Texas, 2001

Hail in Texas, October 10, 2001

October 10, 2001 · NWS SHV · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 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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  • 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
2

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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 10, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
245 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2001

THE AFTERNOON SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS LITTLE MOVEMENT ON THE FRONT
FROM THIS MORNING...AS THE FRONT IS STILL POSITIONED NEAR A
TUL...SPS LINE.

A WET FORECAST IS ON TAP THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AS THE CURRENT
SYSTEM WILL PUSH THROUGH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...WHILE ANOTHER SYSTEM
SHOWN BY THE MRF IS MOVING IN LATE FRIDAY.

WILL FOLLOW THE ETA IN THE SHORT TERM FORECAST ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NO
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE.  BASED ON THE SHV MORNING SOUNDING THE
LOWER LEVELS ARE ALREADY WET...AND ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN THAT WAY
THROUGH THE PERIOD.  THE ETA SHOWS THE FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA
AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...MAKING ITS EXIT FROM THE AREA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.  THE 1000-500MB MEAN RH IS WET WITH THIS FRONT...SO RAIN
IS ALMOST A GUARANTEE.  HOWEVER RAIN WILL BE LIMITED OUT AHEAD OF
THE BOUNDARY...AS LIFT WILL BE PRETTY MUCH CONFINED TO THE FRONT.  A
FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG THE MAIN SQUALL LINE...BUT
SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ISOLATED ACROSS OUR
AREA...AS BEST DYNAMICS ARE WELL TO THE NORTH.

IN THE EXTENDED...THE MRF SHOWS A DEEPER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
APPROACHING THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. A WET START TO WEEKEND WILL BE
FORECAST...THEN CLEARING QUICKLY SUNDAY AS COOL WEATHER RETURNS.

PRELIMS...

SHV 72/74/64/74 6942
MLU 71/74/64/75 7+62
TXK 67/72/59/72 +522
TYR 68/72/63/73 8722
LFK 74/75/64/75 5953

ELEVEN

.SHV...NONE.

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 177 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:42 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Red River

When
October 10, 4:40 PM CST
Where
Red River County, Manchester
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
33.833, -95.150

Golf ball sized hail totally covered the ground.

Hail, Red River

When
October 10, 4:50 PM CST
Where
Red River County, 6 mi NE of Manchester
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
33.900, -95.083

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

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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: 5269313, 5269314.