2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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 4, 3:24 PM CST, 6 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 424 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 NEW TOR WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY AND WILL INCLUDE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. REDEVELOPMENT OF STRONGER STORMS IS NOT LIKELY BEHIND THE INITIAL LINE. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE SLOW MOVEMENT...WATCH BOX WILL LIKELY BE IN EFFECT UNTIL AROUND 9 PM CDT. UPDATE TO FOLLOW AFTER THE OFFICIAL ISSUANCE. .SJT...NONE. 21
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-042300- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 130 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2001 ...THERE IS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A DRYLINE...FROM NEAR OZONA TO BIG LAKE TO COLORADO CITY TO ROBY...EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WHILE LARGE HAIL IS THE PRIMARY THREAT...THERE IS SUFFICIENT SHEAR THROUGHOUT THE ATMOSPHERE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES AS WELL. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A STERLING CITY...BALLINGER ...BROWNWOOD LINE HAVE THE HIGHER CHANCE OF DEVELOPING TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO A POTENTIAL THREAT. SOME AREAS COULD SEE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. AREAS IN THE BIG COUNTRY... ...PARTICULARLY NEAR ABILENE HAVE HAD UP TO 3 INCHES TODAY. MOTORISTS SHOULD LOOKOUT FOR FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND PONDING ON ROADWAYS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT LBBSPSMAF. FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT LBBSPSLBB. FOR THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT OKCSPSOKC. FOR THE NORTH TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT FTWSPSFTW. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT SATSPSSAT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall of 2 to 4 inches brought high water to the city of Abilene. Several cars were stranded in water 1 to 2 feet deep.
At least one road in Ballinger was flooded by high waters, forcing the police department to close the road.
High winds damaged a house, destroyed a shed, and downed a power pole as a storm passed north of Brady.
Lightning struck a house in Brady, causing minor damage. The lightning caused a 6 inch hole in the roof, causing rain water to enter the building.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 2001
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: 5249746, 5249749, 5249747, 5249748.