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, 3:05 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 3:05 PM CST, 10 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
305 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

UPPER LOW CENTERED NEAR GUADALUPE PEAK TO CONTINUE CHURNING OUT BITS
OF ENERGY ON ITS SOUTH SIDE.  AS THESE VORTICIES COLLIDE WITH THE
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND THE HILL
COUNTRY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...EXPECT MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN EVENTS
ON TOP OF WHAT WEVE ALREADY RECEIVED LAST NIGHT AND TODAY.  A BRIEF
RESPITE NOTED IN RADAR AND SATELLITE DISPLAYS BUT THIS WILL BE SHORT
LIVED AS SATELLITE IMAGERY ALREADY SHOWS A SPEED MAX JETTING ACROSS
THE BIG BEND AND NORTHERN MEXICO TOWARD THE RIO GRANDE WITH
CONVECTION ONCE MORE BLOSSOMING WEST OF THE RIVER IN RESPONSE TO
THIS UPPER-LEVEL FEATURE.

UPPER LOW FORECAST TO MOVE OUT ON SUNDAY WITH SOME MENTION OF PRECIP
REMAINING IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT AND MENTION THE
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE BODY OF THE FORECAST.
TORNADO WATCH TO RUN UNTIL 6 PM CST.

.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AUS 62/72/60/73 9876
DRT 60/72/60/72 7765
SAT 63/72/62/73 9876

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 15, 11:25 AM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
1125 AM CST THU NOV 15 2001

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

0940 AM    9 NW WIMBERLEY            TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   HAYS                           *** 1 INJ ***
                                          REPORTED BY HAYS COUNTY
                                          EMERGENCY COORDINATOR

0940 AM    9 NW WIMBERLEY            TX   PROPERTY DAMAGE
11/15/01   HAYS                           REPORTED BY HAYS COUNTY
                                          EMERGENCY COORDINATOR
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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, Uvalde

When
November 15, 3:15 PM CST to November 16, 2:15 AM CST
Where
Uvalde forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
29.357, -99.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Frio River went above flood stage. Near Concan, it crested at 18.66' (flood stage is 11.0') on November 15 at 1715CST. Near Uvalde, it crested at 16.83' (flood stage is 12.0') on November 15 at 2315CST.

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

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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: 5273071.