Scattered severe thunderstorms occurred over the eastern portions of West Central Texas. The highest concentration of thunderstorm activity was in the Heartland, where hail up to baseball size occurred.
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The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms occurred over the eastern portions of West Central Texas. The highest concentration of thunderstorm activity was in the Heartland, where hail up to baseball size occurred. There was one injury caused by baseball hail breaking the windshield of the vehicle the individual was driving.
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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 8, 2:10 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 310 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002 DRYLINE WAS ALONG WESTERN BOUNDARY OF CWA THIS AFTERNOON. LINE OF CLOUDS IN VISIBLE IMAGERY SEEMINGLY ALIGNED WITH DRYLINE FROM FT STOCKTON TO CHILDRESS APPEARS TO BE ALTOCUMULUS INSTEAD OF CUMULUS. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ALOFT WERE BRINGING IN DRIER AIR OVER REGION. IN ADDITION SUBSIDENCE CONDITIONS WERE MOVING INTO TO THE REGION BEHIND UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE...AS INDICATED IN THE WATER VAPOR LOOP. RAIN CHANCES QUITE LOW TONIGHT WITH ABOVE CONDITIONS. CAN NOT REALLY RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM HOWEVER. CAPES WILL RANGE FROM ZERO OVER WESTERN HALF TO AROUND 1500 J/KG OVER EXTREME EASTERN SECTIONS. THINKING AT THIS TIME...IS TO HAVE A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF STORMS ONLY IN EASTERN ZONES. COLD FRONT MOVES IN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL BE LIMITED IN SOUTHERN ZONES WITH FRONT COMING IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHWEST HILL COUNTY AND NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU...WHERE FRONT WILL BE LOCATED IN THE AFTERNOON AT TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING. THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY....MOIST AIR RETURNS WITH WARM FRONT... AND WEAK SHORTWAVES...SMALL POPS WARRANTED. SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT AS COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH. SLIGHT CHANCES OF RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY WITH MOISTURE RETURNING FROM GULF. PRELIM CCF... ABI 061/080/058/084/068 --12 SJT 064/086/062/087/068 --22 JCT 066/089/066/087/068 1122 .SJT...NONE. 04
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-082330- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 224 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002 SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED...BUT NOT LIKELY. THE DRYLINE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THIS WILL CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DROP RATHER QUICKLY. THERE IS A VERY SMALL CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ALONG THE DRY LINE LATE IN THE DAY MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES. ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. AREAS WEST OF A THROCKMORTON...COLEMAN...MENARD LINE WILL NOT SEE ANY AFTERNOON RAIN. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE SEE STATEMENTS AND OUTLOOKS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES ACROSS TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...AND NEW MEXICO.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
14 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm dropped hail up to golfball size on Coleman for several minutes. There were reports of broken windows and roof damage.
Amateur radio spotter reported golfball size hail south of Coleman.
State police reported golfball size hail northeast of Coleman.
Golfball size hail reported just north of Lake Brownwood.
A person was injured when the vehicle they were driving was struck by baseball size hail and the windshield was broken. The injuries were from broken glass and hail stones. There was also some roof damage to houses.
The Brady Police Department reported golfball size hail in Brady.
The public reported golfball size hail on the Concho and McCulloch county line.
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: 5294391, 5294392, 5294393, 5294394, 5294395, 5294396, 5294397, 5294398, 5294399, 5294400, 5294401, 5294402, 5294476, 5294477.