Thunderstorm Wind in HALL, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 19:34:00 to 05-MAY-02 20:10:00 (CST)
Location: BRICE
Magnitude: 80 E
Property damage: 200K
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Strong thunderstorm wind gusts, probably associated with the rear flank downdraft of the tornadic supercell, produced major damage to trees, power poles, power lines, center pivot irrigation systems, and the roofs of homes throughout a 10-mile stretch of Highway 256.  An NWS storm survey team estimated winds associated with this damage to be in the 80 to 100 mph range.

Thunderstorm Wind in HALL, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 20:20:00 to 05-MAY-02 20:20:00 (CST)
Location: MEMPHIS
Magnitude: 71 E
Property damage: 300K
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD

Strong thunderstorm wind gusts overturned four tractor trailers, caused extensive damage to buildings, including the school library, damaged the roofs of at least 50 homes, snapped power poles, and blew down power lines and trees.  Portions of Highway 287 were closed due to this damage.

Hail in PARMER, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 15:48:00 to 05-MAY-02 15:48:00 (CST)
Location: BOVINA
Magnitude: 1.75 
Crop damage: 100K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Parmer County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail.

Hail in COCHRAN, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 17:26:00 to 05-MAY-02 17:26:00 (CST)
Location: WHITEFACE
Magnitude: 1.75 
Crop damage: 100K
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

An off-duty NWS employee reported golfball size hail.

Tornado in SWISHER, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 17:30:00 to 05-MAY-02 17:44:00 (CST)
Location: HAPPY
Tornado F-scale: F2
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

A large tornado developed west of town.  It moved eastward across open country and thus the storm survey team, made up of both NWS personnel and a Texas Tech University wind engineer, could only find damage to power poles and to fence posts.  Based on storm chaser video, the large tornado weakened and finally dissipated just west of Happy.

Hail in CASTRO, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 16:45:00 to 05-MAY-02 16:45:00 (CST)
Location: DIMMITT
Magnitude: 1.75 
Crop damage: 100K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Castro County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail.

Tornado in HALL, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 19:34:00 to 05-MAY-02 19:36:00 (CST)
Location: BRICE
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

An NWS storm survey team identified a narrow tornado track just north of town, in which trees were uprooted and snapped.

Tornado in HALL, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 20:00:00 to 05-MAY-02 20:03:00 (CST)
Location: LESLEY
Tornado F-scale: F1
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: STORM CHASER

A storm chaser reported a tornado north of town.  The tornado snapped and uprooted trees, blew down power lines, and snapped power poles.

Tornado in HALL, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 20:15:00 to 05-MAY-02 20:20:00 (CST)
Location: MEMPHIS
Tornado F-scale: F1
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: STORM CHASER

A storm chaser reported a tornado southwest of town.  The tornado snapped and uprooted trees, blew down power lines, and snapped a number of power poles.

Tornado in HALL, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 20:23:00 to 05-MAY-02 20:31:00 (CST)
Location: MEMPHIS
Tornado F-scale: F1
Property damage: 4K
Reported by: STORM CHASER

A storm chaser followed a tornado from just east of Memphis to about 13 miles west of Loco (in Childress County).  The tornado snapped trees and power poles and downed power lines.

Tornado in CHILDRESS, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 20:31:00 to 05-MAY-02 20:35:00 (CST)
Location: LOCO
Tornado F-scale: F1
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: STORM CHASER

A storm chaser followed a tornado from just east of Memphis (in Hall County) to about 13 miles west of Loco.  The tornado snapped trees and power poles and downed power lines.

Hail in CHILDRESS, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 20:44:00 to 05-MAY-02 20:44:00 (CST)
Location: LOCO
Magnitude: 1.75 
Crop damage: 50K
Reported by: STORM CHASER

A storm chaser reported golfball size hail.

Tornado in SWISHER, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 17:45:00 to 05-MAY-02 17:55:00 (CST)
Location: HAPPY
Tornado F-scale: F2
Property damage: 4M
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Storm chaser video indicated that shortly after the large tornado dissipated, another tornado developed just west of town.  This tornado tore a 150-yard wide path across the southern part of town.  Fifteen homes were destroyed, including at least ten mobile homes, another seventeen received major damage, and eighteen others received minor damage.  The storm survey team estimated wind speeds associated with the damage to be in the 115 to 130 mph range.  Two fatalities occurred in a mobile home on the southeast side of town; the mobile home was rolled about 50 yards and destroyed.  Four injuries also occurred in mobile homes that were in the same area.  The church on the west side of town lost 120 feet of its roof and 30 vehicles, including two tractor trailers, were damaged or destroyed.  Seventy five utility and telephone poles were snapped.  The tornado crossed I-27 and continued to produce significant damage east of town as it struck a home two miles east of Happy on Farm-to-Market Road 1075.  Before crossing into southern Randall County about three miles east of Happy, the tornado produced major damage to a second home on Farm-to-Market Road 1075.

Hail in HOCKLEY, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 17:52:00 to 05-MAY-02 17:52:00 (CST)
Location: WHITHARRAL
Magnitude: 1.75 
Crop damage: 100K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Hockley County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail.

Hail in LAMB, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 18:08:00 to 05-MAY-02 18:15:00 (CST)
Location: FIELDTON
Magnitude: 1.75 
Crop damage: 100K
Reported by: STORM CHASER

A storm chaser reported golfball size hail.

Hail in LAMB, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 17:54:00 to 05-MAY-02 17:58:00 (CST)
Location: LITTLEFIELD
Magnitude: 2.75 
Property damage: 250K
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD

Spotters with the Littlefield FD reported golfball to baseball size hail in town.

Thunderstorm Wind in LAMB, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 17:55:00 to 05-MAY-02 17:55:00 (CST)
Location: LITTLEFIELD MUNI ARP
Magnitude: 62 M
Property damage: 75K
Reported by: METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)

A meteorologist with the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District reported 71mph thunderstorm wind gusts.  These strong outflow winds destroyed a trailer house, damaged the roofs of several homes, downed power lines and snapped power poles within two miles of the airport on Farm-to-Market Road 54.  Some of this damage may have been the result of locally enhanced winds due to a strong gustnado (a brief, shallow eddy not extending to the thunderstorm cloudbase) that developed along the leading edge of the thunderstorm outflow.

Thunderstorm Wind in LAMB, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 17:58:00 to 05-MAY-02 17:58:00 (CST)
Location: LITTLEFIELD
Magnitude: 71 E
Property damage: 10K
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY

Thunderstorm outflow blew the roof off of a house and downed power lines and power poles northwest of town.  This damage may have been the result of a strong gustnado that developed on the leading edge of the outflow.

Tornado in SWISHER, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 17:59:00 to 05-MAY-02 18:02:00 (CST)
Location: HAPPY
Tornado F-scale: F0
Property damage: 2K
Reported by: STORM CHASER

The tornado that went through Happy dissipated over southern Randall County.  Shortly after this dissipation, the same supercell produced another tornado just to the south of the previous tornado's track.  This tornado was reported by a storm chaser.  An NWS storm survey team found snapped power poles and downed power lines on county roads just south of Farm-to-Market Road 1075, consistent with this report.

Tornado in CASTRO, TEXAS
From 05-MAY-02 17:02:00 to 05-MAY-02 17:06:00 (CST)
Location: NAZARETH
Tornado F-scale: F0
Reported by: STORM CHASER

A storm chaser reported a tornado west of Arney.  The tornado remained over open country.