Texas, 2001

Damaging Wind in Texas, August 26, 2001

August 26, 2001 · NWS EWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

General 2 inch rainfall over the western part of the county, with isolated areas of over 4 inches just north of Nixon, caused brief but widespread flash flooding over the west half of Gonzales County. Water was reported over several major highways, including Hwy80 and Hwy97.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$70,000
Crop damage
$100,000
Events
1

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 EWX wrote it up.

General 2 inch rainfall over the western part of the county, with isolated areas of over 4 inches just north of Nixon, caused brief but widespread flash flooding over the west half of Gonzales County. Water was reported over several major highways, including Hwy80 and Hwy97.

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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 26, 2:50 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:50 PM CST, 10 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
350 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001

TREND OF RISING POPS THRU MON AND TUE STILL LOOKS LOGICAL AND CHC OF
RAIN MAY CONT WED AND THU.  DATA AVBL AT HAND FM 00Z 25 AUG AND
AGAIN 00Z 26 AUG...ATTEMPTS TO INDICATE LINGERING CHC OF RAIN FOR
FRIDAY...AS WEAK TROF OR WEAKNESS IN SUBTROP HI...THAT EVENTUALLY
EVOLVES FOR LATE AUG 2001...OVR S CNTRL TX STAYS IN LIGHT WIND FIELD
ALOFT.   700 TO 300 MB TROF/LOW TO THE NW OF S CNTRL TX STILL FCST
TO MOVE FURTHER SE THRU MON...ALLOWING A LITTLE MORE UNSTABLE OR
LESS STABLE ENVIRONMENT TO FORM IN LATE AUGUST MARITIME TROPICAL
ENVIRONMENT BELOW 700 MB.  THE 700 TO 300 MB TROF MAY BE MORE OF A
CUTOFF ON THE EXTREME SW PART OF THE LARGER SCALE MID LAT TROF THAT
HAS MOVED ACROSS GREAT LAKES REGION.  BY THE TIME THIS FEATURE AT
700 TO 300 MB ARRIVES OVR S CNTRL TX WEAK TROF IS FCST BY DATA AVBL
AT HAND AS OF THIS WRITING.  AT ANY RATE WL CONT TO SHOW MORE CLOUDS
AND RISING POPS THRU MON.  TUE THRU THU APPEARS TO BE CHC OF RAIN
ALSO...BECAUSE FCSTS CONT TO SHOW RELATIVELY MODERATE TO HIGH
AMPLITUDE RIDGE ALOFT OVR WESTERN U.S. TUE TO THU...WITH MODERATE
AMPLITUDE TROF VCNTY GREAT LAKES TO NEW ENGLAND AREA.  ANOTHER SMALL
SCALE S/W TROF IS FCST TO MOVE TOWARD AREA WED AND THU...THRU THIS
WIND FIELD ALOFT.  BY FRIDAY THE WEAK TROF ALOFT MAY CONT OVR S
CNTRL TX IN THE WEAK WIND FIELD...HOWEVER AFTER FRIDAY OR AS
SOON AS FRI NIGHT...PROGS SHOW MORE ENERGY IN WESTERLIES TO THE
NORTH PULLING WEAK TROF EAST OF S CTNRL TX AND ALLOWING RDG TO THE
WEST TO INCREASE OVR AREA AGAIN.  THIS CONTS TO SIGNAL LOWER POPS
NEXT WEEKEND ON SAT AND SUN.  BY THE FOLLOWING WEEK...AROUND AND
AFTER LABOR DAY...MEDIUM RANGE DATA STILL ATTEMPTS TO FCST
ANOTHER UPPR AIR TROF COMING FM THE N AND NE...PSBLY CAUSING POPS TO
RISE TO NEAR TO ABOVE EARLY SEP NORMALS.

PRELIMS...
AUS 071/091 071/090 5545
DRT 071/092 072/092 5545
SAT 073/092 072/091 5545

.EWX...NONE.

08/09/23

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Uvalde

When
August 26, 3:00 PM CST to 3:20 PM CST
Where
Uvalde County, Countywide
Property damage
$70,000
Crop damage
$100,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
29.350, -99.750

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.

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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: 5260975.