Thunderstorm Wind, Fannin
- When
- November 23, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Fannin County, 5 mi S of Bonham
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 33.517, -96.183
The roof of a barn was blown off by high winds.
Damaging Wind in Texas, November 23, 2001
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.
- 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
- $5,000
- 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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 23, 6:00 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 23, 6:00 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 600 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2001 600 PM DISCUSSION...UPDATED ZONES FOR TORNADO WATCH AND ADDED POPS TO NORTH CENTRAL COUNTIES. 59 ELEVATED SHOWERS HAVE LINGERED WITH SUFFICIENT COVERAGE TO WARRANT SOME LOW POPS WEST AND NORTH. HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE THIS AS STRONG H5 LIFT IS IN FACT SQUEEZING OUT SOME MOISTURE. MUCH OF THIS SHOULD BE EVAPORATING BEFORE REACH THE GROUND. 230 PM DISCUSSION... STRONG UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS TO WORK MAINLY NORTH OF N TEXAS THIS EVENING...WHILE DRY LINE SWEEPS OUT REMAINING MOISTURE. SOME CONCERN ABOUT DECENT LIFT AND LAPSE RATES NORTH TONIGHT...BUT THE AFORMENTIONED DRIER AIR WILL LIKELY PRECLUDE ANY PRECIP FOR OUR CWA. WESTERLY SURFACE FLOW WILL BRING IN DRIER AND COOLER AIR FOR THE WEEKEND. NEXT FRONT SHOULD ARRIVE MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL BRING A RE-ENFORCING SHOT OF COOLER AIR FOR THE NEW WORK WEEK. MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED WITH THIS FRONT AS WELL...BUT WILL OPT TO KEEP POPS IN PLACE WITH THIS FROPA. FCSTID = 80 DFW 51 68 43 68 / 0 0 0 0 ACT 52 70 42 70 / 0 0 0 0 .FWD... TX...CAUTION ON AREA LAKES TONIGHT ENTIRE FA.
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:51 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 23, 2001
- Tornado in Missouri, November 23, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, November 23, 2001
- Rip Current in Florida, November 23, 2001
- Tornado in Missouri, November 23, 2001
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 23, 2001
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 23, 2001
- Damaging Wind in California, November 23, 2001
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, November 23, 2001
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 23, 2001
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 23, 2001
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 23, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5274883.