February 9th - Episode NarrativeThunderstorms developed across northern portions of north Texas, generally from the Dallas Fort worth Metroplex northward. The thunderstorms developed ahead of a stalled front.
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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 episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.
February 9th - Episode NarrativeThunderstorms developed across northern portions of north Texas, generally from the Dallas Fort worth Metroplex northward. The thunderstorms developed ahead of a stalled front. Wind damage was the primary hazard with these storms.
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 Feb 8, 9:05 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
905 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001
HAVE UPDATED PACKAGE TO ADJUST TIMING OF FRONT AND TEMPERATURES...
BASED ON CURRENT AND EXPECTED TRENDS. HAVE ALSO MADE SOME
ADJUSTMENTS TO SECOND PERIOD AS PRECIP WILL STAY AROUND LONGER IN
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS BECAUSE OF THE SPEED OF THE FRONT.
ALSO...HAVE TWEAKED THE WORDING A BIT FOR CLARITY. 81
.FTW...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT WEST OF BONHAM..FAIRFIELD...
CENTERVILLE LINE.TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091102- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 951 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001 ...WIND... A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM BONHAM TO CENTERVILLE FOR STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ...THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...A WARM MOIST AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AIR MASS HAS SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY EXTENDS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST TEXAS...FROM NEAR SAN ANGELO TO CHILDRESS. THE LINE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS BETWEEN 1 AM AND 5 AM. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIE/S...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION. ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER 1 AM.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091103- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1006 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001 ...WIND... A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM BONHAM TO CENTERVILLE FOR STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ...THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...A WARM MOIST AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE AIR MASS HAS SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY EXTENDS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST TEXAS...FROM NEAR SAN ANGELO TO CHILDRESS. THE LINE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS BETWEEN 1 AM AND 5 AM. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION. ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER 1 AM.
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:09 UTC.
37 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The roof a church was blown off. Trees were blown down and windows were broken.
Two inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
Trees and power lines were blown down. A mobile home was destroyed, and a barn was heavily damaged.
A trailer was heavily damaged by high thunderstorm winds.
High thunderstorm winds created a damage path 300 feet wide and 1.5 miles long. This occurred at the intersection of Highways 281 and 254. A mobile home was destroyed and several others were damaged.
Extensive tree damage occurred on the north side of Lake Nocona at Prairie Valley.
A large house under construction at the Canyon West Gold Club, just west of Weatherford, was flattened by high winds. There was major damage to an outdoor pavilion at the golf club as well.
The roof of a house was blown off near the downtown area.
Signs, fences and power lines were blown down.
Numerous reports of trees and power lines down. A barn was destroyed.
Strong thunderstorm wind created a damage path 100 feet wide and 3 miles long from Knob Hill Road east to near Eagle Mountain Lake. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down, a tree was blown onto a van, and another tree was blown onto a house.
Wind gusts to 61 mph were recorded at Decatur High School. Numerous reports of trees and power lines blown down, storage buildings damaged, and damage to roofs. A mobile home was blown over just north of town, and south of town an 18 wheeler was blown off highway 287.
A tree was blown down onto a truck.
A mobile home was unroofed and two barns were destroyed.
29 cars of a Burlington Northern train were blown over by high winds.
A metal roof was blown off a business into another building. Trees and power lines were blown down.
A mobile home was unroofed between Krum and Ponder.
Occurred between Bolivar and Krum.
Some mobile homes were unroofed and carports blown down.
Two exterior stucco walls were blown off an apartment complex on the east side of town.
A house was unroofed by high winds just west of town.
Numerous homes reported roof damage.
A 150 foot high grain elevator leg was blown down by high winds
A mobile home was damaged just east of Denton.
A one foot in diameter tree was broken in half by high thunderstorm wind.
High winds blew down seven utility poles, unroofed a business, did heavy roof damage to a church, damaged the roof of a courthouse, blew down fences and trees, and damaged several schools.
Power lines were blown down in Sherman, Tioga, and Howe.
The roof of a medical center was damaged. Two nursing homes were also damaged. The reports came from the north part of town.
A mobile home was unroofed on F.M. 875.
Wind gust measured east of White Rock Lake. Numerous trees and carports were damaged.
A sign pole was blown down.
The outer covering of a water trank was blown away.
A mobile home was blown over. Two persons were injured.
Trees and power lines were blown down all across the county.
Heavy damage was reported in the town square.
The roof of a manufacturing plant was blown off.
A mobile home was blown over, trapping some people. This event occurred in the northern part of the county.
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: 5233368, 5233464, 5233369, 5233370, 5233372, 5233371, 5232158, 5233462, 5233373, 5233461, 5233463, 5232164, 5233472, 5232151, 5233467, 5233469, 5233471, 5232152, 5233474, 5233468, 5232165, 5232167, 5233466, 5233470, 5233475, 5232166, 5233465, 5232153, 5232154, 5233473, 5232155, 5232156, 5232157, 5232160, 5232161, 5232159, 5232162, 5232163.