2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 24, 7:50 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE FOR TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 750 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATED UPPER LEVEL LOW/TROUGH WAS WEST OF EL PASO THIS MORNING...MOVING NORTHEAST. DRYLINE EXTENDED FROM AMARILLO TO LUBBOCK...TO JUST WEST OF MIDLAND TO FT STOCKTON. VAD PROFILE AT THE KSJT RADAR WAS IMPRESSIVE WITH SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 60 KTS AT 4000 FT MSL. WHILE NO STORMS WERE IN CWFA AT 9Z...THERE WAS A GROUP OF STORMS DEVELOPING OVER OROGRAPHIC TERRAIN IN THE BIG BEND...AND THESE COULD MOVE INTO CWA...IF THEY CAN SURVIVE ONCE THEY LEAVE THE MOUNTAINS. MOST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT WAS WELL NORTH...EITHER ALONG THE WARM FRONT IN OKLAHOMA OR WHERE SURFACE CONVERGENCE WAS GREATEST ...IN THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS. WILL MONITOR THE STORMS IN THE BIG BEND...BUT BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE IN THE BIG COUNTRY THIS MORNING WHERE THERE IS BETTER SURFACE CONVERGENCE ON THE DRY LINE. WINDS WILL BE MAIN STORY TODAY...AND WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. FWC GUIDANCE HAS 30 KTS AT ABILENE ...28 IN SAN ANGELO. AVIATION GUIDANCE EVEN STRONGER...41 KNOTS IN ABILENE...35 KNOTS IN SAN ANGELO. STRONGLY SUBSIDING AIR BEHIND SYSTEM SHOULD ALLOW WINDS TO AT LEAST REACH 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF CWFA...PARTICULARLY IN THE BIG COUNTRY. WILL PUT 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE IN THE NORTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND NW HILL COUNTRY. TEMPERATURES TODAY SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC. TEMPERATURES AT 9Z WERE IN THE 63 TO 66 DEGREE RANGE. WILL HAVE DOWNSLOPE COMPRESSIONAL HEATING FROM THE WEST WINDS TODAY...THOUGH THIS MAY BE OFFSET BY COOLER AIR ADVECTING FROM NEW MEXICO. WENT JUST A BIT WARMER THAN FWC GUIDANCE ...AT 70 DEGREES. ABI 070/040/065/42 3000 SJT 070/038/068/45 2000 JCT 070/038/070/45 2000 .SJT...WIND ADVISORY ALL ZONES TODAY. 04 ===================================================================== .......UPDATE FOR THE CURRENT 1ST PERIOD FORECAST........ WILL UPDATE THE CURRENT OVERNIGHT PERIOD TO REFLECT THE SOON TO BE ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. ALSO WILL LOWER POPS AREA WIDE AS WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG THE DRY LINE/PACIFIC FRONT IS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME BUSTING THROUGH THE WEAK CAP. 21 ===================================================================== .......UPDATE FOR THE CURRENT 1ST PERIOD FORECAST........ HAVE UPDATED CURRENT PACKAGE TO REMOVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN BIG COUNTY AND TO ADD TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN BIG COUNTRY UNTIL 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...REMOVED THUNDERSTORM WORDING FOR CONCHO VALLEY ZONES. 23
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-251530- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 534 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY...NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY...AND NORTHERN HEARTLAND ALONG THIS FRONT. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS ENCOMPASSES THE AREA NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ROBY TO BALLINGER TO BROWNWOOD. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL END BY MID MORNING AS STABLE AND MUCH DRIER AIR SPREADS INTO WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.. THIS OUTLOOK WILL RESUME SCHEDULED ISSUANCE ON MARCH 15 2001. HOWEVER... THIS OUTLOOK WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED AS NEEDED WHEN THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. 19
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
One man was fatally injured when an apparent downburst flipped his mobile home.
Several homes in Brownwood suffered roof damage when high winds blew through the town. Large tree limbs and power lines were also knocked down.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Brown | 2001-02-24 | 72 | Male | Mobile/Trailer Home | 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, February 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: 5233635, 5233636.