Texas, 2001

Flash Flood in Texas, June 8 to 9, 2001

June 8 to 9, 2001 · NWS SHV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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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 8, 8:30 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.

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

WILL EXPAND THE WATCH TO INCLUDE MORE TX COUNTIES...

THE REMNANTS OF ALLISON CONTINUE TO HELP AVAILABLE MOISTURE
TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION.
WILL UPDATED THE ONGOING ZONES TO MAKE A FEW CHANGES SUCH AS CHANCE
OF RAIN...ALIGNMENT OF ZONES...AND POSSIBLE SOME
WINDS.

PREVIOUS NUMBERS...
SHV 73/84/71/86 5433
MLU 72/84/71/84 4433
TXK 71/82/70/85 4433
TYR 71/81/72/85 6533
LFK 72/84/72/86 7644

.SHV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT FOR EAST TEXAS
A...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JEFFERSON TO LONGVIEW...AND TYLER
TEXAS.
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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Harrison

When
June 8, 9:30 PM CST to June 9, 2:15 AM CST
Where
Harrison County, 5 mi N of Hallsville
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
32.548, -94.371 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The remnants of Tropical Storm Allison led to flash flooding over parts of Harrison County on the evening of the 8th. High water was reported over FM450 making the road impassable and numerous other roads contained high water and 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

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: 5249487.