Name: Hail in Texas, November 15, 2001
Start: 2001-11-15T18:25
End: 2001-11-15T18:25
Location: Texas

Where it happened

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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, 5:25 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 5:25 PM CST, 1 hour before

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
525 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

NEW TORNADO WATCH COMING OUT WILL INCLUDE ALL BUT WEBB COUNTY...IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11PM.  STRONG VERT SHEAR CONTINUES.  GOT A LONG LIVED
TORNADIC SUPERCELL THAT HAS TRACKED FROM LIVE OAK COUNTY TO THE
GOLIAD COUNTY LINE. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE WARM
SECTOR ACROSS DUVAL COUNTY MAY QUICKLY GO SEVERE.  ZONE UPDATES
COMING SOON

75

.CRP...FFA AND TORNADO WATCH TXZ229>234-240>247.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 15, 2:51 PM CST, 3 hours 34 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, 2 hours 22 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, 4:39 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
439 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

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

436 PM    MINERAL                   TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   BEE

436 PM    NORMANNA                  TX   .88 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   BEE

436 PM    MINERAL                   TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   BEE                            EMC REPORTED MOBILE HOME
                                          DESTROYED, ROOF
                                          DAMAGE ON HOUSE NEXT
                                          DOOR. LOCATION NEAR FARM
                                          ROAD 673 AND PIONEER
                                          RD.

436 PM    MINERAL                   TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   BEE                            SEVERAL POWER POLES DOWN
                                          AT FARM ROAD 673 AND
                                          WILDCAT.

JM

Local storm report, Nov 15, 5:12 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
512 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

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

0246 PM    5 NE  GEORGE WEST         TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   LIVE OAK                       NWS EMPLOYEES REPORTED
                                          HOUSE DAMAGED AND LARGE
                                          TREE LIMBS THROUGH ROOF
                                          SHED BLOWN AWAY.

0445 PM    TULETA                    TX   FLOOD
11/15/01   BEE                            ROADS FLOODED NEAR TULETA

JM

Special weather statement, Nov 15, 5:37 PM CST, 48 minutes before

TXZ229>234-240>247-160500-

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

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL
1100 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF
ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...DUVAL...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...LA
SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO AND
VICTORIA.

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

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.

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

GW

Local storm report, Nov 15, 5:47 PM CST, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
547 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

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

0542 PM    5 W SAN DIEGO             TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   DUVAL

JM

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:23 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Bee

When: November 15, 6:25 PM CST
Where: Bee County, Pettus
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 28.617, -97.800

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

More

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: 5273175.