Storm reports for May 16, 2002

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On May 16, 2002, 84 hail, 41 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Texas County, OK.

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 (84)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $998,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (129 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Bexar County, TX (near San Antonio) · Thunderstorm wind · $400,000
  “Severe thunderstorm winds damaged 16 cars and knocked over fences in the northwest part of San Antonio, near I-10 and Callaghan Road. The area of damage was very limited in extent, covering only about a square mile.”
• Roger Mills County, OK (near North Portion) · Thunderstorm wind · $250,000
  “Sporadic areas of significant straight-line wind damage accompanied a line of severe thunderstorms that moved through northern Roger Mills County between 2150-2300 CST. Approximately six miles northwest of Reydon, a barn was destroyed, and a house sustained broken windows.”
• Gonzales County, TX (near Cost) · Thunderstorm wind · $150,000
  “Severe thunderstorm winds blew roofs off buildings just south of Cost.”
• Bexar County, TX (near San Antonio) · Thunderstorm wind · $50,000
  “Severe thunderstorm winds damaged property of the Animal Defense League on Wurzbach Parkway in northeast San Antonio. Fences were knocked down and roofs were taken off buildings.”
• Hemphill County, TX (near Canadian) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $45,000
  “Barns were destroyed by the high winds and a cattle trailer was blown over. Also...part of an abandoned home had been destroyed along with some metal pipes and horse trough-type things had been twisted and scattered. One had been blown up U.S.”
• Hutchinson County, TX (near Borger) · Tornado F1 · $35,000
  “A damage assessment was made on this tornado. A mobile home was completely destroyed and a pickup truck was heavily damaged. Fences and power poles were damaged within a radius of about fifty yards from the home site. Damage to trees was confined to those near the home site.”

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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