Texas, 2001

Flash Flooding in Texas, November 16, 2001

November 16, 2001 · NWS CRP · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 16, 3:04 AM CST, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 3:04 AM CST, 26 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
304 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001

SHORT TERM...THE COMBINATION OF THE UPPER LOW TO THE WEST...LOCAL
MSTR AND INSTABILITY...WL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL CONVECTION TDA.
THUS...WL MAINTAIN THE FFA OVER THE CWFA FOR TDA. EXPECT BRN VALUES
IN THE SUPERCELL RANGE LATER TDA. FURTHER...MID LVL DRYING WL LIKELY
CONTRIBUTE TO STRONG WIND GUSTS. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION EXPECTED
SAT HWR EXPECT VERTICAL SHEAR TO DECREASE SIGNFICANTLY AS THE UPPER
LOW LIFTS NWD.

EXTENDED...DRIER ASSOCIATED WITH AN N-S UPPER RIDGE AXIS TO THE
IMMEDIATE EAST WILL MOVE TOWARD THE CWFA AND MINIMIZE PCPN CHANCES
SUN.  A SFC COLD FRONT...IN RESPONSE TO A DISTURBANCE TO MOVE ACRS
THE NRN CONUS...IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE CWFA BY LATE MON-TUE.
UPPER DISTURBANCES FROM MEXICO ARE PROGD TO MOVE ACROSS THE CWFA
MON-TUE. HWR...NOT CONFIDENT THAT MSTR WL BE SUFFICIENT AND WL LEAVE
OUT PCPN MON-TUE. A STRONGER UPPER DISTURBANCE IS PROGD TO AFFECT
THE CWFA WED-THU AND WL MAINTAIN A SLGT CHANCE FOR ACTIVITY THEN.

MARINE...WILL KEEP SCA GOING OFFSHORE AS WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS...
GRADIENT STILL GOOD TO 850 MB AND SEAS AROUND 7 FEET.  BAYS/INLAND
MAY BE A LITTLE BELOW THE CRITERION AT TIMES...BUT WILL KEEP SCA
GOING AS EXPECT PLENTY OF CONVECTION TO KEEP MARINERS IN PORT WITH
HIGHER SEAS AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING.  THETA-E AXIS SHIFTS BACK TO WEST
ON SATURDAY AS UPPER LOW MOVES NORTHWARD AND WEAKENS...SO PRECIP
CHANCES DIMINISH.  WINDS ALSO SUBSIDE.  SUNDAY AND MONDAY SHOULD
REMAIN PRECIP FREE WHILE WEAK SURFACE HIGH BUILDS IN.  AT THIS
TIME...FEEL RAIN CHANCES TOO LOW FOR TUESDAY TO MENTION AS UPPER LOW
TOO FAR TO WEST.  MWS WIBIS TO HIGHLIGHT THREAT OF THUNDER TODAY.

CRP TE 079/066 079/063 080 87654
VCT TE 078/063 078/061 079 87654
LRD TE 081/068 081/067 082 87553

.CRP...FFA TXZ229>234-239>247 TDA.
       SCA GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275.

87 (SYNOPTIC)
86 (MARINE)

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 15, 10:00 PM CST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1000 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

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

0955 PM    VICTORIA                  TX   0.88 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   VICTORIA                       SPOTTER REPORT.

LAMARRE
Local storm report, Nov 16, 2:27 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
227 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001

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

120 AM    AT FREER                  TX   .88 INCH HAIL
11/16/01   DUVAL                          DIME TO PENNY-SIZED HAIL

105 AM    2 SE MATHIS               TX   FLOOD
11/16/01   SAN PATRICIO                   FM 188 AND CR35 WATER OVER
                                          ROAD...ROAD
                                          CLOSED.

GW

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:31 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Jim Wells

When
November 16, 3:30 AM CST to 9:30 AM CST
Where
Jim Wells County, Countywide
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
27.731, -98.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several streets and roads throughout the county closed.

Flash Flood, Jim Wells

When
November 16, 9:30 AM CST to 3:30 PM CST
Where
Jim Wells County, Countywide
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
27.731, -98.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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: 5276328, 5276329.