1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 3, 11:57 AM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1257 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2001 COMPLEX FORECAST SCENARIO SHAPING UP FOR WEST CENTRAL TX THIS AFTERNOON AND BEYOND. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES MCV OVER NORTHWEST OK...DRIFTING SSE. RADAR IMAGERY INDICATES A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BETWEEN CDS AND ABI AND MOVING SOUTHEAST. OTHER ISOLATED SHOWERS OCCURRING OVER WEST TX TO THE WEST OF A COLORADO CITY TO SONORA LINE. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS INCREASED WITH CUMULUS FIELD DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN CWFA. DEWPOINTS AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE ALSO INCREASING. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING EXPECT THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/STORMS OVER OUR NORTHEAST COUNTIES...IN ASSOCIATION WITH APPROACH OF MCV. WITH DRIER AIR IN MID TO UPPER LEVELS...MARGINALLY SUFFICIENT VERTICAL SPEED SHEAR AND FURTHER DESTABILIZATION... POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL PER SPC DAY 1 OUTLOOK. WILL SEND A ZONE UPDATE TO INCREASE POP FOR BIG COUNTRY. WILL LEAVE POP ABOUT THE SAME ELSEWHERE WHERE GREATER UNCERTAINTY EXISTS FOR AMOUNT OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. WILL ALSO RAISE HIGH TEMPERATURES DUE TO GOOD HEATING WHICH IS TAKING PLACE. SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE PREDOMINANT SO WILL ADJUST IN UPCOMING ZONE UPDATE. ALSO OF NOTE...BELIEVE THE 12Z ETA MODEL BLOWUP OF CONVECTION OVER OUR SOUTHERN CWFA THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING LOOKS LIKE A CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEM. NEVERTHELESS WILL MONITOR. .SJT...NONE. 19
TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-032300- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 206 PM CDT MON SEP 3 2001 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO NORTH TEXAS LATE THIS EVENING. WITH WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE REGION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AS THIS DISTURBANCE APPROACHES. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY. WITH A RATHER UNSTABLE AIRMASS...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. FOR THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT LBBSPSMAF. FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT LBBSPSLBB. FOR THE CENTRAL OKLAHOMA OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT OKCSPSOKC. FOR THE NORTH TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT FTWSPSFTW. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OUTLOOK SEE PRODUCT SATSPSSAT. 19
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall totaling 3 to 4 inches fell west of Roby, forcing the closure of Highway 180 for several hours.
Amateur radio operator estimated winds at 60 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 2001
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: 5268127, 5268126.