1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 Nov 15, 3:35 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 335 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001 LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN CWA WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING AS UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK ON THE SOUTHEASTERN FLANK OF THE UPPER TROUGH ACCELERATES EASTWARD. STILL FEEL THE BEST FORCING WILL BE IN THE WEST AND WILL LEAVE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN PLACE PLUS EXPAND TO INCLUDE A FEW MORE COUNTIES TO THE EAST. THE WATCH MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED AS A DRY SLOT PUNCHES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. STILL APPEARS MOST OF THE SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE CONFINED TO SOUTH TEXAS AND THE HILL COUNTRY WHERE THE BEST SHEAR AND INSTABILITY LIE...HOWEVER THERE MAY BE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL SHEAR FOR A FEW LOW TOP ROTATING STORMS IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN ZONES. BY FRIDAY...UPPER LOW BEGINS TO WEAKEN AND MEANDER NORTHWARD WHICH SHOULD LESSEN THE RAIN CHANCES ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT INTO THE PANHANDLE ON SATURDAY BEFORE GETTING CAUGHT UP IN FAST MOVING SHORT WAVE MOVING FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. ENERGY FROM THIS SYSTEM SHOULD SHIFT BETTER RAIN CHANCES NORTHWARD. COLD FRONT IS STILL PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS THE CWA SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY AND SHOULD BRING A QUICK SHOT OF RAIN ALONG WITH DRIER AIR ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO DIP INTO THE SOUTHERN U.S. BY THANKSGIVING AND MAY BRING ANOTHER SHOT OF RAIN. DFW 58/71/56/72 6422 ACT 62/73/58/74 +422 FCSTID = 79 .FWD...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF A JACKSBORO...MERIDIAN ...TO FRANKLIN LINE.
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-152200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 1145 AM CST THU NOV 15 2001 NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE FROM HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT WEST OF A JACKSBORO... STEPHENVILLE...TO TEMPLE LINE...WHERE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DITCHES AND CREEKS...AS WELL AS SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS. IT APPEARS THAT THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH TEXAS WHERE INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL BE THE GREATEST.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
There was wind damage to two recreational vehicles, one mobile home, a two story house, and signswere blown down.
Several farm to market roads were closed, some streets closed in Belton and Killeen due to high water.
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: 5274878, 5274879.