Texas, 2001

Hail in Texas, September 19, 2001

September 19, 2001 · NWS LUB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
$10,000
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 Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 19, 8:43 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 8:43 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
943 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2001

STORMS WHICH HAVE BEEN NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA ARE
THREATENING TO ENTER THE REGION ATTM. IT APPEARS THE STORM OVER
DAWSON COUNTY SPLIT WITH THE LEFT MOVER MOVING NORTHEAST AND
APPROACHING GARZA COUNTY...WHILE THE STORM OVER ARMSTRONG COUNTY
IS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO BRISCOE COUNTY.

18Z ETA AND NEW 00Z ETA SHOWED THE BEST ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL
OCCUR FROM ALONG I-27/US 87 CORRIDOR EASTWARD. ETA MODEL SHOWED
UPGLIDE OCCURRING IN THE 305-315K LAYER. LOW LEVEL JET AROUND
25 KNOTS ACCORDING TO KLBB VAD WIND PROFILE ATTM. MODELS SHOW
THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE TO 35-40 KNOTS OVERNIGHT.
WOULD EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE NORTH TO POSSIBLY
INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE LATER TONIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL
JET CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND ISENTROPIC LIFT INTENSIFIES
AFTER 06Z. WILL WORD SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR CENTRAL SECTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA AND CHANCE POPS FOR OFF THE CAPROCK FOR
THE REST OF TONIGHT. STRATUS SHOULD DEVELOP AGAIN LATER
TONIGHT WITH SOUTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE AREA ALSO.

.LUB...NONE.

TINSLEY

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hall

When
September 19, 10:12 PM CST
Where
Hall County, Estelline
Measured
1 in hail
Crop damage
$10,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
34.550, -100.433

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: 5265922.