Texas, 2001

Hail 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.

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

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The toll

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 ENFORCEMENT
Local 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 METEOROLOGIST
Local 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 MEDIA

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:47 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm 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.

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

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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: 5243719, 5243720, 5243721.