Texas, 2001

Flash Flood in Texas, June 7, 2001

June 7, 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 Jun 7, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
930 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001

REMAINS OF ALLISON CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTHWEST OVER PARTS OF
EAST TEXAS AWAY FROM THE COUNTY WARNING AND FORECAST AREA..BUT
CONTINUE TO AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER MUCH OF EAST TEXAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. HEAVIER RAINFALL
OVER THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA...HAVE RESULTED IN THE ISSUANCE OF
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS...AS HEAVY RAIN FALLS OVER REGION THAT HAS HAD
PREVIOUS SATURATING RAINS. FLOODING HAS OCCURRED IN NACOGDOCHES
TEXAS AND AT 1000 PM...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL
THAT TIME...WILL BE EXTENDED INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY.

WILL NOT MAKE ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE TO THE ONGOING ZONES...EXCEPT
FOR A FEW MINOR CHANGES TO WINDS AND TEMPERATURES. HIGHER CHANCE OF
RAIN OVER THE EAST TEXAS LAKES AREA AND ALONG TOLEDO BEND LAKE REGION
OF WEST LOUISIANA.

06

PREVIOUS NUMBERS...

SHV 72/84/70/86/70 5532
MLU 72/84/70/86/70 5532
TXK 70/83/70/88/68 4321
TYR 72/83/70/86/70 6542
LFK 72/83/72/86/70 6653

.SHV...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 8:40 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
940 PM CDT THU JUN 07 2001

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

0400 AM    MARTHAVILLE               LA   FLOODING
06/07/01   NATCHITOCHES                   HIGH WATER ACROSS HWY 120
                                          NEAR MARTHAVILLE. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

0400 AM    HAGEWOOD                  LA   FLOODING
06/07/01   NATCHITOCHES                   HIGH WATER ACROSS HWY 6.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0430 AM    COUSHATTA                 LA   FLOODING
06/07/01   RED RIVER                      HIGH WATER CONTINUED
                                          ACROSS HWY 71 IN
                                          COUSHATTA. REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0700 PM    NACOGDOCHES               TX   FLOODING
06/07/01   NACOGDOCHES                    SOME RESIDENTS HAVE
                                          BEEN EVACUATED.
                                          SEVERAL STREETS CLOSED.
                                          REPORTED BY BROADCAST
                                          MEDIA.
Local storm report, Jun 7, 8:50 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ...DELAYED REPORT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
950 PM CDT THU JUN 07 2001

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

0530 AM    20 SE LUFKIN              TX   WIND DAMAGE
05/28/01   ANGELINA                       *** 1 INJ ***
                                          TREE FELL THROUGH A TRAVEL
                                          TRAILER IN HANKS CREEK PARK
                                          AT SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR.
                                          REPORTED BY PARK RANGER.

0600 AM    12 SW HEMPHILL            TX   WIND DAMAGE
05/28/01   SABINE                         *** 1 INJ ***
                                          FLYING DEBRIS INJURED A
                                          GIRL AT MILL CREEK PARK.
                                          AT SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR.
                                          REPORTED BY PARK RANGER.

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:13 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Sabine

When
June 7, 10:15 PM CST to 11:55 PM CST
Where
Sabine County, Brookeland
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.343, -93.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flooding along U.S. Hwy 96 north of town closed the highway for several hours.

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

More

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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: 5249492.