Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 12, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 12, 2001
Start: 2001-03-12T02:38
End: 2001-03-12T02:45
Location: Texas

March 12, 2001 · NWS SHV · 2 events in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $34,000
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 11, 10:01 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 10:01 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1001 PM CST SUN MAR 11 2001

UPPER TROUGH OVER WESTERN OK TO WEST TX TO MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. BEST LIFT TO REMAIN
OVER THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH SECTIONS. HOWEVER AS VORT MAX
OVER SOUTHWEST TX APPROACHES LATER TONIGHT STORMS OVER
CENTRAL TX SHOULD MOVE INTO THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST PORTIONS
OF THE REGION. WET BULB ZERO IS LOW AROUND 9000 FEET. STORMS
HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED SMALL HAIL OVER EAST TX. STORMS SHOULD
INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT OVER THE WEST AS VORT
MAX APPROACHES...ADDED POSSIBLE SEVERE STORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN
TWO THIRDS OF EAST TX. MADE OTHER MINOR CHANGES TO WIND APND
TEMPS. UPDATE ALREADY OUT.

IV

.SHV...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Smith

When: March 12, 2:38 AM CST
Where: Smith County, Tyler
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.350, -95.300

Thunderstorm Wind, Smith

When: March 12, 2:45 AM CST
Where: Smith County, 3 mi N of Tyler
Measured: 68 kt (78 mph)
Property damage: $34,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.400, -95.300

A mobile home was flipped over and numerous trees were reported snapped and pushed over.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, March 2001

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: 5234915, 5234916.