Texas, 2001

Flood in Texas, November 15 to 16, 2001

November 15 to 16, 2001 · NWS EWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 15, 10:15 AM CST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 10:15 AM CST, 45 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1015 AM CST THU NOV 15 2001

DID NOT MAKE MANY IF ANY CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FORECASTS EXCEPT TO
EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT BASED ON SYNOPTIC
SITUATION CONTINUING THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...QUITE POSSIBLY
EVEN INTO OR THROUGH FRIDAY.

EVEN THOUGH IT APPEARS THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR ADVERSE WEATHER THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER
FLOODING...WEVE ALREADY RECEIVED REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS...SOME
EVEN TOUCHING GROUND.  THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON IN SUCH A PATTERN WHERE
THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXTREMELY TROPICAL IN NATURE AND EXTREMELY
UNSTABLE.  SUCH FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN CAUSE DAMAGE AND INJURY IF THEY
TOUCH DOWN.

MIGHT BE WORTH MENTIONING THIS IS WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS DAY IN
TEXAS...EVEN THOUGH WE MAY BE CONCENTRATING ON SOME NON-WINTER TYPES
OF WEATHER.  PLANNED ISSUANCES MAY BE DELAYED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER
RELEASES TAKING HIGHER PRIORITY.

.EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
AND HILL COUNTRY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 15, 6:33 AM CST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
633 AM CST THU NOV 15 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0511 AM    BOERNE                    TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   KENDALL                        ROOF TORN OFF HOUSE
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC

0519 AM    BOERNE                    TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   KENDALL                        SIGHTED AT FM 300 AND
                                          STATE HWY 46 WEST REPORTED
                                          BY RANCHER

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Blanco

When
November 15, 11:00 AM CST to November 16, 5:00 AM CST
Where
Blanco forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
30.266, -98.400 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Pedernales River went above flood stage. Near Johnson City, it crested at 22.45' (flood stage is 14.0') on November 15 at 1415CST.

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, November 2001

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: 5272980.