Texas, 2001

Hail in Texas, May 6, 2001

May 6, 2001 · NWS SHV · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 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
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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 6, 2:19 PM CST, 6 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 2:19 PM CST, 6 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
245 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

ALMOST A CARBON COPY OF YESTERDAY AFTERNOON...EXCEPT CONVECTION IN
CWA A LITTLE SLOW IN DEVELOPING. HOWEVER...WATCH BOXES HAVE BEEN
ISSUED TO THE WEST OF THE CWA AND TSTMS ARE DEVELOPING IN
NORTHCENTRAL TEXAS. THE SHORT WAVE WHICH WILL KICK ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA TONIGHT WILL BE A LITTLE STRONGER THIS ROUND.
DEWPOINTS ARE HIGHER AS WELL AS THE INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...LOOKING
AT 18Z SOUNDING OUT OF FWD...LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS LACKING...SO ANY
SEVERE STORMS IN THIS AREA WILL LIKELY BE HAILERS AND WIND PRODUCERS
AS DRY AIR ALOFT WORKS EAST. WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE IN
NORTHEAST TEXAS ZONES...MCCURTAIN COUNTY AND ADJACENT PORTION OF
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. HOWEVER NOT TOO CERTAIN ABOUT THE HEAVY RAIN...
AS DRY AIR ALOFT LATER IN PERIOD AND THE UPPER TROF ACCELERATING
EAST EARLY MONDAY MAY HOLD AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH. FRONT WILL BE
SLOW CROSSING CWA MONDAY...NOT REACHING SOUTHEAST ZONES UNTIL LATE
MONDAY NIGHT. THUS PRECIP WILL BE CONTINUED IN FORECAST THROUGH
TUESDAY IN LOUISIANA ZONES AS WELL AS EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA DUE TO
THE SURFACE TROF. AFTER TUESDAY...AVN ENTERS INTO A DRY PERIOD...
UNLIKE THE MRF. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT DRY FORECAST
THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND UNTIL MRF HAS A BETTER RUN.

SHV 65/83/64/80 4632
MLU 66/84/64/81 2432
TXK 62/80/61/78 7621
TYR 64/83/63/79 6421
LFK 68/85/63/82 4422

.SHV...NONE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 5:49 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
649 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

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

0630 PM    SUTTON                    AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   NEVADA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0635 PM    5 S PRESCOTT              AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   ~NEVADA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT
Local storm report, May 6, 6:35 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
735 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

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

0630 PM    SUTTON                    AR   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   NEVADA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0635 PM    5 S PRESCOTT              AR   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   NEVADA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0725 PM    LANEBURG                  AR   .75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   NEVADA                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

The radar

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cass

When
May 6, 8:20 PM CST
Where
Cass County, Red Hill
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
33.133, -94.333

Hail, Cass

When
May 6, 8:33 PM CST
Where
Cass County, Red Hill
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
33.133, -94.333

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.

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: 5241055, 5241056.