Texas, 2001

Flash Flood in Texas, November 14 to 15, 2001

November 14 to 15, 2001 · NWS EWX · 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
$80,000
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 14, 9:06 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 9:06 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
906 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001

...WILL ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...

SHORTWAVE MOVING EAST ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW OVER ELP
WILL LIKELY SUPPORT THE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS NOW MOVING ACROSS
VAL VERDE COUNTY. AS THIS THUNDERSTORM AREA SPEADS SOUTHEAST AND
MOVES OVER SATURATED GROUNDS THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING
EXISTS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. MEANWHILE TRAINING OF
ECHOES CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE RUNNING CLOSE TO 200% OF NORMAL. WILL
GO AHEAD AND HOIST THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS AS MODELS KEEP THE WHOLE AREA IN A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH
THE NEXT TWO DAYS. WILL ALSO EXTEND SEVERE MENTION THROUGH TONIGHT
AS MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE HEALTHY INFLOW INTO GOOD INSTABILITY
AND DYNAMICS ALOFT. POPS, TEMPS AND WINDS LOOK FINE FOR NOW.

.EWX...FFA ALL AREAS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

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The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Atascosa

When
November 14, 10:30 PM CST to November 15, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Atascosa County, Southeast Portion
Property damage
$80,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
28.894, -98.527 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A general 2 to 3 inch rain fell over the southern portion of Atascosa County, with as much as 5 inches southeast of Cambellton. Widespread flash flooding developed over the southern part of the county, ending around midnight. Considerable damage was reported to roads and bridges in the southeast corner of Atascosa County.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5271429.