Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- March 24, 12:48 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, Abilene
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -99.733
A local TV station measured winds up to 60 mph.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 24, 2001
Scattered thunderstorms produced dime to nickel size hail and winds measured up to 60 mph across the Big Country during the early morning hours of the 24th. Minor damage was reported in Moran when high winds blew a tree onto a parked car.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 happened
The episode as NWS SJT wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms produced dime to nickel size hail and winds measured up to 60 mph across the Big Country during the early morning hours of the 24th. Minor damage was reported in Moran when high winds blew a tree onto a parked car.
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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 23, 3:08 PM CST, 9 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 3:08 PM CST, 9 hours 40 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 308 PM CST FRI MAR 23 2001 CAPPED ATMSOPHERE IS IN PLACE AT THE CURRENT TIME ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IS TAKING PLACE HOWEVER OVER PORTIONS OF NM AND THE TX PANHANDLE. MEANWHILE 60+ DEWPOINTS ARE SURGING NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN TX. MAIN FOCUS FOR CONVECTION WILL BE ALONG ANY LOWER LEVEL BOUNDARIES OVER ROUGHLY THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAY SEE A FEW WEAK DISTURBANCES WITHIN THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ADD TO THE PRECIPITATION THREAT BUT TIMING AND LOCATION OF THESE FEATURES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO PIN POINT. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS REVEALS AN INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM NEAR DRT TO SPS. FURTHER NORTH...A COLD FRONT WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES BEHIND IT IS BEGINNING TO PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO KANSAS. THIS COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHWARD AND PUSH ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY. AS A LLJ BEGINS TO BRING DEEPER MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...THESE TWO BOUNDARIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THE NET RESULT WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT...CLOUDINESS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE BUT THE BETTER LIFT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BOUNDARIES WILL BE WELL TO THE SOUTH. WILL NEED TO INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRS HOWEVER AS WEAK IMPULSES WITHIN THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. BY SUNDAY...THE RIDGE TO THE WEST BEGINS TO EXERT MORE OF AN INFLUENCE WITH SUBSIDENCE LIKELY IN THE LOWER LEVELS. FOR TEMPERATURES WILL LEAN TOWARD GUIDANCE TONIGHT. TOMORROW HOWEVER...GRAPHICAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE PROGS ARE CONSISTENT WITH SHOWING FALLING TEMPERATURES AFTER 18Z. WILL THEREFORE UNDERCUT GUIDANCE FOR MAXES. IN THE EXTENDED...THE MRF IS STILL TARGETING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FOR THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIP. AROUND WED 00Z...A POTENTIAL SURFACE TRIPLE POINT WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF SURFACE CONVERGENCE STILL LOOKS ON CUE. WITH A SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL WIND FLOW ADDING TO THE MOISTURE DEPTH...WILL INSERT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRS/TSTMS. THE SYSTEM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A FROPA ON WEDNESDAY WITH COLDER AIR IN STORE FOR LATE IN THE WEEK. PRELIMS... ABI 051/056/039/058 452- SJT 054/063/042/063 342- JCT 056/068/045/065 342- .SJT...NONE. 21
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Taylor
- When
- March 24, 12:55 AM CST
- Where
- Taylor County, 4 mi SW of Abilene
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.417, -99.783
Hail, Throckmorton
- When
- March 24, 1:22 AM CST
- Where
- Throckmorton County, 2 mi S of Throckmorton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.150, -99.183
Thunderstorm Wind, Shackelford
- When
- March 24, 1:55 AM CST
- Where
- Shackelford County, Moran
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -99.167
High winds downed a tree in Moran in southern Shackelford County, with the tree falling onto a parked vehicle. These winds also tore part of a roof off of an area barn.
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, March 24 to 27, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 24 to 26, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, March 24 to 25, 2001
- Flood in Puerto Rico, March 24, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 24 to 25, 2001
- Hail in Louisiana, March 24, 2001
- Flood in Hawaii, March 24 to 25, 2001
- Flood in Hawaii, March 24 to 25, 2001
More
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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: 5238834, 5238835, 5238837, 5238836.