Texas, 2002

Hail in Texas, May 25, 2002

May 25, 2002 · NWS FWD · 6 events in 4 counties and zones

6 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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  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 24, 10:16 PM CST, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 10:16 PM CST, 4 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1116 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND BECOME ELEVATED AS THEY
HAVE MOVED INTO THE CWA LATE THIS EVENING...SO I AM NOT EXPECTING
ANY SEVERE STORMS FOR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...WITH ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTHWEST AND ACTIVITY WINDING DOWN
FROM STEPHENVILLE TO NEAR GOLDTHWAITE...IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT SOME
SORT OF ACTIVITY WILL SLIDE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT.
THEREFORE...I UPPED POPS FOR TONIGHT. I ALSO FIDDLED WITH WINDS A
BIT FOR TOMORROW...AS IT LOOKS LIKE THE COLD FRONT MAY SQUEEK
THROUGH PART OF THE AREA.

.FWD...NONE.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Stephens

When
May 25, 2:25 AM CST
Where
Stephens County, Hubbard Creek Lake
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
32.817, -99.000

Hail, Eastland

When
May 25, 5:20 AM CST
Where
Eastland County, Carbon
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
POST OFFICE
Coordinates
32.267, -98.833

Hail, Eastland

When
May 25, 6:00 AM CST to 6:05 AM CST
Where
Eastland County, 5 mi NNE of Rising Star
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
32.167, -98.933

Reported by the co-op observer.

Hail, Comanche

When
May 25, 6:55 AM CST
Where
Comanche County, Sidney
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
POST OFFICE
Coordinates
31.950, -98.733

Hail, Mills

When
May 25, 9:08 AM CST
Where
Mills County, Mullin
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
31.550, -98.667

Hail, Mills

When
May 25, 9:35 AM CST
Where
Mills County, Goldthwaite
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.450, -98.567

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.

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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: 5296253, 5296254, 5296255, 5296256, 5296257, 5296258.