Texas, 2001

Hail in Texas, March 11 to 12, 2001

March 11 to 12, 2001 · NWS EWX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

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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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 11, 9:45 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 9:45 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
945 PM CST SUN MAR 11 2001

UPDATED ZONE FORECASTS TO INCLUDE THUNDER IN THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND
HILL COUNTRY FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT.  SPC SUGGESTS A WATCH MAY BE
IN ORDER SHORTLY IF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND SLIP
SOUTHEASTWARD INTO NORTHWEST COUNTIES.  ALSO MENTIONED SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE AUSTIN AND SAN ANTONIO AREAS AS WELL.

.EWX...NONE.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Real

When
March 11, 11:14 PM CST to 11:20 PM CST
Where
Real County, 15 mi W of Leakey
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
29.733, -100.000

Hail, Real

When
March 12, 1:00 AM CST to 1:10 AM CST
Where
Real County, 10 mi W of Leakey
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
29.733, -99.917

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.

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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: 5233915, 5233916.