Texas, 2002

Hail in Texas, May 9, 2002

May 9, 2002 · NWS EWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 9, 7:15 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 7:15 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
815 PM CDT THU MAY 9TH 2002

SYNOPSIS...HIGHLY VOLATILE ATMOSPHERE IS IN PLACE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE COUNTY WARNING AREA.LATEST SOUNDING OUT OF DEL RIO SHOWS A
DEFINITIVE VEERING WIND TO 700 MB, TRAPPING DEEP MOISTURE IN THE
LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. IT APPEARS DEL RIO HAS REACHED
CONVECTIVE TEMP OF 94, HENCE, STORM DEVELOPMENT. CURRENT
INFRARED/WATER VAPOR ANALYSIS PINPOINTS A STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED
FROM PANDALE EAST TO BURNET AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN. THIS
SURFACE FRONT IS CREATING A BATTLE ZONE BETWEEN WARM MOIST AIR TO
THE SOUTH AND COOL DRY AIR TO THE NORTH. AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE
CONTINUES ITS PROGRESSION OFF TO THE EAST. THE COMBINATION OF
VORTICITY ADVECTION ALOFT AND ISENTROPIC LIFT AT THE SURFACE WILL
TOUCH OFF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL
REACH SEVERE CRITERIA. CURRENT RADAR SHOWS ACTION FIRING AHEAD OF
THE SHORTWAVE OVER VAL VERDE AND EDWARDS COUNTIES MOVING OFF TO THE
EAST.  CURRENT OVERLAY OF CONVECTIVE ENERGY/CONVECTIVE INHIBITION
SHOWS MOST UNSTABLE THREAT TO BE ACROSS DEL RIO, EAGLE PASS, HILL
COUNTRY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INTO TONIGHT. WITH
THERMAL HEATING WINDING DOWN, WELL LIGHTEN POPS SLIGHTLY FOR THE
OVERNIGHT...BUT KEEP IN POSSIBLY SEVERE FOR SURE.

23/02/06

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 9, 8:25 PM CST, 0 minutes before
TXZ171-183>189-100700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
925 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2002

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TIL 2 AM CDT...

THE WATCH COVERS THE FOLLOWING 11 COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...INCLUDING THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY...

BANDERA         EDWARDS         GILLESPIE       KENDALL
KERR            KIMBLE          LLANO           MASON
MENARD          REAL            VAL VERDE

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING...INTERACTING WITH A STATIONARY COLD FRONT LYING OVER THE
NORTHERN FRINGES OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND A THERMAL LOW NEAR DEL RIO.

THE DISTURBANCE AND ITS INTERACTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...DURING THE REMAINDER
OF THE EVENING...WEAKENING EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AS THERMAL
PROCESSES SUBSIDE.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Val Verde

When
May 9, 8:25 PM CST to 8:45 PM CST
Where
Val Verde County, 2 mi N of Comstock
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
29.717, -101.167

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5293955.