Flood in Texas, February 16 to 25, 2001

Name: Flood in Texas, February 16 to 25, 2001
Start: 2001-02-16T07:15
End: 2001-02-25T03:45
Location: Texas

February 16 to 25, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $12,000
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 Feb 16, 7:02 AM CST, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 7:02 AM CST, 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
702 AM CST FRI FEB 16 2001

SURFACE LOW STRENGTHING NEAR SHREVEPORT...IS RESULTING IN
STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.
UPDATED TO INCLUDE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH
LA AND SOUTHERN AR.

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. HIGH WIND WARNING THIS
MORNING ARZ070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014.

The radar

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

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Wood

When: February 16, 7:15 AM CST to February 25, 3:45 AM CST
Where: Wood forecast zone
Property damage: $12,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.786, -95.382 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive and prolonged rain occurred across the Lake Fork in Wood County, Texas, resulting in a new lake pool stage record. The lake rose and crested at 405.20 feet reported at 1930 CST on the 16th. The previous record was 405.15 feet set on May 4th 1990.

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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, February 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: 5230874.