1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 14, 2:50 AM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TO ADD LAKE CAUTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
250 AM CST WED MAR 14 2001
WILL ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WITH MORNING PACKAGE FOR AREAS SOUTHEAST
OF A LAMPASAS TO ATHENS LINE. STRONG LOW LEVEL JET TRANSPORTING
MOISTURE NORTHWARD WITH 120 KNOT PLUS JET MOVING OVER THE REGION.
STRONG DIV-Q FIELDS AND HIGH PW/S FAVORABLE AROUND ONE INCH OF RAIN
ACROSS WATCH AREA AND JET FORCING WILL AID LIFT. THE RAIN WILL END
WEST TO EAST TONIGHT AS THE MAIN SHORT WAVE TROUGH PASSES AND DRY
SLOT INTRUDES. PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE STRONGER THAN EXPECTED
TODAY SO WILL INCREASE WINDS TO LAKE CAUTION FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.
COLD FRONT ARRIVES THURSDAY MORNING...THUS COOLER AND WINDY DURING
THE DAY. A COLD START ON FRIDAY...BUT IT WILL BE DRY AND SUNNY.
CLOUDS INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH RAIN RETURNING SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY AS NEXT UPPER LOW SWINGS THROUGH THE REGION. TUESDAY LOOKING
DRY.
HIGHS TODAY WILL BE DETERMINED BY RAIN AREAS AND CLOUD THICKNESS.
WILL GO BELOW MOS DOWN SOUTH TODAY...AND AREAWIDE TOMORROW. LOWS
SEEM REASONABLE.
DFW 62/44/61/34 +300 ACT 61/47/65/37 +300
.FWD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY SOUTHEAST OF A LAMPASAS...ATHENS LINE.
LAKE CAUTION WINDS WEST AND CENTRAL TODAY.TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-141800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 530 AM CST WED MAR 14 2001 THUNDERSTORMS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER NORTH TEXAS...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. HOWEVER...THEY WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE REGION...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING... IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY...THERE IS A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS... AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. WITH SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA TODAY... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. WINDS... GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN CHOPPY WATERS ON AREA LAKES. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN VENTURING INTO OPEN WATERS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 287 north of Cayuga was closed due to flooding of the Trinity River. The event occurred in the morning hours (time is an estimate).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, March 2001
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: 5234391.