Texas, 2001

Hail in Texas, November 28, 2001

November 28, 2001 · NWS EWX · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

4 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.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • 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
4

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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 27, 9:08 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 9:08 PM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
908 PM CST TUE NOV 27 2001

RADAR SHOWS NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE EAST WITH SOME SNOW
DEVELOPING FAR WEST AHEAD OF NEXT SHORT-WAVE ROTATING AROUND UPPER
LOW.  SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BELOW MODELS
INDICATE AT THIS HOUR IN SPOTS THROUGH THE CWA.  SO...WILL LOWER
FORECAST LOWS IN A FEW AREAS AND WITH A FEW HOURS OF SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AND NONE REPORTED YET IN THE NORTH...WILL
ISSUE FREEZE WARNING THERE.  THIS WILL CREATE A NEED TO FINE TUNE
PRECIPITATION TYPES AS WELL.  STILL THINK ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS
OVERNIGHT AND ADVISORY SHOULD SUFFICE.  OTHERWISE...ONLY SOME MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS FOR TONIGHT.

WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...FORECAST GETS REAL INTERESTING AND
APPEARS WINTER STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED.  UPPER LOW
CONTINUES TO DIG AS UPPER JET STILL ON BACK SIDE.  00Z ETA SHOWS
TRACK LOW DIRECTLY ACROSS THE CWA...GENERALLY FROM EAGLE PASS TO SAN
ANTONIO TO LA GRANGE.  THIS WOULD CREATE BETTER CHANCES FOR
ACCUMULATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH.  FOR NOW...WILL NOT UPGRADE
AS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY.  OTHERWISE...ONLY SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.

04/06.

.EWX...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...TONIGHT...HILL COUNTRY TO ADJACENT
        PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS
       WINTER STORM WATCH...WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...HILL
        COUNTY AND ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
       FREEZE WARNING...TONIGHT...HILL COUNTRY TO ADJACENT PARTS OF
        CENTRAL TEXAS

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:47 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Atascosa

When
November 28, 1:50 AM CST to 2:00 AM CST
Where
Atascosa County, Pleasanton
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
28.950, -98.483

Hail, Bexar

When
November 28, 2:10 AM CST to 2:20 AM CST
Where
Bexar County, San Antonio
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
29.417, -98.500

Hail, Travis

When
November 28, 3:30 AM CST to 3:45 AM CST
Where
Travis County, Pflugerville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
30.433, -97.617

Hail, Williamson

When
November 28, 3:45 AM CST to 3:55 AM CST
Where
Williamson County, 3 mi SE of Hutto
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
30.500, -97.517

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.

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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: 5272057, 5272056, 5272058, 5272059.