Storm reports for April 16, 2001

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On April 16, 2001, 36 hail, 7 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 1 state. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Fort Bend County, TX.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (36)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $49.1 million in property damage and $90,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (43 events in 1 state). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Harris County, TX (near Houston) · Hail 1.50″ · $20 million
  “Numerous reports of hail on the west side of Houston. 0.75 inch to 1.5 inch hail along I-10 between Hunters Creek Village and the West Loop. 1 to 1.5 inch hail near South Braeswood and Fondren Road accumulated to several inches deep and was still on the ground 24 hours after the storm.”
• Harris County, TX (near Houston) · Thunderstorm wind · $15 million
  “Numerous reports of trees down on the west side of Houston. Power lines down near South Post Oak Road and Beltway 8.”
• Fort Bend County, TX (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind · $1 million
  “Numerous trees and power lines down across county.”
• Howard County, TX (near Big Spring) · Hail 2.50″ · $500,000
  “A severe thunderstorm moved across the eastern portions of the city of Big Spring, producing golfball to baseball size hail and 40-50 mph winds over approximately a one mile stretch of land. It is estimated that 400 cars sustained hail damage.”
• Fort Bend County, TX (near Stafford) · Thunderstorm wind · $150,000
  “Fire Department reported a sheet metal roof was ripped off a building and blown into a neighboring daycare.”
• Hockley County, TX (near Levelland) · Hail 1.75″ · $100,000
  “Golfball size hail was reported in town.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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