Hail, La Salle
- When
- May 6, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County, 7 mi N of Encinal
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 28.133, -99.350
Hail in Texas, May 6, 2001
2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
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 6, 1:25 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 1:25 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 225 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 MAIN QUESTION IS WHETHER TO KEEP FFA GOING WHERE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRED YESTERDAY. CURRENT VISIBILE SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOWING RELATIVELY BENIGN CONDITIONS OVER CWFA WITH RESPECT TO YESTERDAY. STORMS ARE FIRING UP WELL TO THE NORTH IN BIG COUNTRY...AND WEST OVER MEXICO WHERE INSTABILITY AND THETA-E AXIS RESIDE. AT THIS TIME...FEEL POTENTIAL FOR RAIN OVER THE SATURATED AREAS WILL HAVE TO COME FROM THE STORMS WHICH FORM NORTH AND WEST OF AREA...THEN ADVECT INTO AREA LATER TONIGHT AS ALL FOCUS AND ENERGY IS TO THE NORTH. WITH LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD RELATIVELY WEAK AND CONFLUENT FLOW ALOFT...THIS MAY BE HARD TO DO THIS FAR EAST AS 850MG-300MB THICKNESS GENERALLY SHOW WEST TO EAST MOTION. THUS...CONFIDENCE FOR RAIN OVER AREA CHANCE AT THIS TIME. WILL WRITE AN SPS TO HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL...BUT WITH POPS AOB 30% WILL NOT ISSUE FFA AT THIS TIME. SINCE CONVECTION IF IT GETS THAT FAR...WILL BE OVERNIGHT WITH LIMITED WIND FIELD...WILL ALSO DO THE SAME WITH THE MENTION OF SEVERE. HOWEVER...IF RADAR LIGHTS UP IN THE NEXT HOUR...THEN WILL GO THE OTHER WAY AS SEVERAL HOURS OF HEATING TO GO AND CAPES HIGH. SPS WILL HANDLE BOTH. ELSEWHERE...WILL KEEP THE POPS THE HIGHEST OVER WEST AND NORTH... WHERE BEST POTENTIAL IS BASED ON INSTABILITY AXIS AND THETA-E RIDGE...AND DECREASE OVER THE EAST. INSTABLITY REMAINS HIGH FOR TOMORROW BUT ONLY FOCUS WILL BE SEA-BREEZE INTERACTION AND THUS...POPS HIGHEST NORTH AND WEST AGAIN. WEAK FRONT MAY TOUCH OUR NORTHERN ZONES TUESDAY BUT WILL GENERALLY BE TOO WEAK TO BE A PLAYER IN ANY ADDITIONAL CONVECTION. RIDGE BUILDS IN AFTER TUESDAY SO NO RAIN EXPECTED. POSSIBLE FRONT APPROACHING FRIDAY MAY BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY LOOK DRY. PRELIMS...1ST PERIOD CHANGES POSSIBLE BASED ON LAST MINUTE TRENDS... CRP EE 073/086 070/085 068 22221 NGP 074/083 072/083 071 ALI EE 073/089 069/087 066 22221 VCT EE 069/085 066/083 065 32221 LRD EE 073/092 071/088 072 33332 MARINE...LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA BY MID WEEK...SO WILL KEEP MAR FORECAST DRY AFTER MONDAY. .CRP...NONE. 86/GW...84/JMC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 6, 3:01 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239-247-070400- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 401 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 ...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT MAINLY OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND NORTHERN COASTAL BEND... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER SUNSET. ADDITIONALLY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL TEXAS AND NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS LATER THIS EVENING. IF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINTAIN THEMSELVES...THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SINCE THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND AN UNFAVORABLE WIND FIELD...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIMITED. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED STORM COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS...PRODUCING WINDS NEAR 55 MPH AND HAIL AROUND THE SIZE OF DIMES. FURTHER EAST OVER THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. AGAIN...WITH THE LACK OF DAYTIME HEATING SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT LIKELY...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED STORM COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. ALSO...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LOW...AS THE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AND NOT REMAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND...RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER TONIGHT FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP
Special weather statement, May 6, 5:20 PM CST, 10 minutes before
TXZ229>231-239>241-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 620 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF DUVAL...JIM WELLS...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN AND WEBB. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...CHOKE CANYON... COTULLA...LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI...LAREDO...MIRANDO CITY...OILTON... PREMONT...SAN DIEGO AND TILDEN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF A DIME OR LARGER...STRONG WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND EVEN TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...THEN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY FLAT DOWN ON THE GROUND...PREFERABLY IN A DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP COLLINS
Special weather statement, May 6, 5:25 PM CST, 5 minutes before
TXZ229>231-239>241-070500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 625 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF DUVAL...JIM WELLS...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN AND WEBB. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...CHOKE CANYON...COTULLA... LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI...LAREDO...MIRANDO CITY...OILTON...PREMONT...SAN DIEGO AND TILDEN. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO OCCUR IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF TORNADOES DO IN FACT DEVELOP OR ARE SPOTTED...THEN A TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO QUICKLY ACT IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...THEN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY FLAT DOWN ON THE GROUND...PREFERABLY IN A DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP COLLINS
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, La Salle
- When
- May 6, 6:58 PM CST
- Where
- La Salle County, 20 mi N of Cotulla
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 28.717, -99.233
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
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, May 6 to 7, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 6, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 2001
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 6, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 6, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 6, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, May 6, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 6, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 6, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 6, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 6, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, May 6, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 2001
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: 5247174, 5247173.