Flash Flood in Texas, December 16, 2001

Name: Flash Flood in Texas, December 16, 2001
Start: 2001-12-16T21:05
End: 2001-12-16T21:05
Location: Texas

December 16, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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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 Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 16, 3:00 PM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 3:00 PM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
300 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001

A LOT OF WEATHER FOR THE FIRST PERIOD OF FORECAST. WEST TO EAST WARM
FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY MOVING SLOWLY NORTH THRU CENTER OF CWA.
THIS WILL BE FOCUS FOR THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AS UPPER LEVEL
TROF APPROACHES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ALSO FLASH
FLOODING STILL POSSIBLE AS STORMS THIS EVENING WILL DUMP A FEW MORE
INCHES OF RAIN ON AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY FLOODED TODAY.
WILL EXTEND CURRENT FLOOD WATCH INTO TONIGHT...SAME ZONES...SINCE
THAT IS WHERE THE BULK OF THE RAIN FELL LAST NIGHT AND TODAY...AND
ALLOW OTHER AREAS TO BE HANDLED WITH FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS AS
NEEDED. HOWEVER...BY MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY AFTER...MOST OF THE RAIN
SHOULD BE MOVING EAST OF THE CWA. COLD FRONT WILL PASS ALL OF CWA BY
AROUND 09Z OR 10Z TONIGHT...WITH PRECIP TAPERING OFF. WILL NOT
MENTION RAIN ANY ZONES FOR MONDAY...BUT IT WILL BE CLOSE IN EAST.
DRY SLOT WORKS RAPIDLY INTO EASTERN ZONES BY 12Z ON MESO ETA...SO
WILL FOLLOW THIS AS END OF RAIN. WRAP AROUND PRECIP IS RATHER CLOSE
TO NORTHERN ZONES ON MONDAY...BUT WILL JUST GO WITH CLOUDY FOR NOW.
DRY WEATHER THROUGH REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. MRF HAS NEXT SYSTEM
DIGGING RATHER DEEP...SO LOOKS LIKE A ANOTHER HEAVY RAIN PRODUCER.
THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A LITTLE COLDER AIR FOR CHRISTMAS EVE.

PRELIMS...
SHV 53/59/36/64 +000
MLU 58/62/36/63 +100
TXK 48/55/37/61 +000
TYR 47/57/36/63 +000
LFK 52/60/35/65 +000

.SHV...FLOOD WATCH...NORTHWEST OF A MAGNOLIA AR...RUSK TX LINE
ARZ050-051-059>061-070>072-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-
149-150

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 16, 3:50 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
350 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

1015 AM    GOLDEN                    OK   FLOODING
12/16/01   MCCURTAIN                      2 1/2 FEET OF WATER
                                          COVERING COUNTRY ROAD.
                                          5 MILES WEST OF BROKEN BOW.

840 AM    MOUNT PLEASANT            TX   FLOODING
12/16/01   TITUS                          FLOODING REPORT AT VARIOUS
                                          LOCATIONS: SE 15 AND SE
                                          26...SE 9 AND SE 38... AND
                                          A BRIDGE OUT AT NW 46 OFF
                                          OF 1402.

250 PM    BROKEN BOW                OK   FLOODING
12/16/01   MCCURTAIN                      CAR WASHED OFF ROAD ON OLD
                                          US 70.

NNNN

Local storm report, Dec 16, 5:00 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
600 PM CDT SUN DEC 16 2001

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

0530 PM    JUDSON                    TX   WIND DAMAGE
12/16/01   GREGG                          TREES DOWN AND ROOF
                                          DAMAGE. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

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Local storm report, Dec 16, 7:40 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT, LA
740 PM CST SUN DEC 16 2001

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

0605 PM    QUITMAN                   TX   FLOODING
12/16/01   WOOD                           WATER COVERS HWY 37 IN QUITMAN
                                          MANY FM ROADS UNDERWATER
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

0615 PM    MOUNT VERNON              TX   FLOODING
12/16/01   FRANKLIN                       2 FEET OF WATER STANDING ON
                                          HWY 37 S NEAR MOUNT VERNON
                                          ROAD IMPASSABLE
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

0620 PM    BOGOTA                    TX   FLOODING
12/16/01   RED RIVER                      HWYS 909, 1487 CLOSED NEAR
                                          BOGOTA DUE TO HIGH WATER
                                          HWY 410 NEAR KANAWHA ALSO FLOODED
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

0625 PM    IDABEL                    OK   FLOODING
12/16/01   MCCURTAIN                      HWY 37 WEST OF IDABEL IS FLOODED
                                          MANY FM ROADS STILL UNDERWATER
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

0705 PM    1 S ASHDOWN               AR   FLOODING
12/16/01   LITTLE RIVER                   HWY 71 SOUTH OF ASHDOWN HAS
                                          1-1.5 FEET OF WATER STANDING OVER
                                          ROADWAY MANY COUNTY ROADS FLOODED
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

0725 PM    LONGVIEW                  TX   FLOODING
12/16/01   GREGG                          INTERSECTION OF HARLEY RIDGE AND
                                          PINE TREE RD IS FLOODED
                                          REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT

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The radar

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Bowie

When: December 16, 9:05 PM CST
Where: Bowie County, Texarkana
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 33.446, -94.423 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several major roads closed in town. Cars stalled on Hwy 67.

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

Every storm in Texas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, December 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: 5273423.