8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 8, 1:56 PM CST, 7 hours 49 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 156 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001 DAMAGING WIND/LARGE HAIL EVENT EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. SEE SJT THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK OR SPSSJT FOR DETAILS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY IN THE PAST 24 HRS. SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE NOW AROUND 60 F WITH 850 MB DEWPOINTS NEAR 10 C. INFLUX OF MOISTURE CONTRIBUTING TO CAPES OF 800-1600 J/KG...IN SPITE OF A DENSE CIRRUS CANOPY. WITH UNSEASONABLY HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES...RAINFALL COULD EXCEED ONE INCH LOCALLY TONIGHT. PER THE 12Z MESOETA...DRYLINE/PACIFIC COLD FRONT TO REACH SJT AND ABI AROUND 9 PM...THEN EXIT OUR EASTERN COUNTIES BY 2AM. WE/LL HIGHLIGHT SEVERE THREAT IN THE 4 PM PACKAGE. NOT ENOUGH ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE DEGREE OF LIFT. MESOETA 700 MB OMEGA FIELDS TELL THE STORY HERE. NUFF SAID. ON FRIDAY...SOME WRAP AROUND CLOUDINESS FORESEEN ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY. OTHERWISE...MUCH COOLER AS COLD AIR ADVECTION DOMINATE IN LOW LEVELS. NORTH WINDS TO PUT A CHILL IN THE AIR. COLD FRIDAY NIGHT AS BOUNDARY LAYER DECOUPLES. STILL RATHER COOL ON SATURDAY AS MODIFIED ARCTIC AIRMASS SLOW TO ERODE. IN THE EXTENDED...ZONAL FLOW TO RESULT IN MILD CONDITIONS SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ABI 042/052/026/049 7000 SJT 045/057/025/053 6000 JCT 048/062/029/056 8000 .SJT...LAKE CAUTION. 17
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds during a thunderstorm ripped large tree limbs off area trees.
Large tree limbs downed by high winds during a thunderstorm.
Large tree limbs ripped off trees.
Local TV station measured winds to 63 mph.
Winds estimated at 60 mph in Albany.
Winds estimated at 60 mph.
Winds estimated at 60 mph downed tree limbs in the southeast section of Callahan County.
Winds estimated at 60 mph.
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: 5235353, 5235354, 5235355, 5235356, 5235357, 5235358, 5235359, 5235360, 5235361.