Hail in Texas, March 23, 2001

Name: Hail in Texas, March 23, 2001
Start: 2001-03-23T23:49
End: 2001-03-23T23:55
Location: Texas

March 23, 2001 · NWS OUN · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 23, 10:10 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 10:10 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1010 PM CST FRI MAR 23 2001

RUNNING A BIT LATE WITH THE AFD THIS EVENING DUE TO ONGOING SVR WX.
BEST INSTABILITIES REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS FAR SRN OK/N TEX THIS
EVENING WITH MUCAPE AOA 1000 J/KG.  INCREASING LLJ AND WAA DURING
THE OVERNITE HOURS MAY RESULT IN SOME REDEVELOPMENT..AND A FEW SVR
STORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE SRN ZONES
FOR MUCH OF THE NITE.  MEANWHILE..STRONG COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO
MOVE RAPIDLY SWD ACROSS KS AND IS NOW ENTERING NW OK PER LATEST MAY
RANCH MESONET OB.  LATEST OBJECTIVE ANAL FIELDS FROM MSAS/RUC
INDICATE THAT THE LOW LEVEL CAA IS VERY STRONG..AND TEMPS WILL DR(OP
QUICKLY AS THE FRONT SURGES SWD.  COMPLETE ZONE UPDATE PACKAGE WAS
ISSUED EARLIER TO BUMP TEMPS DOWN AND INCREASE WINDS WITH FRONT
OVERNITE..IN LINE WITH LATEST TRENDS.
 MILLER

.OUN...
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 23, 6:30 PM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes before

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-240300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
630 PM CST FRI MAR 23 2001

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE ROUGHLY FROM
MANGUM... TO PAULS VALLEY... TO HOLDENVILLE.  THE PRIMARY THREAT
WILL BE LARGE HAIL. A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...
SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS
THIS EVENING WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY
THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL.

OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN FAR WESTERN TEXAS
AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS FAR WEST TEXAS THIS
EVENING.  IF THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS...
THEY COULD AFFECT PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS BEGINNING LATE THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. AGAIN... LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT... AND A FEW DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.  THE MAIN UNCERTAINTY IS WHETHER THE STORMS MOVING
EASTWARD FROM WEST TEXAS WILL MAINTAIN THEIR INTENSITY INTO THE
NIGHT.

IN ADDITION... A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD THROUGH
KANSAS THIS EVENING WILL ENTER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND
WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS MOST OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS BY SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING.  MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES
AND GUSTY NORTH EAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH CAN BEL EXPECTED AFTER
THE FRONT PASSES.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS ACROSS SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE EVENING AND INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

 MILLER

Local storm report, Mar 23, 7:24 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
724 PM CST FRI MAR 23 2001

TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0724 PM    4 &W DAVIS                 OK   .88 INCH HAIL
03/23/01   MURRAY                         PUBLIC REPORT

KT

Local storm report, Mar 23, 7:49 PM CST, 4 hours before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
749 PM CST FRI MAR 23 2001

TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0738 PM    2 N GRAHAM                OK   .75 INCH HAIL
03/23/01   CARTER                         HAIL COVERING GROUND
                                          PUBLIC REPORT

KT

Local storm report, Mar 23, 9:08 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
908 PM CST FRI MAR 23 2001

TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0835 PM    5 S HEALDTON              OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/23/01   CARTER                         REPORTED BY EOC

KT

Local storm report, Mar 23, 9:26 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
926 PM CST FRI MAR 23 2001

TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0925 PM    5 E STRINGTOWN            OK   .75 INCH HAIL
03/23/01   ATOKA                          PUBLIC REPORT

KT

Local storm report, Mar 23, 10:36 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
1036 PM CST FRI MAR 23 2001

TIME (CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1005 PM    FITTSTOWN                 OK   1.00 INCH HAIL
03/23/01   PONTOTOC                       REPORTED BY COUNTY EM

KT

The radar

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Knox

When: March 23, 11:49 PM CST
Where: Knox County, 4 mi W of Knox City
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.417, -99.867

Hail, Knox

When: March 23, 11:55 PM CST
Where: Knox County, 3 mi E of Vera
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.633, -99.517

What these are

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

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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: 5230711, 5230712.