Storm reports for May 24, 2002

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On May 24, 2002, 119 hail, 12 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Knox 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 (119)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $15.3 million in property damage and $470,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (138 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Runnels County, TX (near Winters) · Thunderstorm wind · $15 million
  “Very high thunderstorm winds along with baseball size hail produced widespread damage across the town of Winters. Numerous windows were broken out by the wind and hail. Numerous trees were also reported blown down by the high winds.”
• Childress County, TX (near Childress) · Hail 1.75″ · $100,000
  “A storm chaser reported golfball size hail.”
• Childress County, TX (near Childress) · Hail 1.75″ · $100,000
  “The Childress PD reported quarter to golfball size hail.”
• Runnels County, TX (near Ballinger) · Thunderstorm wind · $90,000
  “Strong thunderstorm winds blew a tree onto a truck. A few outbuildings were also destroyed.”
• Nolan County, TX (near Sweetwater) · Hail 2.75″ · $30,000
  “Several motorists on Interstate 20 east of Sweetwater encountered baseball size hail that produced damage to their vehicles.”
• Taylor County, TX (near Merkel) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “High thunderstorm winds destroyed a 20 by 40 foot outbuilding.”

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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