Flash Flood, Jefferson
- When
- September 1, 10:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.854, -94.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, September 1, 2001
Between five and eight inches of rain resulted in major street flooding in urban areas of Jefferson County, damaging several roads.
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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.
Between five and eight inches of rain resulted in major street flooding in urban areas of Jefferson County, damaging several roads.
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 Sep 1, 9:00 AM CST, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 9:00 AM CST, 1 hour before
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1000 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001 CURRENT SFC ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW THE COASTAL TX TROF. SAT IMAGERY SHOWS CONTINUED PLUME OF MOISTURE OVER THE TX COASTAL REGIONS INTO ALL OF LA. RADARS FROM CRP...HGX...AND LCH CONTINUE TO SHOW ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT DOWNSTREAM...OR THE TX COASTAL PLAINS INTO THE COASTAL WATERS MOVING NE AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS INTO SE TX. THE QUESTION IS WILL WE GET ANY BREAKS IN THE ACTION TO ALLOW TEMPS TO WARM UP A BIT WHICH WOULD LEAD TO HEAVIER CONVECTION? WITH THIS ACTIVITY MOVING TOWARDS US...I WOULD BELIEVE NOT. I WILL KEEP 100% POPS AREAWIDE WITH FLOOD WATCH THRU TONIGHT. WILL LOWER TEMPS A CATEGORY...BUT PUT A RANGE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH VARIABILITY. UPDATE WILL BE OUT BY 1030 AM. .LCH...FFA TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL LOUISIANA. .UPDATED NUMBERS... AEX 84/74/86/73 +774 BPT 79/74/87/74 +774 LCH 80/74/86/74 +774 LFT 83/75/87/74 +774 8
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:59 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in California, September 1 to 3, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 1, 2001
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, September 1, 2001
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, September 1, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 1, 2001
- Drought in Texas, September 1 to 30, 2001
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, September 1 to 30, 2001
- Drought in Texas, September 1 to 30, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 1, 2001
- Drought in Hawaii, September 1 to 30, 2001
- Hail in North Dakota, September 1, 2001
- Heavy Rain in Ohio, September 1 to 30, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 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: 5270328.