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Abilene hail season 2002

26 NWS-recorded hail reports ≥1″ within 25 miles, across 8 storm days, max 2.75". Every one of those reports is a dated, located, citable official record — the context behind this market's 2002 claim volume.

Biggest storm days (2002, final record)

“Baseball size hail moved through the community of Tye causing significant damage to homes and automobiles. Five people were injured by the hail and broken glass.”

— NWS event narrative, June 13, 2002 (NCEI Storm Events)

When it fell

Mar 2 · Apr 5 · May 9 · Jun 7 · Jul 2 · Aug 1

Wind context: the record also holds 8 thunderstorm-wind events ≥50 kt (≈58 mph, the NWS severe criterion) in this radius for 2002 — relevant where the dispute is wind vs hail causation.

Working a Abilene claim from 2002?

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Provenance

Final counts: NCEI Storm Events Database, file vintage c20260527, hail events with recorded magnitude ≥1.00″ and point coordinates within 25 miles of the Abilene anchor. NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure. Spotted an error? Email the address on our terms page and we correct against the source.