Severe thunderstorms containing large hail and damaging winds along with an isolated tornado struck the northern...central and eastern Texas panhandle during the evening hours.  The tornado caused damage but there were no injuries or fatalities that occurred.

Hail in HUTCHINSON, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 19:01:00 to 16-MAY-02 19:01:00 (CST)
Location: STINNETT
Magnitude: 2.50 
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Hail in HANSFORD, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 19:20:00 to 16-MAY-02 19:20:00 (CST)
Location: GRUVER
Magnitude: 2.00 
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Hail in ROBERTS, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 19:45:00 to 16-MAY-02 19:50:00 (CST)
Location: MIAMI
Magnitude: 2.50 
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC

Hail in HEMPHILL, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 19:47:00 to 16-MAY-02 19:47:00 (CST)
Location: MENDOTA
Magnitude: 1.75 
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in SHERMAN, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 20:45:00 to 16-MAY-02 20:45:00 (CST)
Location: TEXHOMA
Magnitude: 1.75 
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in SHERMAN, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 17:02:00 to 16-MAY-02 17:02:00 (CST)
Location: STRATFORD
Magnitude: 0.88 
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA

Hail in ROBERTS, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 20:53:00 to 16-MAY-02 20:53:00 (CST)
Location: MIAMI
Magnitude: 4.50 
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in WHEELER, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 22:48:00 to 16-MAY-02 22:48:00 (CST)
Location: WHEELER
Magnitude: 0.75 
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Thunderstorm Wind in WHEELER, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 23:20:00 to 16-MAY-02 23:20:00 (CST)
Location: ALLISON
Magnitude: 61 E
Property damage: 12K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Numerous trees and powerlines were reported down along with three barns blown over.

Thunderstorm Wind in HEMPHILL, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 21:10:00 to 16-MAY-02 21:10:00 (CST)
Location: CANADIAN
Magnitude: 61 E
Property damage: 8K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Numerous trees and powerlines were reported down.

Hail in HEMPHILL, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 20:29:00 to 16-MAY-02 20:29:00 (CST)
Location: CANADIAN
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Hail in ROBERTS, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 21:00:00 to 16-MAY-02 21:00:00 (CST)
Location: MIAMI
Magnitude: 1.75 
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Thunderstorm Wind in HEMPHILL, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 21:30:00 to 16-MAY-02 21:30:00 (CST)
Location: CANADIAN
Magnitude: 61 E
Property damage: 8K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Numerous trees and powerlines were reported down.

Hail in MOORE, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 18:20:00 to 16-MAY-02 18:20:00 (CST)
Location: SUNRAY
Magnitude: 1.75 
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD

Hail in HUTCHINSON, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 18:30:00 to 16-MAY-02 18:30:00 (CST)
Location: BORGER
Magnitude: 0.88 
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Tornado in HUTCHINSON, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 19:50:00 to 16-MAY-02 19:55:00 (CST)
Location: BORGER
Tornado F-scale: F1
Property damage: 35K
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

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.

Hail in SHERMAN, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 17:19:00 to 16-MAY-02 17:19:00 (CST)
Location: STRATFORD
Magnitude: 0.75 
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in MOORE, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 17:31:00 to 16-MAY-02 17:31:00 (CST)
Location: CACTUS
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Hail in MOORE, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 17:32:00 to 16-MAY-02 17:32:00 (CST)
Location: CACTUS
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA

Thunderstorm Wind in HEMPHILL, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 18:15:00 to 16-MAY-02 18:15:00 (CST)
Location: CANADIAN
Magnitude: 61 E
Property damage: 45K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

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. Highway 83 about two hundred yards and to the west of the highway.  A couple of fairly large trees on the west side of the highway were blown down.

Hail in HANSFORD, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 18:44:00 to 16-MAY-02 18:44:00 (CST)
Location: GRUVER
Magnitude: 0.75 
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Hail in HUTCHINSON, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 18:35:00 to 16-MAY-02 18:35:00 (CST)
Location: BORGER
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Hail in HUTCHINSON, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 18:43:00 to 16-MAY-02 18:43:00 (CST)
Location: BORGER
Magnitude: 1.75 
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Hail in WHEELER, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 22:30:00 to 16-MAY-02 22:30:00 (CST)
Location: KELTON
Magnitude: 1.75 
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Thunderstorm Wind in ROBERTS, TEXAS
From 16-MAY-02 20:15:00 to 16-MAY-02 20:15:00 (CST)
Location: MIAMI
Magnitude: 61 E
Property damage: 8K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Numerous trees and powerlines were reported down along U.S. Highway 60 northeast of Miami.