Damaging Winds in Texas, August 16, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in Texas, August 16, 2001
Start: 2001-08-16T17:30
End: 2001-08-16T17:45
Location: Texas

August 16, 2001 · NWS FWD · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 16, 5:05 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 5:05 PM CST, 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATI0N
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
605 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2001

MID LEVEL CLOUDS HELD TEMPERATURES DOWN...PREVENTING ANY CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE DFW AREA THIS EVENING.  ABOUT THE BEST WE
CAN HOPE FOR IS A FEW SPRINKLES FROM THE MID LEVELS.  OTHERWISE...
WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT SUNSET AND SLOWLY SWING TO
THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT...WITH SPEEDS REMAINING BELOW 10 KTS.  59

COMPLEX SURFACE PATTERN AND WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER IS MAKING IT
SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT FAVORED AREAS FOR THUNDERSTORMS
TONIGHT. ONLY AREA OF PRONOUNCED MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IS OVER
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING. STORM MOTION
WILL BE QUITE SLOW SO THIS ACTIVITY MAY NOT REACH MUCH BEYOND THE
RED RIVER. OTHER AREA WHERE STORMS MAY BE MORE NUMEROUS IS SOUTHEAST
THIRD OF CWA. DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY ON SOUTHERN EDGE OF MID
CLOUD DECK AND POSSIBLE OUTFLOW FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION IS AIDING
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME. THUS WILL HAVE HIGHEST
POPS IN THIS AREA (CHANCE) WITH ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES CENTRAL AND
NORTH WHERE CLOUD COVER AND LACK OF FOCUS WILL MINIMIZE THE THREAT.

ON FRIDAY...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE A BIT FEWER AND FARTHER IN
BETWEEN...MOST NUMEROUS IN THE SOUTH. ONE POTENTIAL WILD CARD IS
THE UPPER LOW NEAR THE BAJA. MODELS DRIFT THIS FEATURE ENEWD AND IF
THIS OCCURS...SOUTHERN AREAS MAY SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY
NIGHT.

THE NEXT SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED IN NWLY FLOW ALOFT AND ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT WILL AFFECT THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY.
THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH LIFT/INSTABILITY FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...
PEAKING IN AREAL COVERAGE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.

ANTICIPATE A SLOW WARMING TREND NEXT COUPLE OF THE DAYS AS CLOUD
COVER SLOWLY DECREASES.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS: DFW 74/94/74/96 2212
                     ACT 76/96/76/98 4321

.FWD...NONE.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 2:26 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-170900-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
326 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2001

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL PRESENT A HAZARD. WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE UP TO 10 MILES FROM
THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Coryell

When: August 16, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Coryell County, Oglesby
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 31.417, -97.517

Trees and signs were blown down by high winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, McLennan

When: August 16, 5:45 PM CST
Where: McLennan County, West
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 31.800, -97.100

A mobile home was destroyed by high winds.

What these are

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, August 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: 5265460, 5265461.