Texas, 2001Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 20 to 21, 2001
May 20 to 21, 2001 · NWS EWX · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 20, 8:35 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 8:35 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
935 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001
MAIN CONCERN THIS EVENING HAS BEEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTH
AND NORTH COUNTIES OF OUR CWA. ACTIVITY ONGOING STILL IN TRAVIS AND
WILLIAMSON COUNTIES ATTM...WITH MORE CONVECTION HEADING TOWARD
SOUTHERN ATASCOSA AND KARNES COUNTIES IN THE SOUTH.
PREVIOUS ZONES COVER THE FORECAST SITUATION QUITE NICELY SO DON'T 0
PLAN ON ANY CHANGES. SOME REVISIONS MAY BE NEEDED IF CONVECTION
EVENTUALLY ENDS BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
.EWX...NONE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 20, 7:25 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
825 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM DEWEES TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01 WILSON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0615 PM 5S FLORESVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 WILSON HOUSE DESTROYED AND CAR
WINDOWS DAMAGED REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0625 PM STOCKDALE TX 4.00 INCH HAIL
05/20/01 WILSON REPORTED BY CO-OP
OBSERVER
0715 PM MCCOY TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 ATASCOSA ROOF TORN OFF HOUSE
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0745 PM LULING TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 CALDWELL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
815 PM LLANO TX WIND DAMAGE
0/20/01 LLANO TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENTLocal storm report, May 20, 9:15 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
1015 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM DEWEES TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01 WILSON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0615 PM 5S FLORESVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 WILSON HOUSE DESTROYED AND CAR
WINDOWS DAMAGED REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0625 PM STOCKDALE TX 4.00 INCH HAIL
05/20/01 WILSON REPORTED BY CO-OP
OBSERVER
0715 PM MCCOY TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 ATASCOSA ROOF TORN OFF HOUSE
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0745 PM LULING TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 CALDWELL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0815 PM LLANO TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 LLANO TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0945 PM PFLUGERVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 TRAVIS WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND ROOF
DAMAGE TO A MOVIE THEATER
REPORTED BY TV METEOROLOGISTLocal storm report, May 20, 10:10 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
1110 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0610 PM DEWEES TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/20/01 WILSON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0615 PM 5S FLORESVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 WILSON HOUSE DESTROYED AND CAR
WINDOWS DAMAGED REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0625 PM STOCKDALE TX 4.00 INCH HAIL
05/20/01 WILSON REPORTED BY CO-OP
OBSERVER
0715 PM MCCOY TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 ATASCOSA ROOF TORN OFF HOUSE
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0745 PM LULING TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 CALDWELL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0815 PM LLANO TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 LLANO TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0936 PM PFLUGERVILLE TX THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
05/20/01 TRAVIS 72 MPH AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
REPORTED BY TV METEOROLOGIST
0933 PM AUSTIN TX THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
05/20/01 TRAVIS 66 MPH AT FIRE STATION 28
REPORTED BY TV METEOROLOGIST
0941 PM PFLUGERVILLE TX THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
05/20/01 TRAVIS 63 MPH AT THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT REPORTED BY TV
METEOROLOGIST
0932 PM ROUND ROCK TX THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
05/20/01 WILLIAMSON 61 MPH AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
REPORTED BY TV METEOROLOGIST
0945 PM PFLUGERVILLE TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 TRAVIS WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND ROOF
DAMAGE TO A MOVIE THEATER
REPORTED BY TV METEOROLOGIST
1000PM N AUSTIN TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 TRAVIS TREES AND POLES DOWN BLOCKING
THE STREET REPORTED BY TV
METEOROLOGIST
1000 PM 6S COUPLAND TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 LEE SKIRT BLOWN OFF TRAILER
REPORTED BY OBSERVER
1010 PM ROUND ROCK TX 3.50 INCH HAIL
05/20/01 WILLIAMSON REPORTED BY MEDIA
1010 PM RObUND ROCK TX WIND DAMAGE
05/20/01 WILLIAMSON LARGE TREE UPROOTED
REPORTED BY MEDIAThunderstorm Wind, Kendall
- When
- May 20, 11:45 PM CST to 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Kendall County, Boerne
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 29.783, -98.733
Severe thunderstorm winds damaged the roofs of homes, and windows in homes and cars. The winds also blew down trees and light poles.
Hail, Kendall
- When
- May 20, 11:45 PM CST to 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Kendall County, Boerne
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 29.783, -98.733
Thunderstorm Wind, Comal
- When
- May 21, 12:05 AM CST to 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Comal County, Bulverde
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 29.733, -98.467
Severe thunderstorm winds knocked over large trees near Bulverde.
- 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.
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 20, 20011 death · 3 injured · $50,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 20 to 21, 2001$2.3 million · F1 · 79 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 20, 200110 injured · $2.6 million · 3.5 in hail · 6 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 20, 2001$176,000 · F2 · 38 events
- High Wind in Colorado, May 20, 20016 injured · $3.4 million · 72 kt wind · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 20, 2001$955,000 · 80 kt wind · 12 events
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 20, 2001$615,000 · F0 · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 20, 2001$193,000 · 1.75 in hail · 22 events
- Flash Flood in Texas, May 20, 20015 injured · $60,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 20, 2001$340,000 · 4 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 20, 2001$230,000 · F0 · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 20, 2001$100,000 · 1 event
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: 5243719, 5243720, 5243721.