Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 7 to 9, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 7 to 9, 2001
Start: 2001-09-07T21:34
End: 2001-09-09T23:00
Location: Texas

September 7 to 9, 2001 · NWS FWD · 26 events in 13 counties and zones

Scattered thunderstorms occurred mainly north and west of a Sherman, Weatherford, Meridian, Waco line. These thunderstorms brought large hail and damaging winds to this portion of north Texas.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $90,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 26

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 happened

The episode as NWS FWD wrote it up.

Scattered thunderstorms occurred mainly north and west of a Sherman, Weatherford, Meridian, Waco line. These thunderstorms brought large hail and damaging winds to this portion of north Texas.

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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 7, 7:55 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 7:55 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
855 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001

COLD FRONT CONTINUES ITS SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT...AND IS MOVING THROUGH
KSPS AT 01Z. TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED 5 TO 10 DEGREES BEHIND THE
FRONT...AND WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES INTO THE NORTHWESTERN
ZONES THROUGH THE EVENING. AT PRESENT SPEED...FRONT WILL BE BETWEEN
BOWIE AND GAINESVILLE BY 04Z. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FINALLY CROSSED
THE RED RIVER...ALONG THE FRONT...BETWEEN WICHITA FALLS AND BOWIE.
00Z FWD SOUNDING SHOWS THE CAP STILL IN PLACE...AND STRONGER THAN
IT WAS AT 12Z. DESPITE THE CAP...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AFFECT
AT LEAST THE COUNTIES ALONG THE RED RIVER.

WITH CURRENT POSITION OF FRONT...WILL LOWER MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN
THE NORTHWEST...AND TWEAK OVERNIGHT LOWS ALONG THE RIVER.

84

.FWD...NONE.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

13 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Montague

When: September 7, 9:34 PM CST
Where: Montague County, Nacona
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated sustained
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.783, -97.733

A fruit stand was blown over and shingles were blown off some roofs.

Hail, Montague

When: September 7, 10:13 PM CST
Where: Montague County, St Jo
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.700, -97.533

Hail, Cooke

When: September 7, 10:45 PM CST
Where: Cooke County, 1 mi W of Muenster
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.650, -97.400

Hail, Cooke

When: September 7, 11:35 PM CST
Where: Cooke County, 3 mi SW of Muenster
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.617, -97.417

Hail, Cooke

When: September 7, 11:35 PM CST
Where: Cooke County, 5 mi E of Marysville
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.767, -97.250

Occurred at Moss Lake.

Heavy Rain, Bell

When: September 8, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Bell County, Temple
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.038, -97.478 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Some streets flooded due to high water.

Hail, Stephens

When: September 8, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Stephens County, 4 mi N of Crystal Falls
Measured: 3 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 32.950, -98.900

Hail, Young

When: September 8, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Young County, 5 mi E of Newcastle
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 33.200, -98.667

Hail, Young

When: September 8, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Young County, 2 mi S of Newcastle
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 33.167, -98.750

Hail, Stephens

When: September 8, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Stephens County, 10 mi N of Breckenridge
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.900, -98.900

Hail, Young

When: September 8, 7:20 PM CST
Where: Young County, 6 mi E of Olney
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 33.367, -98.667

Thunderstorm Wind, Fannin

When: September 8, 7:30 PM CST
Where: Fannin County, Trenton
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated sustained
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 33.433, -96.350

There was scattered wind damage across town, with one business unroofed and mortar blown off another.

Hail, Palo Pinto

When: September 8, 8:04 PM CST
Where: Palo Pinto County, Metcalf Gap
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.717, -98.433

Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Pinto

When: September 8, 8:35 PM CST
Where: Palo Pinto County, 2 mi S of Mineral Wells
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated sustained
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.767, -98.100

A house was unroofed on Highway 281.

Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Pinto

When: September 8, 8:40 PM CST
Where: Palo Pinto County, 7 mi SE of Santo
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated sustained
Property damage: $500
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.533, -98.133

Power lines were blown down at the intersection of Highway 281 and Highway 4.

Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Pinto

When: September 8, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Palo Pinto County, 3 mi SE of Santo
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.567, -98.183

A highway sign was blown down at the intersection of Interstate 20 and Highway 4.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hood

When: September 8, 8:45 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Hood County, Lipan
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.517, -98.050

Trees and power lines were blown down. Some roof damage was also reported.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hood

When: September 8, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Hood County, Granbury
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.450, -97.800

Trees and powerl lines were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Somervell

When: September 8, 9:10 PM CST
Where: Somervell County, Glen Rose
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 32.233, -97.750

A large tree was blown down onto power lines causing power outages for 8 hours across the town.

Hail, Palo Pinto

When: September 8, 9:14 PM CST
Where: Palo Pinto County, 1 mi W of Palo Pinto
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.767, -98.317

Thunderstorm Wind, Erath

When: September 8, 9:15 PM CST
Where: Erath County, Thurber
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 32.500, -98.417

Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Pinto

When: September 8, 9:16 PM CST
Where: Palo Pinto County, Gordon
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.550, -98.367

Hail, Comanche

When: September 8, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Comanche County, Duster
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.133, -98.650

Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson

When: September 8, 9:45 PM CST
Where: Johnson County, Joshua
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.467, -97.383

Trained spotters estimated 52 knot wind gusts.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tarrant

When: September 8, 9:50 PM CST
Where: Tarrant County, Crowley
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.583, -97.317

Spotters estimated 52 knot wind gusts.

Thunderstorm Wind, Fannin

When: September 9, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Fannin County, Trenton
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated sustained
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 33.433, -96.350

Two businesses were unroofed, a barn was unroofed, a covered walkway at the high school was destroyed, and a storage building just east of town was heavily damaged.

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.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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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: 5270441, 5270442, 5270443, 5270444, 5270445, 5270513, 5270450, 5270446, 5270447, 5270449, 5270448, 5270519, 5270451, 5270509, 5270508, 5270510, 5270511, 5270512, 5270517, 5270452, 5270453, 5270507, 5270514, 5270515, 5270516, 5270518.