2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 14, 10:20 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1020 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001 OTHER THAN MAVERICK STORM ENTERING NORTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY... SEVERE WEATHER EVENT HAS WANED. THUNDER EXPECTED AGAIN TOMORROW AND THIS SEEMS REASONABLE TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT NEW MODEL DATA. NICE DIFFLUENCE ALOFT TOMORROW AND MOISTURE GOING NOWHERE. SHEAR IS GOOD...BUT A LITTLE LESS INSTABILITY PROGGED. REPEAT PERFORMANCE? AT LEAST FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ALSO MADE A FEW CHANGES TO THE FIRST PERIOD WINDS AND TEMPS. NO CHANGES TO LATER PERIODS...AND MARINE BASICALLY UNCHANGED. .CRP...NONE. 86/GW...73/MSL
TXZ229>232-239>244-150515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 519 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 10 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BEE...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO AND EASTERN WEBB. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...ARANSAS PASS... BEEVILLE...BENAVIDES...CORPUS CHRISTI...COTULLA...ENCINAL...GEORGE WEST...INGLESIDE...KINGSVILLE...MATHIS...PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND... ROBSTOWN...SINTON...SKIDMORE...THREE RIVERS AND TILDEN. THE CITY OF LAREDO IS NOT IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF A DIME OR LARGER...STRONG WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND EVEN TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...THEN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY FLAT DOWN ON THE GROUND...PREFERABLY IN A DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN SEVERE WEATHER. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP GW
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
530 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM KINGSVILLE TX 1.00 INCH HAIL
11/14/01 KLEBERGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
549 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0549 PM IN KINGSVILLE TX .75 INCH HAIL
11/14/01 KLEBERG
GWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
642 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0613 PM NEAR BEN BOLT TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
11/14/01 JIM WELLS
GWTXZ229>232-239>244-150430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 935 PM CST WED NOV 14 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CST... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE COUNTIES OF BEE...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO AND EASTERN WEBB...WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CST. AT THIS TIME...NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS ENERGY FROM AN UPPER LEVEL STORM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER...OR WINDS OF 58 MPH OR MORE...AND STORMS OF THIS INTENSITY ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AS ENERGY FROM THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE WARM... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OF SOUTH TEXAS. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP GW
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:30 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several streets and roads closed.
Some streets and roads were closed in and around Whitsett.
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, November 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: 5276237, 5276236.