Texas, 2001

Hail in Texas, February 27, 2001

February 27, 2001 · NWS SHV · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 27, 3:20 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 3:20 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
320 AM CST TUE FEB 27 2001

WET...WET AND MORE WET STUFF TO COME...WITH A WARM FRONT SCHEDULED
TO PUSH NORTHWARD TODAY...ALONG WITH A COLD FRONT TO THE NW OF CWFA
AS WELL. ALL AREAS OF REGION ALREADY WITH A SATURATED GROUND AND
EXPECTED TO GET ANOTHER ROUND TODAY...SO WILL PUT ENTIRE REGION
UNDER A WATCH FOR TODAY. RAIN IS GOING TO STICK AROUND IN THE
FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD AND INTO EXTENDED. FRONT WILL BE SLOW TO
PUSH THROUGH THE REGION...THUS AGGRAVATING AN ALREADY TROUBLESOME
SITUATION WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING. WILL SEE MORE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH PLENTY OF LIFT AVAILABLE. WILL GO WITH AN
AVN/NGM MOS BLEND FOR TEMPERATURES.

20

PRELIMS...

SHV 067/050 054/043 054 +977
MLU 065/051 055/044 058 +977
TXK 059/046 050/038 052 ++77
TYR 064/050 054/040 056 +967
LFK 071/057 063/046 061 8766

.SHV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH 8FOR TODAY FOR ALL ZONES.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 27, 4:27 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
427 AM CST TUE FEB 27 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0415 AM    MINEOLA                   TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
02/27/01   WOOD                           REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:47 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Harrison

When
February 27, 5:45 AM CST
Where
Harrison County, Harleton
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
32.667, -94.567

Hail, Marion

When
February 27, 5:58 AM CST
Where
Marion County, 10 mi W of Jefferson
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
32.750, -94.517

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: 5230762, 5230763.