Thunderstorm Wind, San Jacinto
- When
- November 26, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- San Jacinto County, Shepherd
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -95.017
Sheriff's office reported trees down and houses damaged in Shepherd.
Damaging Wind in Texas, November 26, 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
- $20,000
- 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 Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 26, 2:35 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 2:35 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 235 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEGUN TO BREAK OUT ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS IN AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. EXPECT THIS TREND TO PERSIST FOR ANOTHER TWO DAYS AS A STORM SYSTEM BEGINS TO DEVELOP OFF THE TEXAS COAST. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW AND BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS BOUNDARY WILL ACT AS A GOOD FOCUS FOR MORE CONVECTION AS A STRONG INFLOW OFF THE GULF PERSISTS. ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH THE THREAT FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE DUE TO A FAVORABLE JET STRUCTURE. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS TUESDAY NIGHT...AND THE COMBINATION OF THIS BOUNDARY AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OFF THE TEXAS COAST SHOULD TRANSLATE TO RAIN AREAWIDE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RAINS SHOULD COME TO AN END WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE SURFACE LOW RACES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND THE UPPER LOW MOVES INTO EAST TEXAS. A COLDER AIRMASS WILL BE DRAWN INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNDER GUSTY NORTH WINDS. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL LAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. AFTER THAT...A GRADUAL WARMUP IS IN STORM FOR THE AREA. WELL STAY DRY THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WILL ISSUE A HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK (SPSHOU) FOR THE UPCOMING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .HGX...SCEC GULF WATERS OUT 20-60 NM. 42/37/TF PRELIMS... CLL TR 051/054 040/045 031 559 IAH TR 063/066 047/048 034 557 GLS TR 069/072 054/056 041 557
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 3:00 PM CST, 4 hours before
TXZ178-179-199-200-213-214-227-270200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 300 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 800 PM CST... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CST... CHAMBERS...FORT BEND...HARRIS...LIBERTY...MONTGOMERY...POLK... AND SAN JACINTO. CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH 800 PM CST. WIND PROFILES ARE FAVORING THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP TO POSSIBLY BEGIN TO ROTATE. THIS MAY ALLOW SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IN LIBERTY COUNTY. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
Special weather statement, Nov 26, 3:51 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226- 227-235>238-271200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 351 PM CST MON NOV 26 2001 ...UNSETTLED WEATHER IN STORE FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... SOUTHEAST TEXASS WARM MOIST AIRMASS IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPLACED WITH A MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIRMASS. AS THIS HAPPENS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA... AND SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS ON TUESDAY...AND THE CLASH OF THE WARM MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND THE COOLER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN THE GENERATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS FROM THE SOUTH WILL COMBINE WITH STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND EVEN STRONGER UPPER LEVEL WINDS FROM THE WEST TO PRODUCE AN INCREASING RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THIS THREAT IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OFF THE TEXAS COAST AND MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AS THIS HAPPENS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLUSTERY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST. THE AIRMASS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS WILL DRY OUT ON THURSDAY...AND COOL TEMPERATURES WILL LINGER THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. RESIDENTS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD KEEP THEMSELVES UPDATED ON THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:58 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 and Flash Flood in Tennessee, November 26 to 27, 2001
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, November 26 to 27, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, November 26, 2001
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 26, 2001
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 26, 2001
- Tornado in Arkansas, November 26, 2001
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, November 26 to 27, 2001
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, November 26, 2001
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, November 26 to 27, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, November 26, 2001
- Tornadoes in Louisiana, November 26, 2001
- Tornado in Louisiana, November 26, 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: 5274721.