Thunderstorm Wind, Grimes
- When
- March 12, 3:45 AM CST
- Where
- Grimes County, Anderson
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.483, -95.983
Trees down along County Road 405.
Damaging Winds in Texas, March 12, 2001
6 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $65,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 12, 2:10 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 2:10 AM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 210 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001 SQUALL LINE OVER CENTRAL TEXAS IS MOVING EAST AND WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE NORTHERN HALF OF SE TEXAS. IT APPEARS THAT THE 85H 14 DEGREE ISOTHERM DEFINES THE EDGE OF THE CAP. THIS ISOTHERM IS FORECAST TO DISSECT THE HGX CWA BY 12Z. LAPS DATA DOES SHOW CAPE INCREASING AND LI'S DROPPING. WL PROBABLY HAVE TO ISSUE SEVERAL SETS OF ZONES THIS MORNING FOR CONVECTION. LOOKS LIKE SOME CLEARING THIS AFTERNOON WITH NORTHWEST WINDS. WITH ADDITIONAL SUNSHINE...FEEL TEMPS WILL BE ON THE WARM SIDE. AVN/ETA TIME SECTIONS SHOW ABUNDANT MOISTURE AOA 50H SO EXPECT A CIRRUS SHIELD TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. EXTENDED: MODELS VERY AGGRESSIVE IN BRINGING MOISTURE BACK TO THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 50H LOW TRACKS ACROSS TX WED NIGHT BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN. RAIN SHUTS OFF EARLY THURSDAY. ANOTHER UPPER LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE SW U.S. BY SATURDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN BY SUNDAY. 43/41/48 .KHGX...SEVERE TSTM WATCH NORTHERN/WESTERN ZONES TIL 12Z. PRELIMS... CLL BB 077/049 074/052 067 200 IAH BB 078/053 075/055 068 300 GLS EB J074/057 072/060 068 300
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 2:11 AM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>199-210>212-121200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 211 AM CST MON MAR 12 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A COLUMBUS TO HEMPSTEAD TO CONROE TO LIVINGSTON TILL 6 AM.... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...COLORADO...AUSTIN...WALLER... MONTGOMERY...SAN JACINTO...POLK...WASHINGTON...GRIMES...WALKER... TRINITY...BURLESON...BRAZOS...MADISONVILLE...AND HOUSTON COUNTIES. THE MAJOR CITIES OF BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION...CROCKETT... GROVETON...LIVINGSTON...CONROE...COLUMBUS...BELLVILLE...AND HUNTSVILLE ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA BRINGING THE THREAT STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AND POSSIBLY ISOLATED TORNADOES. THIS LINE SHOULD REACH THE WESTERN AREAS IN THE WATCH AROUND 3 AM FOLLOWED BY A TRINITY TO CONROE TO COLUMBUS LINE AROUND 5 AM. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. IF OUTSIDE...MOVE TO SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR ACTIVATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER THROUGH OUT THE NIGHT FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Grimes
- When
- March 12, 3:46 AM CST
- Where
- Grimes County, Iola
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.767, -96.083
Trees down along FM 1696.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- March 12, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, 3 mi S of Montgomery
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.333, -95.683
Trees down at FM 149 and Spring Branch Road and at FM 149 and Karen Switch Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Walker
- When
- March 12, 4:35 AM CST
- Where
- Walker County, New Waverly
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.533, -95.500
Trees down at FM 1791 near Highway 30.
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- March 12, 5:05 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Conroe
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.317, -95.450
Trees down on River Plantation Road near I-45.
Thunderstorm Wind, San Jacinto
- When
- March 12, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- San Jacinto County, Pointblank
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.750, -95.233
Trees down between Point Blank and Coldspring.
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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 12, 2001
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- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 12, 2001
- Tornado in Georgia, March 12, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 12, 2001
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- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 12, 2001
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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: 5238596, 5238597, 5238598, 5238599, 5238601, 5238600.