Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 2002
Start: 2002-05-29T12:10
End: 2002-05-29T14:45
Location: Texas

May 29, 2002 · NWS EWX · 9 events in 7 counties and zones

8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $180,000
Crop damage: $30,000
Events: 9

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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 29, 10:50 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 10:50 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1150 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2002

TODAYS WX MAPS SHOWS LOW ALOFT OVR EAST OK AND EAST TX DEVELOPING
SOUTHEAST THRU FRI...THEN DRIFTING EAST SAT AND SUN.  THIS
PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HIGHER CHANCE OF RAIN OVR EASTERN
PART OF CWA TODAY THRU FRI...WITH GRADUALLY DECREASING POPS...
THAT WILL FALL SIGNIFICANTLY FALL SAT AND SUN AS LOW PULLS EAST.
WILL CONT TO SHOW CHC OF RAIN FAR EAST PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TX
WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN WEST.  ON FRIDAY...SOME SOLUTIONS SHOW
S/W TROF COMING FM NE AND MOVG VCNTY OF TX COAST.  THIS COULD
CAUSE LINGERING SHRA OVR EAST PART OF AREA FRIDAY...HOWEVER
THIS PATTERN WILL HAVE FINE LINE OF WHERE SHRA BEGINS AND ENDS
OVR EASTERN PART OF CWA ON FRI.  AVG OF ALL SOLUTIONS ON FRIDAY
SHOWS POPS VCNTY 20 TO 30 PCT EAST AND LESS THAN 10 PCT WEST.
VERY LIMITING POPS SATU AND SUN WITH RIDGE OVR AREA...THEN
POPS RISE SLOWLY EARLY TO MID PART OF NEXT WEEK.  PROGS SHOW
ONE S/W VCNTY OF WEST PART OF S CNTRL TX TUE AND WED...THEN
GETS PICKED UP AND MOVED ACROSS GREAT PLAINS AREA LATE NEXT
WEEK...AS RIDGE INCREASES OVR S CNTRL TX AGAIN THU TO SAT OF
NEXT WEEK.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AUS 88/66/87/64 4322
DRT 93/71/94/72 1111
SAT 88/68/89/67 2211

.EWX...NONE.

08/10

The radar

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Event by event

8 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Burnet

When: May 29, 12:10 PM CST to 12:15 PM CST
Where: Burnet County, Marble Falls
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 30.567, -98.267

Hail, Caldwell

When: May 29, 12:19 PM CST to 12:30 PM CST
Where: Caldwell County, Maxwell
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 29.883, -97.783

Large hail broke windows and damaged vehicle windshields around Maxwell.

Hail, Caldwell

When: May 29, 1:10 PM CST to 1:20 PM CST
Where: Caldwell County, Luling
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 29.683, -97.650

Hail, Guadalupe

When: May 29, 1:13 PM CST to 1:25 PM CST
Where: Guadalupe County, New Braunfels
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 29.700, -98.133

Hail, Gonzales

When: May 29, 1:15 PM CST to 1:25 PM CST
Where: Gonzales County, Belmont
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 29.517, -97.700

Hail, Comal

When: May 29, 1:20 PM CST to 1:25 PM CST
Where: Comal County, New Braunfels
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 29.700, -98.133

Thunderstorm Wind, De Witt

When: May 29, 2:25 PM CST
Where: De Witt County, 1 mi NW of Nordheim
Property damage: $80,000
Crop damage: $30,000
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 28.933, -97.617

Severe thunderstorm winds blew the roof off a barn and knocked down trees on a farm just northwest of Nordheim.

Hail, De Witt

When: May 29, 2:30 PM CST to 2:35 PM CST
Where: De Witt County, 1 mi NW of Nordheim
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 28.933, -97.617

Hail, Karnes

When: May 29, 2:35 PM CST to 2:45 PM CST
Where: Karnes County, Kenedy
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 28.817, -97.850

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5294059, 5294060, 5294061, 5294062, 5294063, 5294064, 5294065, 5294066, 5294067.