Flood in Texas, November 16 to 18, 2001

Name: Flood in Texas, November 16 to 18, 2001
Start: 2001-11-16T11:00
End: 2001-11-18T06:45
Location: Texas

November 16 to 18, 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 16, 10:20 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 10:20 AM CST, 40 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1020 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001

LATEST MSAS SFC ANALYSIS DEPICTS A WEAK MESO LOW NEAR DRT RIO.  THE
BEST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IS OCCURRING ACROSS
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM ZAPATA TO SARITA.  THIS WILL LIMIT THE THREAT
OF SEVERE TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER THE THREAT OF HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH PWS OF 1 TO 1.25 INCHES
ACROSS THE CWFA.  ANOTHER IMPULSE FROM THE UPPER LOW WILL PROVIDE
THE LIFTING MECHANISM FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE 12Z MESO ETA IS THE MODEL OF CHOICE AND IT FCSTS THE UPPER LOW
OVER SE NEW MEXICO TO BEGIN TO SLOWLY LIFT OUT TO THE NE TONIGHT.
STILL EXPECT ANOTHER LOBE OF VORTICITY TO SWEEP ACROSS THE CWFA
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.  THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT
SHOULD END BY SATURDAY EVENING.

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL
LIKELY BE EXTENDED AT LEAST THRU TONIGHT ON THE AFTERNOON UPDATE.

UPDATED PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AUS 73/63/73/55/73 87654
DRT 73/60/73/60/73 67554
SAT 73/63/73/55/73 87654

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

13/04

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 16, 5:18 AM CST, 5 hours 42 minutes before

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 radar

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Fayette

When: November 16, 11:00 AM CST to November 18, 6:45 AM CST
Where: Fayette forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 29.877, -96.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Colorado River went above flood stage. Near Bastrop, it crested at 30.96' (flood stage is 23.0') on November 16 at 2315CST. Near Smithville, it crested at 24.14' (flood stage is 20.0') on November 17 at 0830CST. Near LaGrange, it crested at 28.40' (flood stage is 26.0') on November 18 at 0130CST.

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

Every storm in Texas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, November 2001

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: 5272049.