Texas, 2001

Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 19 to 20, 2001

May 19 to 20, 2001 · NWS FWD · 9 events in 6 counties and zones

May 19, 20th Episode NarrativeA cold front moved down across the Red River and touched off showers and thunderstorms mainly north of a Breckenridge, Denton, Greenville line. However, additional isolated thunderstorms produce hail in southern portions of the area as well.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
9

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 FWD wrote it up.

May 19, 20th Episode NarrativeA cold front moved down across the Red River and touched off showers and thunderstorms mainly north of a Breckenridge, Denton, Greenville line. However, additional isolated thunderstorms produce hail in southern portions of the area as well.

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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 19, 5:10 PM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 5:10 PM CST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED TO ADD AVIATION DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
610 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2001

AVIATION DISCUSSION...
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE DFW AREA
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...HAVE MOVED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. DONT
EXPECT TO SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS.  COULD STILL SEE SOME STORMS DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...SO MAY
INCLUDE A PROB30 BETWEEN 08-12Z.  OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...VFR
CEILINGS WILL PREVAIL EXCEPT AT WACO WHERE THERE MAY BE A
SOME MVFR CIGS TOWARD MORNING.  #58

508 PM UPDATED PUBLIC FORECAST DISCUSSION...
WILL SEND A QUICK UPDATE TO ZONES TO LOWER POPS ACROSS ALL BUT THE
RED RIVER COUNTIES.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONFINED TO THAT AREA RIGHT
NOW...AND WHILE IT IS POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY FROM SOUTHWEST
TEXAS MAY AFFECT THE AREA OVERNIGHT...MOST AREAS WILL BE RAIN FREE
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.  WILL sASSESS THE NEED FOR HIGHER POPS
OVERNIGHT AND WILL UPDATE AS NEEDED.  #81

.FWD...NONE.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Montague

When
May 19, 9:02 PM CST
Where
Montague County, 3 mi W of Bowie
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.500, -97.450

Hail, Coryell

When
May 20, 4:20 PM CST
Where
Coryell County, 5 mi N of Copperas Cove
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
31.033, -96.517

Hail, Bell

When
May 20, 4:25 PM CST
Where
Bell County, Maxdale
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
30.733, -96.883

Hail, Bell

When
May 20, 4:45 PM CST
Where
Bell County, 1 mi NW of Youngsport
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
33.567, -97.900

Hail, McLennan

When
May 20, 5:10 PM CST
Where
McLennan County, 9 mi NW of Crawford
Measured
1.5 in hail
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates
31.200, -97.917

Thunderstorm Wind, McLennan

When
May 20, 5:10 PM CST
Where
McLennan County, 9 mi NW of Crawford
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates
30.983, -97.817

Hail, McLennan

When
May 20, 5:13 PM CST
Where
McLennan County, 2 mi S of Crawford
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.983, -97.717

Thunderstorm Wind, Milam

When
May 20, 9:05 PM CST
Where
Milam County, 3 mi NW of Milano
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.633, -97.550

Thunderstorm Wind, Robertson

When
May 20, 9:50 PM CST
Where
Robertson County, 2 mi W of Franklin
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
31.633, -97.550

A tree was blown down on Highway 79.

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

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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: 5244577, 5244578, 5244579, 5244580, 5244581, 5244582, 5245862, 5245864, 5245863.