1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 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 6, 5:07 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 607 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2001 UPPER LOW EVIDENT OVER N TX IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WITH SCATTERED TSRA FROM TEMPLE TO MCKINNEY. WILL START WITH TEMPO FOR TSRA AT ACT GIVEN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF ACTIVITY. OTHERWISE...EXPECT INCREASE IN MOISTURE/CLOUDS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW WITH CONTD EASTERLY FLOW. LOW AREAL POPS TOMORROW ARE WARRANTED BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON INCLUDING IN TAFS FOR NOW. .06. UPDATE... WINDS IN 4 PM PACKAGE ARE WRONG...CORRECTED VERSION IN THE WORKS. 75 ===================================== 323 PM PUBLIC DISCUSSION... INDIRECT RESPONSE TO REMNANTS OF TS BARRY WILL AID IN THE INCREASE OF MORE TROPICAL MOISTURE AND COOLER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES FOR STEEPER LAPSE RATES. THUS SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION WILL BE CONFINED TO MAINLY THE NORTHEAST. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS EXPECTED EXCEPT IN THE WEST WHERE MOISTURE WILL REMAIN LIMITED. THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK WITH LITTLE DIURNAL CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES. DFW 76/98/76/97 0122 ACT 75/98/75/98 1222 .FWD...NONE. ..48..
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Metal roofing was blown onto a transmitter, resulting in a power failure for several hours. The roofing was blown down by high thunderstorm winds.
A man was struck by lightning and died the morning of the 7th.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Tarrant | 2001-08-07 | 18 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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: 5265256, 5265255.