Storm reports for March 19, 2002

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On March 19, 2002, 24 hail, 46 damaging-wind and 15 tornado reports were logged across 1 state. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Uvalde County, TX.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (24)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $26.1 million in property damage, $1.2 million in crop damage and 58 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (85 events in 1 state). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Bexar County, TX (near Somerset) · Tornado F2 · $2 million · 30 injuries
  “Tornado number five, strongest of the six and rated as a minimal F2 tornado on the Fujita Scale, formed about 3.5 miles southwest of the intersection of Loop 1604 and I35. It struck near 720 pm along near Silver Street and Bravo Street and moved toward the north for 1.5 miles.”
• Medina County, TX (near Hondo) · Thunderstorm wind · $200,000 · 15 injuries
  “Across Eastern Medina County, wind damage was widespread, with road signs blown down, trees knocked over, roofs damaged and large limbs were taken out of trees. All the damage was laid out in an west-southwest to east-northeast path.”
• Bexar County, TX (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind · $2 million · 10 injuries
  “High winds, causing spotty damage over the western third of Bexar County, and nearly continuous damage over the eastern two-thirds of the county, caused widespread destruction of trees and limbs. The high winds damaged roofs, propelled hail into homes and cars, and knocked over power poles.”
• Guadalupe County, TX (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind · $500,000 · 2 injuries
  “High winds across the county caused widespread damage to homes, trees and outbuildings. Damage in the south part of the county was more spotty than over the north part. An anemometer at a school weather network in Seguin measured the wind gusts at 59 knots.”
• Uvalde County, TX (near Sabinal) · Hail 4.00″ · $50,000 · 1 injury
  “A boy who had been bow-hunting outdoors was hit by the large hail. He was knocked unconscious, but recovered shortly after being taken to a hospital.”
• Tom Green County, TX (near San Angelo) · Hail 1.75″ · $16 million
  “Hail up to golf ball size pounded the southern half of San Angelo shortly after noon, creating drifts several feet deep in places. Around 3500 homes suffered light to moderate damage, along with around 4000 automobiles. Many trees were stripped of their leaves.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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