9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Oct 1, 2:05 PM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 305 PM CDT TUE OCT 1 2002 A MODERATE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAK VORTICITY AXIS FROM THE NEW MEXICO BOOT HEEL NORTHEAST TOWARD THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. WILL THUS CONTINUE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...MAINLY CENTRAL AND WEST. MODELS DIFFER ON HANDLING OF COLD FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AS ETA USUALLY DOES BETTER WITH THESE SYSTEMS WILL TEND TOWARD ITS SOLUTION...THAT IS MOVING THE FRONT INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THEN INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER THE SOUTHERN SOUTH PLAINS BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THEN MOVE NORTH AS THE MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE GREAT BASIN OPENS UP AND MOVES EASTWARD INTO NEW MEXICO BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHES A PACIFIC FRONT/DRY LINE WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY. THUS EXPECT BEST CHANCE FOR POPS WILL BE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS FRONT AND DRY LINE ACT AS FOCUS FOR CONVECTION. EXTENDED:STILL SOME DIFFERENCES IN MEDIUM RANGE MODELS. THE 01/00Z MRF HAS BACKED OFF ON STRONG SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON SUNDAY FROM THE 30/12Z RUN. IT HAS COME BACK MORE IN LINE WITH THE UKMET AND ECMWF WITH A TROF EXTENDING FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO BAJA CALIFORNIA SUNDAY MORNING. NOGAPS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP A CLOSED LOW OVER THE GREAT BASIN BY SUNDAY. WILL CONTINUE DRY FORECAST. FRIONA 59/80/56/77 2353 TULIA 58/80/56/77 2353 LUBBOCK 62/85/60/81 2243 BROWNFIELD 63/86/61/82 2243 CHILDRESS 67/85/64/80 1354 ASPERMONT 68/89/68/86 -144 .LUB...NONE. JV/08
TXZ021>044-020000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1130 AM CDT TUE OCT 1 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE TEXAS SOUTH PLAINS... EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE... CONVECTIVE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PANHANDLE AND NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...THE NORTHERN SOUTH PLAINS AND THE EXTREME NORTHERN LOW ROLLING PLAINS. DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN SOUTH PLAINS...EXTREME SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS. DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE... SOUTH PLAINS AND LOW ROLLING PLAINS WITH WINDY CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. WITH STRONG SURFACE WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS THERE WILL BE A HIGH DANGER FOR GRASS FIRES...THUS ANY OUTDOOR BURNING IS DISCOURAGED ON FRIDAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
KVII-TV in Amarillo relayed a 63 mph thunderstorm wind gust measured by their school net site at the Friona High School.
Large hail damaged mobile homes and cars.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power poles and trees west of town.
Wind-driven large hail damaged numerous homes and automobiles.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous trees and snapped power poles.
Strong thunderstorm wind estimated at 80 mph blew over and destroyed a center pivot irrigation system, destroyed an unoccupied mobile home and a travel trailer, damaged a garage, and blew down a number of trees and power poles.
Wind-driven golfball size hail destroyed more than 1000 acres of cotton.
Wind-driven tennis ball size hail produced significant damage to at least 54 homes and a number of automobiles. At least 2000 acres of cotton were destroyed.
Strong thunderstorm wind blew down power poles and trees.
Golfball size hail broke windows and damaged the roofs of homes.
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, October 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: 5319360, 5319365, 5319368, 5319366, 5319367, 5319370, 5319369, 5319371, 5319372, 5319425, 5319361, 5319362, 5319363, 5319364.