2 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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 15, 3:05 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
340 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
312 PM 4 N SAN MARCOS TX TORNADO
11/15/01 HAYS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
315 PM 2 S BUDA TX TORNADO
11/15/01 HAYS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
335 PM 4 S AUSTIN BEN WHITE & I35 TX TORNADO ON GROUND
11/15/01 TRAVIS REPORTED BY CITY OF
AUSTIN
WRPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
734 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0944 AM CANYON LAKE TX FLASH FLOODS
11/15/01 COMAL ROADS UNDERWATER WEST OF
HWY 181 AND NORTH OF CANYON
LAKE
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
1120 AM FREDERICKSBURG TX FLASH FLOODS
11/15/01 GILLESPIE HWY 290 WEST BETWEEN
FREDERICKSBURG AND HARPER
CLOSED. WATER ONE FOOT DEEP
AT PLANT CREEK CROSSING
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
1255 PM KENEDY TX TORNADO
11/15/01 KARNES TORNADO AT TDJC
PRISONREPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0107 PM 2 S KENEDY TX FUNNEL CLOUD
11/15/01 KARNES FUNNEL CLOUD
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0325 PM BLANCO TX FLASH FLOODS
11/15/01 BLANCO ALL COUNTY ROADS
CLOSED
REPORTED BY MEDIA
0348 PM AUSTIN TX TORNADO
11/15/01 TRAVIS TORNADO AT BEN WHITE AND I
35 IN AUSTIN. 3 LARGE
EVERGREEN TREES BROKEN OFF
AT THE ROOTS. NUMEROUS
MAILBOXES BLOWN OVER.
CARPORTS TORN UP INSIDE APT
COMPLEX
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0420 PM BOERNE TX TORNADO
11/15/01 KENDALL HOUSE WITH ROOF OFF AT
BOERNE. RANCHER SAW TORNADO
AT FM 300 AND HWY 46.
REPORTED BY HAM
0940 AM WIMBERLY TX TORNADO
11/15/01 HAYS TORNADO REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0420 PM SAN ANTONIO TX FLASH FLOODS
11/15/01 BEXAR DEZAVALA AND I 10
FLOODED
REPORTED BY HAM
0445 PM AUSTIN TX TORNADO
11/15/01 TRAVIS TORNADO NEAR YAGER
LANE
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0501 PM AUSTIN TX TORNADO
11/15/01 TRAVIS TORNADO WITH DEBRIS AT 685
AND DESSAU
REPORTED BY PUBLIC PUBLIC
0515 PM ROCKSPRINGS TX FLASH FLOODS
11/15/01 EDWARDS *** 1 DEAD ***
PREGNANT LADY DROWNED
REPORTED BY MEDIA
1000 AM BLANCO TX FLASH FLOODS
11/15/01 BLANCO *** 1 DEAD ***
MAN IN PICKUP DROWNED
SOUTH OCBH
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APRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX
745 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0944 AM CANYON LAKE TX FLASH FLOODS
11/15/01 COMAL ROADS UNDERWATER WEST OF
HWY 181 AND NORTH OF CANYON
LAKE
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
1120 AM FREDERICKSBURG TX FLASH FLOODS
11/15/01 GILLESPIE HWY 290 WEST BETWEEN
FREDERICKSBURG AND HARPER
CLOSED. WATER ONE FOOT DEEP
AT PLANT CREEK CROSSING
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
1255 PM KENEDY TX TORNADO
11/15/01 KARNES TORNADO AT TDJC
PRISONREPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0107 PM 2 S KENEDY TX FUNNEL CLOUD
11/15/01 KARNES FUNNEL CLOUD
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0325 PM BLANCO TX FLASH FLOODS
11/15/01 BLANCO ALL COUNTY ROADS
CLOSED
REPORTED BY MEDIA
0348 PM AUSTIN TX TORNADO
11/15/01 TRAVIS TORNADO AT BEN WHITE AND I
35 IN AUSTIN. 3 LARGE
EVERGREEN TREES BROKEN OFF
AT THE ROOTS. NUMEROUS
MAILBOXES BLOWN OVER.
CARPORTS TORN UP INSIDE APT
COMPLEX
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0420 PM BOERNE TX TORNADO
11/15/01 KENDALL HOUSE WITH ROOF OFF AT
BOERNE. RANCHER SAW TORNADO
AT FM 300 AND HWY 46.
REPORTED BY HAM
0940 AM WIMBERLY TX TORNADO
11/15/01 HAYS TORNADO REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0420 PM SAN ANTONIO TX FLASH FLOODS
11/15/01 BEXAR DEZAVALA AND I 10
FLOODED
REPORTED BY HAM
0445 PM AUSTIN TX TORNADO
11/15/01 TRAVIS TORNADO NEAR YAGER
LANE
REPORTED BY PUBLIC
0501 PM AUSTIN TX TORNADO
11/15/01 TRAVIS TORNADO WITH DEBRIS AT 685
AND DESSAU
REPORTED BY PUBLIC PUBLIC
0515 PM ROCKSPRINGS TX FLASH FLOODS
11/15/01 EDWARDS *** 1 DEAD ***
PREGNANT LADY DROWNED.
REPORT RECEIVED AT 0515 PM.
DEATH OCCURRED EARLY THIS
MORNING, TIME UNKNOWN
REPORTED BY MEDIA
1000 AM BLANCO TX FLASH FLOODS
11/15/01 BLANCO *** 1 DEAD ***
MAN IN PICKUP DROWNED
SOUTH OF SH 102
REPORTED BY MEDIA
0540 PM GARDEN RIDGE TX FUNNEL CLOUD
11/15/01 COMAL FUNNEL CLOUD
REPORTED BY PUBLIC PUBLIC
DCThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Onion Creek went above flood stage, in some of the worst flooding since October of 1998. Near SH183, it crested at 36.5' (flood stage is 17.0') on November 16 at 0645CST.
Barton Creek went above flood stage. Near the Austin 360 Loop, it crested at 15.5' (flood stage is 11.0') on November 16 at 0155CST.
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: 5272044, 5272045.