Texas, 2001

Damaging Wind in Texas, May 7, 2001

May 7, 2001 · NWS CRP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Hail
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  • 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
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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 6, 9:30 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 9:30 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1030 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SUGGESTS AN UPPER JET ACROSS/APPROACHING THE CWA
FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE NGM/ETA INITIALIZES THIS JET TO THE
SOUTHWEST OF THE CWA AND PROGS IT TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT.
THE COMBINATION OF UPPER FORCING AND BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS MAY
GENERATE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT. WL MAINTAIN POPS OVER THE
CWA FOR OVERNIGHT. HWR...WL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ZFP AS THE
STATUS OF THE TORNADO WATCH CHANGES. MARINE...ANTICIPATE DEVELOPMENT
LATER TONIGHT OVER THE AREA IN RESPONSE TO THE UPPER JET. WL
MAINTAIN THE SCEC OFFSHORE.

.CRP...NONE.

87

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 6:08 PM CST, 5 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
708 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

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

0630 PM    7 N ENCINAL               TX   2.00 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   LA_SALLE                       REPORTED BY BROADCAST MEDIA
Local storm report, May 6, 6:59 PM CST, 5 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
759 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

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

0758 PM    20 N COTULLA              TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   LASALLE                       REPORTED BY GENERAL PUBLIC
Local storm report, May 6, 10:55 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1155 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2001

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

1140 PM    FREER                     TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/06/01   DUVAL                          REPORTED BY LOCAL SPOTTER
Special weather statement, May 6, 11:30 PM CST, 30 minutes before
TXZ229>231-239>241-070600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1230 AM CDT MON MAY 7 2001

...TORNADO WATCH EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL NOT EXTEND THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...
LASALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN AND WEBB.

DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING EASTWARD AT 50 MPH ACROSS JIM WELL%S AND SOUTHERN LIVE OAK
COUNTIES.  DAMAGING WIND AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL BE THE
THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.

LAMARRE

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Kleberg

When
May 7, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Kleberg County, 8 mi SW of Kingsville
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
27.433, -97.967

Large fence blown over with trees downed near county roads 2175 and 1035.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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: 5247176.