Texas, 2001

Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 5, 2001

May 5, 2001 · NWS CRP · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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 5, 9:15 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 9:15 PM CST, 15 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1015 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2001

EXPECT ADDITIONAL WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION TO DEVELOP OVER THE
CWA ALONG A WEAK E-W ORIENTED SURFACE TROUGH...AS AN UPPER JET
STREAK DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT. WL MAKE SOME MINOR TEMPERATURE
ADJUSTMENTS FOR TONIGHT OWING THE RECENT/EXPECTED DEW POINTS.
MARINE...WL MAINTAIN THE SCA OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS AND THE SCEC
OVER THE BAYS OWING TO CURRENT/EXPECTED CONDITIONS.

.CRP...SCA GMZ250-255-270-275.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 5, 6:15 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
715 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2001

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

0505 PM    1 W CHARCO                TX   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/05/01   GOLIAD                         REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE

0625 PM    1 SW MC FADDIN                 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/05/01   VICTORIA                       REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE

0635 PM    4 S VICTORIA                   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/05/01   VICTORIA                       REPORTED BY LOCAL SPOTTER

COYNE

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Calhoun

When
May 5, 9:30 PM CST
Where
Calhoun County, Port O Conner
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
28.450, -96.417

Flash Flood, Calhoun

When
May 5, 9:30 PM CST
Where
Calhoun County, Port Lavaca
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
28.439, -96.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 5247167, 5247168.