1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 27, 8:00 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 900 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002 MOST OF THE AREA NOW UNDER SVR TSTM WATCH THRU MIDNITE. CAPES RUN FROM 3500 WEST TO 2500 EAST. SOUNDINGS STRONG DIRECTIONAL SHEAR IN LOW LEVELS AND MODERATE SPEED SHEAR ALOFT. SUPERCELLS ARE LIKELY... EVEN AS HEATING BEGINS TO DECLINE. STORM MOVEMENT HAS ERRATIC... VARYING FROM NELY TO ELY TO SELY...BUT SPEED HAS BEEN FAST ENOUGH TO AVOID FLOODING. STORMS CONTINUING TO FORM WEST OF RIO GRANDE...WITH HILL COUNTRY ANOTHER TARGET. SUPERCELL IS MOVING EWD ACROSS BURNET COUNTY AS A SQUALL LINE IS APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST. MAIN THREAT CONTINUES TO BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THREAT WILL REDEVLOP ON TUE EVENING AND MAY GO INTO WED AS WELL. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... CURRENT CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TRACKING EAST AIDED BY A JET STREAK AND 700 MB TROUGH. WINDS ALOFT, GRADUALLY SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST, WILL SEND A COLD FRONT INTO SOUTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WILL RUN A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL FRONTAL PASSAGE. AN UPPER LOW WILL SKIRT ACROSS EASTERN COUNTIES AFTER FROPA KEEPING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. ULTIMATE TRACK OF THIS UPPER LOW WILL DETERMINE AERIAL COVERAGE OF RESIDUAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BIG BUBBLE HIGH NEAR TEXAS PANHANDLE SATURDAY WILL KEEP CONDITIONS STABLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. RAIN COOLED MINS WILL RUN 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL TONIGHT AND TUESDAY NIGHT. AFTER FROPA, EXPECT MAX TEMPS NEAR NORMAL AND MIN TEMPS BELOW NORMAL. PRELIM NUMBERS... AUS 63 90 63 91 62 4355 SAT 66 90 65 90 65 4355 DRT 67 95 67 94 65 4344 .EWX...SVR WATCH #346 AND #349 TIL MIDNIGHT. 09/03
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
1049 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0950 PM ANDICE TX MPH TSTM WIND GUST
05/27/02 WILLIAMSON NUMEROUS TREES BLOW
DOWN REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0955 PM 2 N WEIR TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/02 WILLIAMSON REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
JPBThe Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Widespread damage was reported to trees northwest of Boerne. Numerous large limbs were knocked to the ground.
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: 5293968, 5294058.