Texas, 2001

Damaging Wind in Texas, June 22, 2001

June 22, 2001 · NWS CRP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • 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
1

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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 2:35 AM CST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:35 AM CST, 35 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
300 AM CDT FRI JUN 22 2001

SHORT TERM...LINE OF STORMS OVER SE TX IS BEGINNING TO ACCELLERATE
WITH APEX OF BOW JUST NE OF CWA. LIGHTNING ACTIVITY HAS DECREASED
SIGNIFICANTLY OVER WESTERN PART OF COMPLEX AND SATELLITE AND RADAR
TRENDS SHOW AN INCREASING STRATIFORM RAIN AREA DEVELOPING.
MSAS/LAPS SHOW BEST LI ALONG COAST AND WESTERN GULF SO WILL HAVE
HIGHEST POPS OVER COASTAL COUNTIES.  MODELS SHOW GOOD S/W DIVING S
THROUGH SE TX THIS MORNING WITH SUBSIDENCE PROGGED IN THE
AFTERNOON.  THIS COMBINED WITH SPEED OF OUTFLOW SUGGESTS MOST OF
ACTIVITY WILL BE IN THE MORNING.  AFTER THIS EPSIODE ...EXPECT
RATHER BENIGN CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
ALOFT.

EXTENDED...UPPER HIGH REMAINS W OF AREA AND 00Z MRF/AVN SUGGESTS
RATHER SHALLOW MOISTURE THROUGH THE MONDAY. AVN PWATS APPROACHING 2
INCHES AS DEEPER MOISTURE APPROACHES FROM YUCATAN LATER IN THE
WEEK.  WILL OPT FOR DRY WEATHER SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH WIDELY
SCATTERED ACTIVITY WENESDAY AND THURSDAY

MARINE...THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS SE TX AND SOUTH-CENTRAL TX WL
BE THE WX STORY FOR TODAY.  THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO TRAVERSE THE
COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING.  BLV THE WINDS BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY WL
BE SUPPORTIVE OF SCA CRITERIA FOR AT LEAST A FEW HOURS.  THUS WL
HOIST FLAGS FOR ALL MARINE ZONES.  WL ISSUE ANOTHER MWS.  WINDS AND
SEAS WL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY THE AFTN.  BLV THE ACTUAL COLD FNT WL
WASH OUT BEFORE REACHING THE COASTAL WATERS.  DRIER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND.  THE NEXT CHC OF RAIN WL COME FROM AN
UPPER LOW NEXT WEEK.

PRELIM NUMS...
CRP BB 089/072 093/074 094 4-0
VCT BB 090/069 092/071 092 3-0
LRD BB 097/074 099/075 100 1-0

AP...72 SYN
MB...80 MESO

.CRP...SCA GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275.

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:10 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun

When
June 22, 3:10 AM CST
Where
Calhoun County, Magnolia Beach
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
28.550, -96.550

Wind damage several fish houses were demolished...and a metal pole penetrated a travel trailer at miller's point.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5248975.