Texas, 2001Flash 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.
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- 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, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:03 AM CST, 3 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 8, 4:10 AM CST, 1 hour 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.
NNNNFlash Flood, Sabine
- When
- June 8, 5:30 AM CST to 8:50 AM CST
- Where
- Sabine County, 4 mi S of Hemphill
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.343, -93.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash flooding from Tropical Storm Allison resulted in high water over Hwy 87 south of town closing the roadway.
- 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.
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Louisiana, June 8 to 13, 2001$3.9 million · 9 events
- Flash Flood in Florida, June 8, 2001$75,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 8, 2001$44,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events
- Flash Flood in Texas, June 8, 2001$50,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, June 8, 20014 injured · 1 event
- Hail in Oregon, June 8, 2001$42,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 8, 2001$500 · 1 in hail · 4 events
- Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 8, 20013 events
- Flooding in Illinois, June 8 to 17, 20013 events
- Hail in Montana, June 8, 20010.88 in hail · 3 events
- Hail in Wyoming, June 8, 20011 in hail · 2 events
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 8, 20011 event
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: 5249490.