2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 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, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed the roofs of two large apartment complexes in Austin. The damage left 63 residents homeless for several days.
Severe thunderstorm winds caused damage to roofs and sheds in the area around Taylor during the early morning hours.
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, March 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: 5233917, 5233918.