5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 17, 6:55 AM CST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 755 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2001 AREAL COVERAGE INCREASED OVER THE NRN ZONES THIS MORNING AS THE WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. UPDATED PRECIP WORDING TO REFLECT CURRENT TREND. 64 =============================================================== 620 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2001 AVIATION DISCUSSION... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE METROPLEX AIRPORTS THROUGH AT LEAST MID MORNING. THUS WILL KEEP A MENTION OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 16Z. COULD SEE A SHOWER IN THE WACO AREA...BUT EXPECT MOST OF THE CONVECTION TO REMAIN WEST OF THEM THIS MORNING. WILL LIKELY SEE REDEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON... SO WILL MENTION PROB30/40 OF SHOWERS...WITH CB...INDICATING POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AT ALL OF THE AIRPORTS. 58 345 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2001 PUBLIC FORECAST DISCUSSION... 06Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A COUPLE OF BOUNDARIES OVER NORTH TEXAS. ONE BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED NEAR A GAINESVILLE-EMORY LINE WHILE THE OTHER STRETCHED ALONG A BROWNWOOD-BURNET LINE. WARM DEWPOINTS OF 70 TO 76 WERE PRESENT BETWEEN THESE BOUNDARIES...AND INDICATIVE OF THE TROPICAL-LIKE ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. CURRENT HIGH-BASED CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING AS A RESULT OF THIS WARM MOIST AIR...LIFTING OVER A H850 FRONT THAT SETTLED NEAR A COMANCHE-WACO-ATHENS LINE. THE UPPER LEVEL FORCING MECHANISM APPEARED TO BE A WEAK IMPULSE...LOCATED NEAR SAN ANGELO AND LIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST...ACCORDING TO WATER VAPOR SATELLITE. BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN TODAY SHOULD EXIST OVER THE NRN 2/3 AS UPLIFT IMPROVES IN ADVANCE OF THIS SLOW MOVING SYSTEM. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO TAP INTO THIS MOIST ENVIRONMENT ON SATURDAY. MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE INCREASES AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT...INCREASING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WITHIN NEARLY UNCAPPED AIRMASS. FORECASTED WINDS INDICATE UNFAVORABLE SHEAR VALUES AT FIRST. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS IMPROVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS SETTLES WEST TO EAST ACROSS OUR CNTRL/SRN ZONES...AND NORTHWEST FLOW SCENARIO EMERGES. BY MONDAY...WEATHER BEGINS ITS RETURN BACK TO NORMAL AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE SLIDES INTO THE CNTRL U.S. FCSTID = 64 DFW 92 75 96 74 / 60 30 30 30 ACT 95 75 98 74 / 40 30 20 30 .FWD...NONE.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-171800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 500 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2001 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT... WITH THE GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. WHILE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL PRESENT A HAZARD. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:31 UTC.
5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
An Amercian Airlines worker was struck by lightning. He was treated for burns to his hands and face. This occurred at the D/FW Airport.
High thunderstorm winds caused damage to the roofs of a few homes. Trees were blown down onto cars and mobile homes. Other trees and power lines were also blown down.
Occurred in Reno.
A barn was blown into a road near Rockford.
Occurred in Reno.
Measured at the ASOS site in Paris.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2001
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: 5265260, 5265261, 5265262, 5265263, 5265264, 5265265, 5265267, 5265266, 5265268.