Texas, 2001

Damaging Wind in Texas, May 25, 2001

May 25, 2001 · NWS EWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$30,000
Crop damage
$50,000
Events
1

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 25, 2:15 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:15 AM CST, 20 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
315 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2001

CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IS LEAVING THE SE COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING.
AS PREDICTED...SEVERE WX OCCURRED ACROSS THE CWFA LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE BIG QUESTION IS WILL THE CWFA HAVE
ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WX TODAY.  THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST WITH
THE MESOETA DEPICTING PWS OF 1.00 TO 1.50 INCHES FOR TODAY.  A
STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS TEXAS TODAY
IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.  EVEN THOUGH THE AIRMASS HAS BEEN
WORKED OVER BY THE OVERNIGHT STORMS...SCATTERED CONVECTION IS LIKELY
AGAIN TODAY.  SEVERE TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN
COUNTIES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WHERE THE STRONGEST THERMAL GRADIENT
WILL OCCUR...DEVELOPING SOUTH AND EAST ALONG OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
AND THE STALLED FRONT.  IN THE INTERIM...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH
THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER
NE NEW MEXICO.  RAIN CHANCES WILL END AFTER SATURDAY AS AN UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS EASTWARD OUT OF MEXICO ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS.  THIS
RIDGE ALOFT WILL RESULT IN ABOVE NORMAL DAYTIME TEMPS FOR THE LATTER
HAVE OF THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AUS 84/65/90/70/91 33321
DRT 94/70/97/73/97 33220
SAT 85/68/90/72/92 33220

.EWX...NONE.

13/03

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 12:04 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
104 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0910 PM    19 N HONDO                TX   1.50 INCH HAIL
05/24/01   MEDINA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0945 PM    ENCHANTED ROCK STATE PARK TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/01   LLANO                          OCCURRED AROUND
                                          9PM
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          EMFORCEMENT

1115 PM    BARKSDALE AND CAMP WOOD   TX   WIND DAMAGE
05/24/01   REAL                           POWER LINES DOWN
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1123 PM    UVALDE                    TX   WIND DAMAGE
05/24/01   UVALDE                         WIND DAMAGE
                                          THROUGHOUT THE
                                          COUNTY
                                          REPORTED BY LWA
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1124 PM    HONDO                     TX   WIND DAMAGE
05/24/01   MEDINA                         TREES DOWNED
                                          REPORTED BY LWA

ENFPRCEMENT

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, De Witt

When
May 25, 2:35 AM CST to 2:45 AM CST
Where
De Witt County, Yorktown
Property damage
$30,000
Crop damage
$50,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
28.983, -97.500

Severe thunderstorm winds blew several trees down and damaged fields in the Yorktown area.

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.

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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: 5243734.