1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 21, 7:45 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 845 PM CDT MON OCT 21 2002 WILL REMOVE EVENING WORDING ON ONGOING FORECAST AND MAKE ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO CURRENT FORECAST. MYRIAD OF PERTURBATIONS SEEN IN THE TROPICAL FLOW ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY HEADING FOR CENTRAL TEXAS. SURFACE BASED BOUNDARY BETWEEN EAGLE PASS AND LAREDO...EAST TO CORPUS CHRISTI...WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST. MOISTURE OVERRUNNING THIS BOUNDARY WILL INCREASE CLOUDINESS OVER WESTERN COUNTIES. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. 06/08/PM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.... CLOUDS ERODING THE TOP OF THE COOL LAYER AS SUNSHINE BREAKS IN SOUTH OF SFC FRONT NEAR A EGP-HDO-VCT LINE. STORMS STILL RAGING N OF H9 BOUNDARY AND AHEAD OF MID LEVEL S/WV MOVING NEWD THRU THE BIG BEND. STORMS ALONG AND N OF FREDERICKSBURG-AUS LINE WILL THREATEN MINIMAL SVR WND AND HAIL THRU EARLY EVENING. THRU THU...SWLY MID-UPPER FLOW WILL CARRY WEAK S/WVS OVER SC TX...WITH RAIN CHANCES VARYING FROM SLGT CHC TO CHC EACH DAY. NEXT COLD FRONT DROPS SWD INTO SC TX LATE THU-EARLY FRI. REST OF PERIOD LOOKS FAIRLY CLOUDY WITH DIMINISHING RAIN CHANCES SAT INTO MON BEHIND COLD FRONT. FCST TONITE...STRONG TSTMS ENDING OVER THE NRN ZONES THIS EVENING. CONTINUED CLOUDY WITH A SLGT CHC OF TSTMS THRU THE NITE. COOL MINS. FCST TUE...CLOUDY MORNING...MOSTLY CLOUDY AFTN WITH LOW CHANCE OF MOSTLY AFTN AND EVENING TSTMS. HIGHS NEAR 80. LOWS NEAR 70. FCST WED AND THU...CLOUDY MORNINGS...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF TSTMS AFTN AND EVENING. WARMER NIGHTTIME MIN TEMPS DUE TO SLY WINDS. FCST FRI...THE FRONT ARRIVES WITH WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS...MOST NUMEROUS AND HEAVY EAST OF I-35. COOLER WITH HIGHS NEAR 60. LOWS IN THE 50S AND 60S. FCST SAT AND SUN...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH DECREASED RAIN CHANCES. REMAINING COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S AND LOWS IN THE 50S. 09/01/PM PRELIMS... AUS EE 063/079 068/082 069 2335 DRT EE 067/082 069/084 069 2224 SAT EE 067/080 071/082 069 2335 .EWX...NONE.
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-220000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 732 AM CDT MON OCT 21 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE... SHOWERS AND GARDEN VARIETY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST...BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN-MOST COUNTIES WHERE ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY WILL BE GREATEST. NO OTHER HAZARDS ARE FORESEEN FROM THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.
TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-220900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1120 PM CDT MON OCT 21 2002 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING... A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING IN RAPIDLY FROM THE WEST WILL CAUSE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM WEST OF DEL RIO TO SOUTH OF EAGLE PASS AND EXTENDED EASTWARD ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TO NEAR AND NORTH OF AUSTIN TO NORTH OF CUERO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PERIODS OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS AT 20 TO 35 MPH... AND OCCASIONAL DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
1228 AM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002
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1205 AM 4 SW AUSTIN TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/22/02 TRAVIS REPORTED BY MEDIAThe Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm downburst struck near Fentress, destroying two mobile home and damaging six others.
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: 5319399.