Texas, 2001

Flash Flood in Texas, August 31, 2001

August 31, 2001 · NWS CRP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • 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
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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 30, 11:40 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 11:40 PM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1240 AM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001

UPDATED ZFP TO REFLECT EXPANDED FFA AREA TO ENTIRE CWFA.  MAJOR
FLOOD/RIVER FLOOD EVENT WELL UNDERWAY.  RAINFALL TOTALS THURSDAY
NIGHT REACHED 8 TO 10 INCHES MAINLY IN NORTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY.  IR
SATL SHOWS TOPS CONTINUE TO COOL AS ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY DEVELOPS.
KCRP SOUNDING SHOWED PWATS OF 2.6 INCHES.  WITH THIS AMOUNT OF
MOISTURE...LLJ...AND AN UPPER TROF SWINGING THROUGH... RAIN WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING AND FRIDAY.  UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE AND
STRONG MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL AID IN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
PRODUCTION.

.CRP...FFA THROUGH FRIDAY TXZ229>234...TXZ239>247
GMZ250-255-270-275...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

KEG...70 SYN
JM...75 MESO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 30, 10:41 PM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1141 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

635 PM    5 SE COTULLA              TX   .88 INCH HAIL
08/30/01   LA SALLE

1000 PM    2N MISSION VALLEY         TX   FLOOD
08/30/01   VICTORIA                       FM236 FLOODED NEAR FM237.
                                          CARS STALLED.

1140 PM    LAREDO                    TX   FLOOD
08/30/01   WEBB                           MANY STREETS FLOODED IN
                                          CITY

JM
Local storm report, Aug 30, 11:16 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...COR TYPO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1141 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

635 PM     5 SE COTULLA              TX   .88 INCH HAIL
08/30/01   LA SALLE

1000 PM    2N MISSION VALLEY         TX   FLOOD
08/30/01   VICTORIA                       FM236 FLOODED NEAR FM237.
                                          CARS STALLED.

1140 PM    LAREDO                    TX   FLOOD
08/30/01   WEBB                           MANY STREETS FLOODED IN
                                          CITY

JM

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:45 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Duval

When
August 31, 1:44 AM CST to 7:44 AM CST
Where
Duval County, Countywide
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
27.681, -98.509 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Road washed out at junction of HWY 339 and 16.Several roads throughout the county closed.

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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: 5276144.