Texas, 2001

Flash Flood in Texas, June 8, 2001

June 8, 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 8, 2:03 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:03 AM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
303 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001

REMNANTS OF ALLISON CONTINUES OVER EAST TX...NORTHEAST OF CLL
AT THE SURFACE EARLY THIS MORNING. CENTER OF UPPER LOW WAS BETWEEN
LFK AND UTS. MODELS FAIRLY CLOSE IN MOVING LOW TO THE SOUTHWEST
TODAY AND THEN SOUTH TO SOUTH OF HOU BY 10/12...BY MESOETA...AVN
A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTHWEST AND FASTER. ETA SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CLOSER
WITH THE RAIN ON THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH SIDE OF THE LOW THIS PAST
EVENING...WITH THIS IN MIND MAY NEED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE
SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA AT LEAST FOR THIS MORNING. STORMS
NORTH OF LFK ARE DECREASING SOME AT THIS TIME...BUT STORMS SOUTH
OF AND NEAR LFK ARE INCREASING. THANKS LCH FOR COORD.

IV

PRELIM NUMBERS...

SHV 85/70/86/70/88 4232
MLU 85/70/87/70/88 4232
TXK 85/69/87/68/88 3221
TYR 84/70/86/70/88 5321
LFK 83/72/86/70/88 7542

.SHV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY SOUXTHERN PORTIONS OF EAST
TEXAS...TXZ149-152-165-166-167.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 11:07 PM CST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1207 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001

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

1115 PM    BROOKELAND                TX   FLOODING
06/07/01   SABINE                         U.S. 96 NORTH OF
                                          BROOKELAND WITH ONE TO TWO
                                          FEET OF WATER OVER ROAD.
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT

1125 PM    PONTA                     TX   FLOODING
06/07/01   CHEROKEE                       NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
                                          CLOSED AROUND PONTA. LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1130 PM    HEMPHILL                  TX   FLOODING
06/07/01   SABINE                         FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 87 S
                                          BETWEEN HEMPHILL AND
                                          YELLOW PINE. LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1130 PM    PINELAND                  TX   FLOODING
06/07/01   SABINE                         FM 2426 EAST OF PINELAND
                                          WITH ONE TO TWO FEET OF
                                          WATER OVER ROAD FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

1140 PM    JACKSONVILLE              TX   FLOODING
06/07/01   CHEROKEE                       NUMEROUS COUNTY ROADS
                                          CLOSED IN AND AROUND
                                          JACKSONVILLE DUE TO HIGH
                                          WATER. LAW ENFORCEMENT

1150 PM    NEW SUMMERFIELD           TX   FLOODING
06/07/01   CHEROKEE                       SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS
                                          CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER
                                          NEAR NEW SUMMERFIELD. LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:10 AM CST, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
510 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001

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

0445 AM    5 S LUFKIN                TX   FLOODING
06/08/01   ANGELINA                       CAR CARRIED OFF BY HIGH
                                          WATER. FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0450 AM    DIBOLL                    TX   FLOODING
06/08/01   ANGELINA                       HWY 1818 CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER...WATER UP TO
                                          CAR DOORS. FROM LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

0500 AM    LUFKIN                    TX   FLOODING
06/08/01   ANGELINA                       NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED.
                 4                         FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.

NNNN

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:31 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Angelina

When
June 8, 4:30 AM CST to 7:30 AM CST
Where
Angelina County, Diboll
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.255, -94.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash flooding from Tropical Storm Allison resulted in a subdivision evacuation just south of the Lufkin Airport. Several cars were carried off by the rushing water.

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: 5249489.