Texas, 2001

Flood in Texas, November 17 to 18, 2001

November 17 to 18, 2001 · NWS EWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 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

Open the live radar over this ground

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 17, 9:35 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 9:35 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
935 AM CST SAT NOV 17 2001

AREA RADARS SHOW SOMEWHAT STREAMER TYPE SHOWERS IN THE FAR EASTERN
CWA WITH NOT MUCH ELSEWHERE.  QUICK LOOK AT THE 12Z MODEL RUNS
INDICATES VERY LITTLE QPF AND THIS SEEMS REASONABLE IN LIGHT OF
UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED DYNAMICS LIFTING WELL NORTH OF CWA.
THUS...WILL DROP FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND LOWER POPS.  REMAINDER OF
FORECAST GENERALLY ON TRACK FOR THIS WEEKEND AND ANTICIPATE ONLY
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.  FOR THE WORK WEEK...WILL LIKELY DO SOME
CHANGES...ALTHOUGH WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTERNOON PACKAGE TO PERUSE
FULL SUITE OF MODELS.  04/10/23.

.EWX...NONE.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Frio

When
November 17, 11:15 AM CST to November 18, 3:15 AM CST
Where
Frio forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
28.868, -99.108 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Frio River went above flood stage. Near Derby, it crested at 7.99' (flood stage is 6.0') on November 17 at 2230CST.

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

More

Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5272052.