Texas, 2001

Flash Flooding in Texas, February 16, 2001

February 16, 2001 · NWS SHV · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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 Feb 16, 5:38 AM CST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 5:38 AM CST, 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
538 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001

UPDATED TO UP POPS SOME OVER NORTH LA.

IV

PREVIOUS NUMBERS...

SHV 56/34/53/31  8200
MLU 61/36/52/30  8300
TXK 56/31/48/30  8300
TYR 52/30/49/33  8100
LFK 52/30/49/33  8100

.SHV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON TODAY ARZ050-051-059>061-
070>073-LAZ001>006-010>012-017-OKZ077-TXZ096-097-108>112-
124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

The radar

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

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Event by event

6 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Wood

When
February 16, 6:20 AM CST
Where
Wood County, Quitman
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
32.786, -95.382 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

FM 2966, 312, 779 closed due to flooding and flash flooding.

Flash Flood, Upshur

When
February 16, 6:20 AM CST
Where
Upshur County, Gilmer
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
32.736, -94.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

FM 2088, 200, 555 closed due to high water and flash flooding.

Flash Flood, Titus

When
February 16, 6:30 AM CST
Where
Titus County, Mt Pleasant
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.217, -94.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

FM 127 and 1402 closed for flooding and flash flooding.

Flash Flood, Camp

When
February 16, 6:30 AM CST
Where
Camp County, Pittsburg
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
32.973, -94.978 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hwy 271, 155, and FM 1519 closed or partially closed by flooding and flash flooding.

Flash Flood, Franklin

When
February 16, 6:45 AM CST
Where
Franklin County, Mt Vernon
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
33.176, -95.218 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

I-30 Service roads closed from the western county line to mile marker 145. High water over FM 3122 and numerous secondary roads flooded.

Flash Flood, Morris

When
February 16, 7:00 AM CST
Where
Morris County, Omaha
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
33.114, -94.733 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

FM 144N closed due to flooding and flash flooding.

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: 5230681, 5230682, 5230683, 5230684, 5230685, 5230686.