85 3343
LSA 58/83/60/84 2253
6R6 64/86/65/87 5222
MRF 52/83/53/84 2222
CNM 57/86/61/88 1252
.MAF...
TX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT TXZ-061>063-067>070-074-075-
081-082
NM...NONE.
12In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 25, 2:51 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-261000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 351 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2002 .SYNOPSIS... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE TRANS PECOS AND SOUTHERN PERMIAN BASIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO THE EVENING...HOWEVER THE FAVORED REGION FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE COLD FRONT. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AS WARM MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW COMBINES WITH UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. .THREATS... THUNDERSTORMS...AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM SNYDER TO COYANOSA TO SANDERSON ARE FAVORED FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PLATT
Special weather statement, May 25, 2:52 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
TXZ061>063-067>070-074-075-081-082-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 352 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS... BREWSTER...PECOS AND TERRELL IN WEST TEXAS... CRANE...ECTOR...GLASSCOCK...MIDLAND...REAGAN...UPTON AND WARD THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... ALPINE...BAKERSFIELD...BIG LAKE...CRANE...DRYDEN...FORT STOCKTON... GARDEN CITY...LAJITAS...MARATHON...MCCAMEY...MIDLAND...MONAHANS... ODESSA...PANTHER JUNCTION...RANKIN...SANDERSON AND SHEFFIELD A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR GREATER AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR TO THE WATCH AREA...CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brewster
- When
- May 25, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brewster County, Panther Junction
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 29.300, -103.300
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, May 25, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 25, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 25, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 25, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 25, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 25, 2002
- Hail in Pennsylvania, May 25, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 25, 2002
- Hail in Kentucky, May 25, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 25, 2002
- Hail in Texas, May 25, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 25, 2002
More
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 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: 5295728, 5295729.