Texas, 2002

Hail in Texas, May 28, 2002

May 28, 2002 · NWS LUB · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 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
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
$125,000
Events
3

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 Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 28, 7:57 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 7:57 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
857 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002

SATELLITE IMAGERY AND RADAR SHOW CONVECTION MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER
THE PLAINS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO ATTM. A FEW STORMS TO BRUSH THE
SOUTHWEST PART OF THE CWFA. THESE STORMS DEVELOPED OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND HAVE HELD TOGETHER...EVEN WITH
THE WEAK FLOW ALOFT...SO HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT THIS. WILL
REMOVE POPS FROM THE EAST AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO TRANSLATE
EAST AWAY FROM THE FA.

.LUB...NONE.

XI

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:59 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Yoakum

When
May 28, 9:01 PM CST
Where
Yoakum County, Plains
Measured
1.25 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.183, -102.833

Hail, Hockley

When
May 28, 10:00 PM CST
Where
Hockley County, 2 mi S of Sundown
Measured
1.75 in hail
Crop damage
$100,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
33.417, -102.500

Storm spotters reported golfball size hail.

Hail, Terry

When
May 28, 11:00 PM CST
Where
Terry County, 3 mi S of Union
Measured
1 in hail
Crop damage
$25,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
32.983, -102.233

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

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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: 5296909, 5296910, 5296911.