Texas, 2001Flood 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.
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- 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.
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.
- 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.
- Dense Fog in Ohio, November 17, 20012 deaths · 3 injured · $12,000 · 2 events
- Rip Current in Guam, November 17, 20011 death · 1 event
- Blizzard and Ice Storm in Alaska, November 17, 20015 injured · $30,000 · 84 kt wind · 7 events
- Dense Fog in California, November 17 to 21, 20014 events
- Flood in Texas, November 17 to 18, 20011 event
- Flood in Texas, November 17 to 18, 20011 event
- High Wind in Alaska, November 17, 20011 event
- Flood in Texas, November 17 to 19, 20011 event
- Dense Fog in California, November 17 to 18, 20011 event
- Dense Fog in California, November 17 to 18, 20011 event
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.