Texas, 2001

Hail in Texas, May 26, 2001

May 26, 2001 · NWS SJT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 26, 8:27 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 8:27 PM CST, 31 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
927 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2001

NEW ZONES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 295. LINEAR MCS
BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE OVER SOUTHERN BIG COUNTRY AND NORTHWEST CONCHO
VALLEY. CURRENT RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST WIDESPREAD COVERAGE SOUTHEAST OF
EXISTING LINE. HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED POPS IN ADVANCE OF LINE. HAVE
ALSO DROPPED POPS IN WAKE OF LINE. HOWEVER... WITH CONVECTION OVER PANHANDLE
CANT TOTALLY RULE OUT A SECOND ROUND LATE TONIGHT OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF
AREA. WILL LEAVE SMALL POPS OVER THOSE AREAS.

.SJT...NONE.

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The radar

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

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Tom Green

When
May 26, 8:58 PM CST
Where
Tom Green County, 3 mi S of Carlsbad
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.550, -100.633

What these are

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.

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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: 5249760.