Texas, 2001

Hail in Texas, February 15, 2001

February 15, 2001 · NWS EWX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 15, 9:10 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 9:10 PM CST, 20 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
910 PM CST THU FEB 15 2001

SELS HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 20 FOR A GOOD PORTION OF
CWA VALID UNTIL 2 AM CST.  SINCE ZONES ALREADY MENTION THUNDERSTORMS
WITH SOME LOCALLY SEVERE IN THE BODY MOST LIKELY WONT UPDATE ATTM.

ONE HEFTY CALL HAS MADE ITS WAY ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE AND ACROSS VAL
VERDE COUNTY INTO EDWARDS COUNTY DURING THE PAST HOUR.  NO REPORTS
OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS STORM AS OF YET BUT RADAR DISPLAYS HAD
GOOD DBZ AND VIL LEVELS WITH THE CELL PLUS A TVS ALARM.  FIRST WENT
WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY AS IT MOVED
ACROSS THE RIVER THEN UPGRADED TO TORNADO WARNING WHEN THE CELL
STARTED INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND BECAME A RIGHT MOVER.  THEN THE
TVS ALARMED.  STILL MORE ACTIVITY SOUTHWEST OF THIS INITIAL
DEVELOPMENT SO LOOKS LIKE THE REST OF THIS EVENING AND EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING WILL BE ACTIVE ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY INTO
CENTRAL TEXAS.

GOT OUR FIRST LOOK AT SCAN IN THE NEW AWIPS LOAD.  SEEMS TO BE
WORKING OKAY.

.EWX...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Edwards

When
February 15, 9:30 PM CST to 9:45 PM CST
Where
Edwards County, Rocks Spgs
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
30.017, -100.217

Hail, Edwards

When
February 15, 10:30 PM CST to 10:40 PM CST
Where
Edwards County, Rocks Spgs
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
30.017, -100.217

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5231107, 5231108.