October 15-16 Episode NarrativeScattered showers and thunderstorms moved across North Texas, with some reports of heavy rain and a lot of lightning. Most storms remained below severe limits, but once cell in Mclennan county did become severe.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
October 15-16 Episode NarrativeScattered showers and thunderstorms moved across North Texas, with some reports of heavy rain and a lot of lightning. Most storms remained below severe limits, but once cell in Mclennan county did become severe.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A boy was in critical condition after being struck by lightning in the parking lot of the Texas Motor Speedway.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 2000
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5160233, 5160234, 5160235.