Damaging Winds in Texas, September 23, 2002

Name: Damaging Winds in Texas, September 23, 2002
Start: 2002-09-23T11:00
End: 2002-09-23T14:00
Location: Texas

September 23, 2002 · NWS FWD · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $12,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 23, 9:55 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 9:55 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1055 AM CDT MON SEP 23 2002

LATEST IR/VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES CLEAR SKIES ACROSS ALL
OF NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES AND A
DRY LOW-LEVEL AIRMASS WILL ALLOW MOST AREAS TO REACH THEIR CURRENT
FORECASTED HIGH TEMPS TODAY. WILL MAKE SOME MINOR CHANGES IN THE
GRIDS TO INTEGRATE CURRENT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. OTHERWISE
...FIRST PERIOD FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE WITH NO MAJOR CHANGES
PLANNED.

65/DD

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 182 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:56 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lamar

When: September 23, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Lamar County, Roxton
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 33.550, -95.733

Trees were uprooted by high winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Fannin

When: September 23, 11:20 AM CST
Where: Fannin County, Windom
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $6,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 33.567, -96.000

The roof of a house was blown off and 180 pieces of sheetrock were destroyed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas

When: September 23, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Dallas County, Dallas
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 32.767, -96.783

Power lines and power poles were blown down by high winds. One power pole was blown down onto acar and the side of a church in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, September 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: 5320720, 5320719, 5320718.