Texas, 2001

Damaging Winds in Texas, May 24, 2001

May 24, 2001 · NWS CRP · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 thunderstorm wind, 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
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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 24, 9:40 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 9:40 PM CST, 39 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1040 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2001

** UPDATED... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 286 IN EFFECT FOR THE NWRN
PORTION OF THE CWA THROUGH 07Z.

COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... LASALLE..MCMULLEN..LIVE
OAK..BEE.

COUNTIES -NOT- IN THE WATCH ARE... VICTORIA..GOLIAD..SAN PATRICIO..
CALHOUN..REFUGIO.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...00Z CRP SOUNDING PROFILE DEPICTED AN UNSTABLE
AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION WITH AN LI OF -10C AND A CAPE OF 4031
J/KG.  SFC BOUNDARY EXISTS ALONG A JCT-AUS-CLL-LFK LINE THIS EVENING
WITH LITTLE SWD PROGRESSION.  CONVECTION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ALONG
THE BOUNDARY WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOX 283 TO THE NW AND
285 TO THE N/NE OF THE CWA WHERE MAX INSTABILITY EXISTS.  OUTFLOW
INFLUENCES IN THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE SFC BOUNDARY WILL INITIATE
ADDITIONAL CONVECTION AND CURRENT FCST IS IN AGREEMENT WITH MENTION v
OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE N/NERN TIER OF FA.  SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE
WILL PUSH FARTHER SWD TMRW EVE AND WILL ALLOW FOR CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE CWA.

BML.76

.CRP...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 10:00 PM CST, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1100 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTH TEXAS...

LASALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...BEE.

A FRONTAL SYSTEM DRAPED ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS WILL COMBINE WITH A MOIST
AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO GENERATE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.

THE STORMS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL.

RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAMARRE

The radar

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

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, La Salle

When
May 24, 10:19 PM CST
Where
La Salle County, Cotulla
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
28.433, -99.233

Thunderstorm Wind, La Salle

When
May 24, 10:30 PM CST
Where
La Salle County, Cotulla
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
28.433, -99.233

Tree blown over on power line which started fire.

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.

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: 5247185, 5247186.