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 15, 5:25 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 525 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001 NEW TORNADO WATCH COMING OUT WILL INCLUDE ALL BUT WEBB COUNTY...IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM. STRONG VERT SHEAR CONTINUES. GOT A LONG LIVED TORNADIC SUPERCELL THAT HAS TRACKED FROM LIVE OAK COUNTY TO THE GOLIAD COUNTY LINE. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS DUVAL COUNTY MAY QUICKLY GO SEVERE. ZONE UPDATES COMING SOON 75 .CRP...FFA AND TORNADO WATCH TXZ229>234-240>247.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
251 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0353 PM 10 W BEEVILLE TX TORNADO
11/15/01 BEE TORNADO ON GROUND ALONG FM
799 AND LIVE OAK COUNTY
LINE.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
251 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0353 PM 10 W BEEVILLE TX TORNADO
11/15/01 BEE TORNADO ON GROUND ALONG FM
799 AND LIVE OAK COUNTY
LINE.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
439 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
436 PM MINERAL TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/01 BEE
436 PM NORMANNA TX .88 INCH HAIL
11/15/01 BEE
436 PM MINERAL TX TORNADO
11/15/01 BEE EMC REPORTED MOBILE HOME
DESTROYED, ROOF
DAMAGE ON HOUSE NEXT
DOOR. LOCATION NEAR FARM
ROAD 673 AND PIONEER
RD.
436 PM MINERAL TX TORNADO
11/15/01 BEE SEVERAL POWER POLES DOWN
AT FARM ROAD 673 AND
WILDCAT.
JMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
512 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0246 PM 5 NE GEORGE WEST TX TORNADO
11/15/01 LIVE OAK NWS EMPLOYEES REPORTED
HOUSE DAMAGED AND LARGE
TREE LIMBS THROUGH ROOF
SHED BLOWN AWAY.
0445 PM TULETA TX FLOOD
11/15/01 BEE ROADS FLOODED NEAR TULETA
JMTXZ229>234-240>247-160500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 537 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL 1100 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...DUVAL...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO AND VICTORIA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...ARANSAS PASS...BEEVILLE...BENAVIDES...CORPUS CHRISTI...COTULLA...ENCINAL... GEORGE WEST...GOLIAD...INGLESIDE...KINGSVILLE...MATHIS...PORT ARANSAS...PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...PORTLAND...REFUGIO... ROBSTOWN...ROCKPORT...SEADRIFT...SINTON...SKIDMORE...THREE RIVERS... TILDEN AND VICTORIA. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO OCCUR IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF TORNADOES DO IN FACT DEVELOP OR ARE SPOTTED...THEN A TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO QUICKLY ACT 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
547 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0542 PM 5 W SAN DIEGO TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/01 DUVAL
JMThe Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:18 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several streets and roads throughout the county closed.
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: 5276246, 5276247.