Flash Flood, Refugio
- When
- August 31, 2:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Refugio County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.322, -97.159 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads throughout the county closed.
Flash Flood in Texas, August 31, 2001
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 31, 2:00 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 2:00 PM CST, 0 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
300 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001
SHORT TERM...WITH MID LEVEL DRY AIR WORKING INTO WESTERN
ZONES...WILL REMOVE WESTERN MOST COUNTIES FROM FFA. FFA TO REMAIN IN
EFFECT ACROSS REMAINDER OF AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. AVN/ETA SHIFT
VORT MAX FURTHER EAST TONIGHT SO ORGANIZED CONVECTION SHOULD SLOWLY
DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAIN FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAIN SHOULD
SHIFT INTO THE CROSSROADS AREA IN CONJUCTION WITH SLOW SHIFT OF
850-500 THTE AXIS. FURTHER W...EXPECT CONVECTION TO BE DIURNAL IN
NATURE. PWATS STILL TO REMAIN ABOVE 2 INCHES OVER EASTERN ZONES
BEFORE DECREASING LATE IN THE WEEKEND.
.EXTENDED...LITTLE CHANGE IN PREVIOUS FORECAST. WILL CONT DIMINISH
RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE WEEK WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES
RETURNING.
MARINE...CONTINUE SCA FOR HIGH SEAS.
CRP WB 075/087 076/091 076 72653
VCT CE 074/086 074/090 076 72674
LRD EB 077/091 078/096 077 72342=
.CRP...FFA THROUGH THROUGH SATURDAY TXZ231>234...TXZ241>247
SCA GMZ250-255-270-275.
AP...72 SYN
MC...84 MESOIn the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 31, 1:09 PM CST, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
209 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
615 AM 6 S FREER TX FLOOD
08/31/01 DUVAL ROAD WASHED OUT AT
JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 339
AND 16.
620 AM 4 SW ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 1554 WATER UP TO HOMES.
EVACUATIONS
UNDERWAY. CR 440
PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOMES.
635 AM PREMONT TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS WIDESPREAD FLOODING
900 AM 1 S ROBSTOWN TX FLOOD
08/31/01 NUECES HIGHWAY 77 ACCESS RD AT CR
44 IMPASSABLE.
900 AM 2 N ROBSTOWN TX FLOOD
08/31/01 NUECES CR 1889 AND CR 48 UNDER
WATER.
1050 AM 20 N ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS US 281 CLOSED FROM FM 3376
TO FM 624.
918 AM ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS LOCAL FLOODING IN MANY
PARTS OF THE CITY.
920 AM 8 S GEORGE WEST TX FLOOD
08/31/01 LIVE OAK HIGHWAY 59 WATER COVERING
ROAD.
920 AM 5 SE ANNAROSE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 LIVE OAK WATER OVER ROADWAYS AT JIM
WELLS/LIVE OAK
COUNTY BORDER.
1000 AM LOMA ALTA TX FLOOD
08/31/01 MCMULLEN OLD SAN DIEGO RD CLOSED
DUE TO BIG COW
CREEK/DEVILS WATER HOLE
CREEK MERGER. 200 YDS
WIDE.
1050 AM 2 W ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 1554 CLOSED FROM FM
2507 TO SH 44.
1050 AM 2 W ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 2507 CLOSED FROM SH 44
TO FM 1554.
1050 AM 5 SE ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 1930 CLOSED FROM FM 665
TO FM 1352.
1050 AM 5 SE ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS SH 44 BUSINESS CLOSED FROM
FM 1352 TO MARTIN LUTHER
KING BLVD.
1000 AM 10 SE BAYSIDE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 REFUGIO FM 629 CLOSED FROM FM 136
TO FM 3037.
1000 AM SINTON TX FLOOD
08/31/01 SAN PATRICIO FM 796 CLOSED FROM SH 188
TO SH 359.
1000 AM SINTON TX FLOOD
08/31/01 SAN PATRICIO US 181 CLOSED. DETOUR TO
CITY STREETS.
1021 AM 4 NW MATHIS TX FLOOD
08/31/01 SAN PATRICIO WATER 2 FT HIGH OFF FM 441
JUST BEFORE FM 888.
1044 AM 5 W ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS HOMES FLOODED IN RANCHO
ALEGRE. BOATS BEING
USED TO EVACUATE.
1120 AM BEEVILLE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 BEE SR 202 US 59 US 181
FLOODED.
BBLocal storm report, Aug 31, 1:10 PM CST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1210 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
615 AM 6 S FREER TX FLOOD
08/31/01 DUVAL ROAD WASHED OUT AT
JUNCTION OF HIGHWAYS 339
AND 16.
620 AM 4 SW ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 1554 WATER UP TO HOMES.
EVACUATIONS
UNDERWAY. CR 440
PEOPLE TRAPPED IN HOMES.
635 AM PREMONT TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS WIDESPREAD FLOODING
900 AM 1 S ROBSTOWN TX FLOOD
08/31/01 NUECES HIGHWAY 77 ACCESS RD AT CR
44 IMPASSABLE.
900 AM 2 N ROBSTOWN TX FLOOD
08/31/01 NUECES CR 1889 AND CR 48 UNDER
WATER.
1050 AM 20 N ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS US 281 CLOSED FROM FM 3376
TO FM 624.
918 AM ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS LOCAL FLOODING IN MANY
PARTS OF THE CITY.
920 AM 8 S GEORGE WEST TX FLOOD
08/31/01 LIVE OAK HIGHWAY 59 WATER COVERING
ROAD.
920 AM 5 SE ANNAROSE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 LIVE OAK WATER OVER ROADWAYS AT JIM
WELLS/LIVE OAK
COUNTY BORDER.
1000 AM LOMA ALTA TX FLOOD
08/31/01 MCMULLEN OLD SAN DIEGO RD CLOSED
DUE TO BIG COW
CREEK/DEVILS WATER HOLE
CREEK MERGER. 200 YDS
WIDE.
1050 AM 2 W ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 1554 CLOSED FROM FM
2507 TO SH 44.
1050 AM 2 W ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 2507 CLOSED FROM SH 44
TO FM 1554.
1050 AM 5 SE ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS FM 1930 CLOSED FROM FM 665
TO FM 1352.
1050 AM 5 SE ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS SH 44 BUSINESS CLOSED FROM
FM 1352 TO MARTIN LUTHER
KING BLVD.
1000 AM 10 SE BAYSIDE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 REFUGIO FM 629 CLOSED FROM FM 136
TO FM 3037.
1000 AM SINTON TX FLOOD
08/31/01 SAN PATRICIO FM 796 CLOSED FROM SH 188
TO SH 359.
1000 AM SINTON TX FLOOD
08/31/01 SAN PATRICIO US 181 CLOSED. DETOUR TO
CITY STREETS.
1021 AM 4 NW MATHIS TX FLOOD
08/31/01 SAN PATRICIO WATER 2 FT HIGH OFF FM 441
JUST BEFORE FM 888.
1044 AM 5 W ALICE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 JIM WELLS HOMES FLOODED IN RANCHO
ALEGRE. BOATS BEING
USED TO EVACUATE.
1120 AM BEEVILLE TX FLOOD
08/31/01 BEE SR 202 US 59 US 181
FLOODED.
BBThe radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 31, 2001
- Tornado in Alabama, August 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 31, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 31, 2001
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, August 31, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 31, 2001
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 31, 2001
- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 31, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 31, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2001
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: 5276157.