1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 15, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
230 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
CURRENT...SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATING LITTLE MID- AND UPPER-LEVEL
MOISTURE PULLING ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO. UPPER VORT MAX HAS MOVED
INTO FAR WEST TEXAS. BAROCLINIC ZONE DEEP CONVECTION...WITH ITS
ASSOCIATED UPPER DIVERGENCE...CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST INTO THE TEXAS
HILL COUNTRY. AT THE SURFACE...LIGHT EAST WINDS DOMINATE WITH
DEWPOINTS CONTINUING IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S.
DAYS 1 TO 3...BASED ON SATELLITE ANALYSIS...MODELS APPEAR TO HAVE
INITIALIZED WELL. PRIMARY CHALLENGE IS FIRST PERIOD POPS AND
CONTINUING THE FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT. MODELS SUGGEST BEST UPPER
DIVERGENCE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY TONIGHT. WATER
VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATING LITTLE AVAILABLE MID- AND UPPER-LEVEL
MOISTURE OVER NORTHERN MEXICO. THROUGH SUNDAY...UPPER LOW EJECTS A
FEW WEAK SHORT WAVES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS AS IT CONTINUES OVER
EASTERN NEW MEXICO. WITH LIMITED MID- AND UPPER-LEVEL MOISTURE AND
WEAK UPPER DYNAMICS...BELIEVE FIRST-PERIOD GUIDANCE POPS TOO HIGH
FOR ALL BUT OUR SOUTHEASTERN ZONES WHERE MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS WILL
BE BETTER. THUS...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR ONLY OUR
SOUTHEASTERN ZONES. FOR THE REMAINING PERIODS...WILL CONTINUE
DOWNWARD TREND WITH POPS. TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO GUIDANCE LOOK GOOD.
SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH TOMORROW
NIGHT.
DAYS 4 TO 7...UPPER LOW FILLS BY MONDAY. MRF RELATIVE HUMIDITY
TIME-HEIGHT ANALYSIS INDICATES MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL BECOME
PARTLY CLOUDY TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES AS ANOTHER SURGE OF COOLER AIR
MOVES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS BY THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.
CCF PRELIMS...
ABI 056/065/055/067 5431
SJT 055/066/055/067 4332
JCT 058/065/055/068 7543
.SJT...FLOOD WATCH FOR THESE COUNTIES TONIGHT:
BROWN
COLEMAN
KIMBLE
MASON
MENARD
MCCULLOCH
SAN SABA
23/HUBERTXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139-140- 154-155-168>170-160015- WEST CENTRAL TEXAS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 209 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001 SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. AFTER A VERY WET 24 HOURS...WEST CENTRAL TEXAS GETS A BREAK IN THE RAIN. RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS WAS IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE. MUCH OF THE RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...HOWEVER LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. THE MAIN CONCERN IS RESIDUAL FLOODING FROM THE RAIN...AS WATER MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH NATURES DRAINAGE SYSTEM. RIVERS...STREAM...CREEKS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS WILL CARRY THE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN FOR SEVERAL DAYS TO COME. THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL TEXAS WILL NOT COMPLETELY MOVE OUT OF THE AREA UNTIL AFTER THE WEEKEND...SO WHILE SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE UNSETTLED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS THAT INTERESTS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE SEE STATEMENTS AND OUTLOOKS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES ACROSS TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...AND NEW MEXICO.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall of 3 to 5 inches brought Beaver Creek near Mason out of its banks. Beaver Creek crested at 13.0 feet on the evening of the 15th, or about 1 foot above flood stage. Low water crossings along the creek were briefly covered with 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: 5272766.