Hail in Texas, November 14, 2001

Name: Hail in Texas, November 14, 2001
Start: 2001-11-14T18:13
End: 2001-11-14T18:13
Location: Texas

November 14, 2001 · NWS CRP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 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.

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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Nov 14, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
230 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001

SHORT TERM...PIECES OF ENERGY FROM UPPER LOW OVER SW NM WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTH TEXAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
LOW SHOWS SOME SIGNS OF SHIFTING NORTH ON FRIDAY AS GOOD SPOKE
OF ENERGY ROTATES AROUND THE SYSTEM.  WILL HAVE SCATTERED POPS
THROUGH FRIDAY...HIGHEST IN THE WESTERN ZONES AND DURING THE DAY.
RELATIVELY LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN LOW LEVEL FEATURES WITH
BROAD SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN NORTHERN MEXICO AND A LARGE HIGH OVER
THE EASTERN U.S.  MODERATE E/SE FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE.

LONG TERM...ALTHOUGH UPPER LOW WILL LIFT FURTHER NORTH ON
FRIDAY...PIECES OF ENERGY FROM THIS SYSTEM MAY STILL TRIGGER
CONVECTION...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN ZONES WHERE RICH THTE AIR
LINGERS.  THEREFORE...WL MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.   WILL KEEP TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DRY FOR
NOW...BUT MRF IS STILL HANGING ONTO SOME MOISTURE OUT WEST.

MARINE...ONSHORE FLOW WL CONTINUE TO BRING LL MOISTURE INTO THE
AREA. EXPECT MAINLY ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE BAYS AND OFFSHORE.
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SUGGEST A SPEED MAX EJECTING NORTHEASTWARD OUT
OF OLD MEXICO. MAX WINDS WILL REMAIN NEAR THE SCEC RANGE. WILL KEEP
SEAS ABOUT THE SAME.

CRP TE 067/077 064/074 063 72353
VCT TE 063/076 062/074 064 72353
LRD TE 064/079 064/076 063 72353=

AP...72 SYN
DW...71 MESO

.CRP...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 14, 1:55 PM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
155 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001

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

0146 PM    ALICE                     TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/14/01   JIM WELLS

0153 PM    ALICE                     TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
11/14/01   JIM WELLS

Local storm report, Nov 14, 4:19 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
419 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001

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

255 PM    10 E CROSS                TX   .75 INCH HAIL
11/14/01   MCMULLEN

Special weather statement, Nov 14, 5:19 PM CST, 54 minutes before

TXZ229>232-239>244-150515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
519 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
VALID UNTIL 10 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE
COUNTIES OF BEE...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...LA SALLE...LIVE
OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO AND EASTERN WEBB.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...ARANSAS PASS...
BEEVILLE...BENAVIDES...CORPUS CHRISTI...COTULLA...ENCINAL...GEORGE
WEST...INGLESIDE...KINGSVILLE...MATHIS...PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...
ROBSTOWN...SINTON...SKIDMORE...THREE RIVERS AND TILDEN.

THE CITY OF LAREDO IS NOT IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA.

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.

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP

GW

Local storm report, Nov 14, 5:30 PM CST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
530 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001

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

0520 PM    KINGSVILLE                TX   1.00 INCH HAIL
11/14/01   KLEBERG

Local storm report, Nov 14, 5:49 PM CST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
549 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001

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

0549 PM    IN KINGSVILLE             TX   .75 INCH HAIL
11/14/01   KLEBERG

GW

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:13 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jim Wells

When: November 14, 6:13 PM CST
Where: Jim Wells County, Palito Blanco
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 27.583, -98.183

Video of a man holding baseball sized hail in Palito Blanco.

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

Every storm in Texas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, November 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: 5273171.