1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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, 8:55 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 855 PM CST SAT NOV 17 2001 ISOLD SHRA MOVG NWD ACRS THE CWA THIS EVENING AS THE UPPER LOW OVER THE PANHANDLE KICKS OUT NEWD. WILL ADD MENTION OF ISOLD SHOWERS AND CONTG THE PATCHY DRZL AND FOG. REMAINDER OF FORECAST LOOKS GOOD. UNFORTUNATELY...OVERCAST STRATUS WILL KEEP LEONIDS METEOR SHOWER OBSCURED FOR SOUTH TEXANS. .EWX...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Nueces River went above flood stage. No river heights or crests were available. Times were estimated.
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: 5272053.