1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 14, 1:55 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 255 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 SHORT TERM...THE HEAT CONTINUES TODAY. EVEN THOUGH THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE INCREASED IN THE LOWER LEVELS...NOT MUCH CLOUD COVER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AS A STRONG CAP IS KEEPING A LID ON ANY CLOUDS FROM DEVELOPING. MAY STILL REACH CONVECTIVE TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON WITH VERY MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. ALSO...STRONG DIRECTIONAL SHEAR IN THE LOWER LEVELS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES. NO SVR WX RISK FOR THE VALLEY PER SPC DISCUSSION...BUT EXPLOSIVE CONVECTION ALONG DRYLINE OVER WEST TX MAY REACH THE VALLEY LATE TONIGHT ESPECIALLY WESTERN PORTIONS. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE OF POPS TONIGHT INTO THE MORNING AS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MAY BE FOCUS FOR CONVERGENCE. 850MB JET TONIGHT OVER EASTERN PORTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LOW LEVEL ROTATIONAL SHEAR...BUT STRONG UPPER JET DYNAMICS TOO FAR TO THE NORTH. ZONAL FLOW DEVELOPS QUICKLY AS UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LIFTS NORTHEAST. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND TEXAS SATURDAY...WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE DRYING OUT. WILL LIKELY REACH NEAR RECORD HIGHS SATURDAY WITH LESS CLOUD COVER. LIGHTER SURFACE WINDS SATURDAY MAY ALLOW SEABREEZE TO DEVELOP WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS. OTHERWISE...NO RELIEF FROM THE HEAT THIS WEEKEND. EXTENDED...ZONAL FLOW CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHWEST U.S. BUILDS EASTWARD OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MONDAY. 12Z AVN INDICATING 700MB LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO MONDAY...WILL MONITOR TO SEE IF IT DEVELOPS. OTHERWISE...ONLY RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WILL BE SEABREEZE CONVECTION...MAINLY OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. MARINE...8 FOOT WAVES OFFSHORE WARRANT CONTINUANCE OF SCA. WINDS SE 12 TO 16 WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 20 OFFSHORE. KPIL REPORTING NEAR 20 KNOTS SO SCA FOR THE BAYS TO CONTINUE AS WELL. PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TO RELAX SOMEWHAT FRIDAY. WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SE WINDS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THE EXTENDED BUT THAT DEPENDS ON ANY DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHEAST GULF MONDAY WHICH COULD INFLUENCE THE OFFSHORE WATERS LATE TUESDAY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BRO BU 081/097 080/098 079 12010 HRL BU 080/099 079/100 078 12010 MFE BU 081/101 080/102 079 12000 RGC BU 080/106 079/107 078 12000 SPI BU 082/090 081/090 080 12010 PUBLIC-SYNOPTIC...CASTILLO.61 AVIATION-MARINE...PHILO.58 MESO...MARTINEZ INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO .BRO...SCA FOR GMZ 130-150-155-170-175 n
TXZ248-249-252-150005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 542 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN HAVE DEVELOPED OVER ZAPATA COUNTY THIS EARLY EVENING... AT 5:40 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY WITH SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF ZAPATA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF ZAPATA AND ESCOBAR ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 16. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO LINGER THROUGH THE REMNANT DAYLIGHT HOURS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY IGNITE OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF JIM HOGG AND STARR COUNTIES AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF INTENSE DAYTIME HEATING...AN UPPER DISTURBANCE AND THE LATE ARRIVING SEABREEZE. STAY TUNED TON LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO CORDERO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A 58 mph wind gust was estimated by a rancher at Ramireno Ranch near Zapata.
Nickel size hail was reported by the Zapata County Emergency Manager while driving south on U.S. Highway 83 in northern Zapata County.
The Zapata County Sheriff reported that U.S. Highway 83 was flooded from the city of Zapata to San Ygnacio, and along State Highway 16 from the city of Zapata to Bustamante.
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, June 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: 5256127, 5256128, 5256129.