Texas, 2001

Flash Flood in Texas, November 28, 2001

November 28, 2001 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

After 8 to 10 inches of rain, several roads flooded and were closed.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.

After 8 to 10 inches of rain, several roads flooded and were closed.

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 Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 28, 3:01 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 28, 3:01 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
301 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001

.UPDATED...
A TORNADO WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2000 CST. ALSO CORRECTED
LAFAYETTE TEMPERATURES.

.TONIGHT...
STATIONARY COLD FRONT...WHICH EXTENDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
THROUGH WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...IS FORECAST TO MIGRATE EAST INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA BY EARLY MORNING. PRE-FRONTAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. WILL RETAIN SEVERE WORDING ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA.

POST FRONTAL RAINS WILL PERSIST...AS DEEP SOUTHERLIES OVER-GLIDE THE
COOLER SURFACE AIR. WILL RETAIN FLASH FLOOD WATCH ACROSS ALL OF
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

WINDS WILL PICK UP ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. THE MARINE FORECASTER
WILL ISSUE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

.THURSDAY...
A POLAR TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...USHERING IN
DRIER AIR. RAINS EXPECTED TO END FROM THE WEST...HOWEVER CLOUDS AND
ROBUST COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL CAUSE SUBNORMAL MAXIMUMS.

.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...
AEX 44/45/30/60/40/67/45 +800000
BPT 40/49/35/64/50/70/50 7500002
LCH 46/50/33/65/47/70/50 9700002
LFT 65/65/32/64/45/71/48 +800002

.LCH...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...LAZ027>029-030>033-041>045-051>055
       TORNADO WATCH TONIGHT...LAZ027>029-030>033-041>045-051>055
       FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT...TXZ180>182-201-215-216
       SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...GMZ450-455-470-475

TRARES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 28, 3:27 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
327 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0250 PM    SARATOGA                  TX   0.75 INCH HAIL
11/28/01   HARDIN                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC

0254 PM    THICKET                   TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
11/28/01   HARDIN                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC

0304 PM    WARREN                    TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
11/28/01   TYLER                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC

FN
Local storm report, Nov 28, 4:20 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES, LA
420 PM CST WED NOV 28 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0358 PM    LEBLANC                   LA   .75 INCH HAIL
11/28/01   ALLEN                          REPORT FROM POST OFFICE

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The radar

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Jefferson

When
November 28, 5:30 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
Where
Jefferson County, Beaumont
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
29.854, -94.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 5272085.