Hail, Hays
- When
- October 20, 11:05 PM CST to 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hays County, Kyle
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 29.983, -97.867
Hail in Texas, October 20, 2002
2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 Oct 20, 7:55 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 7:55 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 855 PM CDT SUN OCT 20 2002 UPDATE WILL REFLECT SLIGHT CHANGES MADE TO FORECAST THIS EVENING MAINLY DUE TO CLOUD COVER. 02/06/PM SKIES CLEARING OVER MUCH THE CWA THIS AFTN AS A WEAK RDG PREVAILS AT THE SFC. HOWEVER STRATUS AND FOG WILL QUICKLY REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AS MODELS INDICATING A LOW LEVEL RETURN OF MOISTURE ABV THE SFC RDG ALONG WITH PATCHY LIGHT RAIN/DRZL FM ISENTROPIC LIFT. MONDAY TO REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY AS A SERIES OF S/W RIPPLES MOV ENEWD ACRS NRN MEX INTO TX...DEEPENING THE MOISTURE ACRS S TX AND KEEPING A MODERATE SLY LLJ IN PLACE. THEREFORE EXPECT SCT SHRA/TSRA ACRS MUCH OF THE CWA FOR MON THRU WED WITH A MORE VIGOROUS S/W TO KICK OUT FROM BAJA THURSDAY...PROVIDING INCREASED RAIN CHCS ALONG WITH A COLD FROPA LATE THU/FRI. A S/W RDG WILL PROVIDE BRIEF CLEARING AND COOLER TEMPS LATE FRI/SAT...HOWEVER AN EVEN STRONGER TROF DIGGING DOWN THE CA COAST SATURDAY AND INTO W TX SUN WILL RESULT IN A QUICK RETURN OF MOISTURE AND RAIN CHCS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. GENERALLY LITTLE DAY TO DAY OR DIURNAL TEMPERATURE CHANGES WITH MAINLY 50S-60S FOR MINS AND 70S TO NEAR 80 FOR MAXS. PRELIMS... AUS EE 061/077 064/079 064 2334 DRT EE 060/079 065/080 065 2334 SAT EE 063/077 066/079 066 2334 .EWX...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 20, 5:00 AM CST, 18 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-211200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 600 AM CDT SUN OCT 20 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH...THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACT WITH AMPLE MOISTURE.
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:03 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Travis
- When
- October 20, 11:05 PM CST to 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Travis County, 4 mi SW of Austin
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
- Coordinates
- 30.250, -97.800
Large hail dented roofs and broke windows in mainly the southwest part of Austin. Some home reported holes in their roofs from the hail.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Alabama, October 20, 2002
- Flood and Hail in Texas, October 20, 2002
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Texas, October 20, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, October 20, 2002
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, October 20, 2002
- High Wind in Alaska, October 20 to 21, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, October 20 to 21, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, October 20, 2002
- Hail in Alabama, October 20, 2002
- Flood in Texas, October 20, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, October 20 to 21, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, October 20 to 21, 2002
More
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 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: 5319397, 5319398.