1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 16, 2:30 AM CST, 6 hours earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
230 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001
CURRENT ANALYSIS...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO THE NORTHEAST
GIVING SOUTH TEXAS EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS.
AMPLE AMOUNTS OF GULF MOISTURE PUMPING INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
REGION CREATING A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND THUS
CONTINUING THE THREAT OF RAIN FOR TODAY AND THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
UPPER LEVEL COLD LOW CENTERED TO THE NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO SEND
SHORTWAVES ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...COLLIDE WITH THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIR AND THUS CREATING MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN EVENTS ON TOP OF WHAT
ALREADY HAS OCCURRED.
MODEL GUIDANCE SHOTS UPPER LEVEL LOW TO THE NORTHEAST ON SUNDAY WITH
A CONTINUED MENTION OF PRECIP.
WILL CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TODAY. WILL MENTION THE
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST ALONG WITH LOCAL
FLOODING.
.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AUS 73/63/73/55/73 77654
DRT 73/60/73/60/73 77554
SAT 73/63/73/55/73 77654
.EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND
HILL COUNTRY.TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-161500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 518 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY... A NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE NEAR THE EL PASO AREA THIS MORNING IS FORECAST TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. IN ADDITION TO PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE WEATHER SITUATION LOOKS VERY SIMILAR FOR SATURDAY AS WELL...WITH THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING OUT OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY...AND MAY THREATEN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS INTO SATURDAY AS WELL. IN THE MEAN TIME...EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT TO THE CONTINUED CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE THEIR SPOTTER NETWORKS IF NECESSARY. FOR INFORMATION ON WEATHER THREATS IN SURROUNDING AREAS...REFER TO OUTLOOKS FROM OFFICES IN MIDLAND...SAN ANGELO...FORT WORTH... HOUSTON/GALVESTON AND CORPUS CHRISTI.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The San Marcos River went above flood stage. Near Luling, it crested at 34.63' (flood stage is 20.0') on November 16 at 1330CST.
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: 5272047.