High Wind, Hardeman
- When
- April 10, 9:00 PM CST to April 11, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hardeman forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 34.290, -99.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 10 to 11, 2001
In addition to the tornado which developed near Wichita Falls, sustained winds of 35 to 45 mph from the southeast with gusts near 60 mph developed across western north Texas during the mid-evening of the 10th and persisted through much of the night.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $165,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS OUN wrote it up.
In addition to the tornado which developed near Wichita Falls, sustained winds of 35 to 45 mph from the southeast with gusts near 60 mph developed across western north Texas during the mid-evening of the 10th and persisted through much of the night.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 10, 7:35 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 7:35 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK 835 PM CDT TUE APR 10 2001 00Z OUN SOUNDING SHOWS CAPPING INVERSION BETWEEN 85H AND 7H BUT WITH STRONG DYNAMICS APPROACHING THE AREA LATER TONIGHT...SURFACE BASED CONVECTION SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. MID LEVEL RETURNS THIS EVENING HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDER ACROSS SOUTHEAST ZONES. STILL MAIN SHOW WILL BE TO OUR WEST TONIGHT. CONVECTION IS BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED SOUTHEAST OF LBB AS WELL AS IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. WOULD IMAGE TORNADO THREAT WILL BE GREATEST NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS BEFORE WIND PROFILE BECOMES MORE LINEAR...WITH SQUALL LINE ALONG PACIFIC FRONT. VISIBLE IMAGES EARLY IN THE SHIFT ALONG WITH SURFACE OBS SUGGEST THAT BLOWING DUST POTENTIAL MAY BE GREATER WITH THIS SYSTEM OUT WEST COMPARED WITH SYSTEM LAST FRIDAY. WITH ZONE UPDATE MAY INCLUDE CHANCE FOR BLOWING DUST LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. LOOKS LIKE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WILL BE BETWEEN 10 PM AND 1 AM ACROSS WESTERN ZONES AND AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS. .OUN... OK...WIND ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT OKZ004>006-009>011-014>017-021>023-033>038-044. TX...WIND ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT TXZ083>090.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 high wind, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Archer
- When
- April 10, 9:00 PM CST to April 11, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Archer forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.615, -98.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Baylor
- When
- April 10, 9:00 PM CST to April 11, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Baylor forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.617, -99.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Foard
- When
- April 10, 9:00 PM CST to April 11, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Foard forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.975, -99.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Knox
- When
- April 10, 9:00 PM CST to April 11, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.606, -99.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wichita
- When
- April 10, 9:00 PM CST to April 11, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wichita forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.988, -98.704 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wilbarger
- When
- April 10, 9:00 PM CST to April 11, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wilbarger forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 34.081, -99.241 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- April 10, 11:44 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, 5 mi SW of Wichita Falls
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.850, -98.567
Straight-line winds blew a carport off a house, which then struck a nearby house, causing a portion of the roof to rip off.
Tornado, Wichita
- When
- April 10, 11:46 PM CST to 11:51 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, 4 mi SSW of Wichita Falls
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.850, -98.533
This tornado developed on the south side of Wichita Falls, a short distance from Lake Wichita. Most of the damage was minor, consisting of downed trees, fences and signs, however near the junction of US Highway 281 and US Highway 287, a machine shop composed of sheet metal sustained significant damage to the walls and frame when the roof was pushed upward, allowing the walls to cave in slightly. Also nearby, about 10 utility poles were snapped near the top with debris falling on fences and other sheet metal buildings. The maximum F-scale rating is F1, however most damage was rated F0.
High Wind, Clay
- When
- April 11, 12:00 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 33.786, -98.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 10 to 11, 2001
- High Wind in Texas, April 10, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 10 to 11, 2001
- Tornado in Missouri, April 10, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, April 10, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 10, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, April 10, 2001
- Hail in Missouri, April 10, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 10, 2001
- Tornado in Illinois, April 10, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, April 10, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2001Warnings in Texas, April 2001
Sources
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: 5235901, 5235902, 5235903, 5235904, 5235905, 5235906, 5235907, 5235900, 5235899, 5235908.