Drought, Lamb
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lamb forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.069, -102.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Texas, October 1 to 31, 2001
24 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 24 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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 Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 30, 10:20 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 10:20 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SOUTH PLAINS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1120 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2001 A BAND OF THIN BROKEN CIRRUS...FROM A DECAYING TROPICAL SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST MEXICO...WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CWFA. I WILL CHANGE THE SKY COVER DURING THE FIRST PERIOD TO PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWFA. .LUB...NONE. 20
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
24 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Lubbock
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.610, -101.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Lynn
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.177, -101.816 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Motley
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Motley forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.074, -100.780 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Stonewall
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stonewall forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.179, -100.253 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Swisher
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Swisher forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -101.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Terry
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Terry forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.174, -102.335 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Yoakum
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Yoakum forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.173, -102.828 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Parmer
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Parmer forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -102.784 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The long-term drought that developed across the South Plains, extreme southern Texas Panhandle, and Rolling Plains early this summer persisted during the month of October as precipitation remained very spotty. Almost all of the NWS cooperative stations across the region measured less than one half inch of rainfall during the month and thus all of these stations received monthly rainfall amounts that were much drier than the normal monthly average values. These persistent weather conditions continued to support dry soil moisture conditions across the South Plains area and dryland crops continued to suffer.The greatest toll from this year's moderate drought conditions had already been taken in the early and mid summer months. More details, including rough estimates of crop damage, will be included in later months after the extent of the drought is better determined.
Drought, Bailey
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bailey forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.069, -102.830 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Briscoe
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Briscoe forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -101.209 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Castro
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Castro forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -102.262 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Childress
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Childress forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.529, -100.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Cochran
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cochran forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.604, -102.828 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Cottle
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cottle forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.078, -100.279 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Crosby
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crosby forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.615, -101.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Dickens
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dickens forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.617, -100.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Floyd
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.072, -101.303 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Garza
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Garza forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -101.298 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Hale
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hale forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.071, -101.827 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Hall
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hall forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.531, -100.681 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Hockley
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hockley forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.608, -102.343 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Kent
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.181, -100.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, King
- When
- October 1, 12:00 AM CST to October 31, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- King forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.617, -100.256 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in New York, October 1, 2001
- Drought in Georgia, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in Maine, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in Georgia, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in New Hampshire, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in Pennsylvania, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in South Carolina, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in Texas, October 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in New Jersey, October 1 to 31, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, October 1 to 3, 2001
- Flooding in New Jersey, October 1, 2001
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, October 1 to 31, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 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: 5269250, 5269251, 5269252, 5269253, 5269254, 5269255, 5269256, 5269257, 5270541, 5270542, 5270543, 5270544, 5270545, 5270546, 5270547, 5270548, 5270549, 5270550, 5270551, 5270552, 5270553, 5270554, 5270555, 5270556.