Texas, 2001

Hail in Texas, November 15, 2001

November 15, 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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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • 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
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 15, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
245 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

VISIBLE SATELLITE REVEALS RICH MOISTURE AXIS EXTENDING FROM DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS INTO CENTRAL TX...WHERE PRECIP WAS ONGOING.  ANOTHER
BAND OF STRONG STORMS WAS MOVING INLAND ALG THE WARM FRONT FROM
CALHOUN TO GONZALES COUNTY. STRONG VEERING WINDS AND DAY TIME
HEATING RESULTING IN ISOLATED SUPERCELLS ATTM. CURRENT TOR WATCH
WILL EXPIRE AT 00Z. SPC MONITORING S TX FOR ANOTHER WW LATER THIS
AFTN.  BELIVE DRYING OUT WEST WILL MAINTAIN STORM DVLPMT ACROSS
CNTRL COUNTIES INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH STRONG DIFLUENCE ALOFT
ENHANCING ACTIVITY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOW LVL JET DIMINISHES
TONIGHT AS CLOSED UPR LOW BEGINS TO RETREAT. THIS WOULD LEAD TO
SLOWER STORM MOTIONS AND HEAVY RAIN.  WILL MAINTAIN HIGH POPS
THROUGH FRI...THEN WILL DIMINISH SAT AS DRY RIDGE SETTLES INTO THE
REGION FROM NE.  WILL EXAMINE FFA AND MAY DROP WEBB COUNTY WHICH HAS
NOT SEEN ANY RAINFALL YET.

WEATHER QUIETS DOWN SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LOW WEAKENS AND MOVES OVER
THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...FORCING DOWNSTREAM TROUGHING. THIS WILL BRING
A DRY COOL FRONT INTO S TX MON.  UPR TROF FINALLY OPENS UP AND
TRACKS ACROSS TX WED WITH MAINLY MID/HIGH CLOUDS AND SLGT CHC
PRECIP. SFC TROF AXIS WILL POSITION INTO OUR CNTRL ZONES
THANKSGIVING DAY WITH NICE CONDITIONS OUT WEST AND SLGT CHC PRECIP
EAST.

NEAR NORMAL TEMPS ARE EXPECTED THRU SAT BEFORE DRIER AIR FILTERS IN
MAKING FOR COOLER NIGHTTIME LOWS SAT NGT-TUE.

MARINE...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER EXTREME WESTERN TEXAS WILL
CONTINUE TO ADVECT ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INTO SOUTH
TEXAS. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BAYS AND COASTAL
WATERS INTO TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. WILL CONTINUE
WITH SCEC CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FRI. EXPECT WINDS TO SLOWLY
DECREASE OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE WEAKENS. SHOULD
SEE DRIER AIR OVER THE AREA BY SUNDAY.

CRP TB 068/078 064/076 060 77230
VCT TB 067/076 060/075 055 55220
LRD TE 067/080 063/076 061 55341

75/71

.CRP...FFA ZONES TXZ229>234-240>247.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 15, 12:24 PM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
TXZ230>234-243>247-160000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1224 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ARANSAS...BEE...LIVE OAK...
NUECES...CALHOUN...REFUGIO...VICTORIA...MCMULLEN...SAN PATRICIO...
AND GOLIAD COUNTIES.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE AREA IS CAUSING A VERY UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE TODAY. IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLE TORNADOS...PERSONS SHOULD
BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LARGE HAIL.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THE SLOW
MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM.

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP
Local storm report, Nov 15, 2:47 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
247 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

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

0247 PM    GEORGE WEST               TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   LIVE OAK                       SHERIFF DEPT REPORTED
                                          TORNADO ON GROUND IN
                                          TOWN.

JM
Local storm report, Nov 15, 2:51 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
251 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

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

0353 PM    10 W BEEVILLE             TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   BEE                            TORNADO ON GROUND ALONG FM
                                          799 AND LIVE OAK COUNTY
                                          LINE.
Local storm report, Nov 15, 4:03 PM CST, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
251 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

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

0353 PM    10 W BEEVILLE             TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   BEE                            TORNADO ON GROUND ALONG FM
                                          799 AND LIVE OAK COUNTY
                                          LINE.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bee

When
November 15, 4:36 PM CST
Where
Bee County, Mineral
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
28.550, -97.900

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5273172.