Flash Flood in Texas, September 1, 2001

Name: Flash Flood in Texas, September 1, 2001
Start: 2001-09-01T02:35
End: 2001-09-01T06:35
Location: Texas

September 1, 2001 · NWS CRP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

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The toll

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 Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 31, 7:35 PM CST, 7 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 7:35 PM CST, 7 hours before

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
835 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001

SOUTH TX 88DS SHOW BULK OF TODAYS SHRA/TSRA ACIVITY HAS PUSHED EAST
ALONG WITH H5 VORT/IMPULSE.  LIGHT RAIN REMAINS AROUND NUECES AND
KLEBURG COUNTIES.  LOOKING UPSTREAM... TSRA ACTIVITY HAS FIRED UP IN
THE TX HILL COUNTRY NORTHWEST OF SAT.  THIS AREA IS LOOKING MORE
IMPRESSIVE WITH TIME.  ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS IS TRYING TO ORGANIZE
E AND SE OF UVALDE.  THIS ACTIVITY IS IN RESPONSE TO YET ANOTHER
IMPULSE AROUND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW.  REALLY DONT EXPECT TO SEE
RAINFALL TOTALS SIMILAR TO THE LAST 48 HOURS.  HOWEVER...ANY RAIN IN
THE CWFA COULD CAUSE FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED GROUND.

KDRT SOUNDING SIGNIFICANTLY DRIER AS SUBSIDENCE/NW FLOW TAKES
HOLD...SUPPORTED BY WV SATELLITE.  KCRP STILL IN THE SOUP WITH PWAT
OF 2.59...YET MUCH MORE STABLE.

AT THE CURRENT RATE AND TRACK OF HILL COUNTRY ACTIVITY... NORTHERN
PORTION OF CWFA WILL SEE ADDITIONAL RAIN LATER TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW.  THIS WILL ADD TO CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE AREA.
WILL ALSO SEE ACTIVITY PUSH INTO WESTERN CWFA BY MIDNIGHT.  WILL
MAINTAIN POPS ALL COUNTIES...MAY TWEEK VALUES A TAD.  WILL ALSO
MAINTAIN FFA FOR CURRENT COUNTIES THROUGH SATURDAY TO REFLECT
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY.  WILL KEEP MARINE NEARLY THE SAME.

.CRP...FFA THROUGH THROUGH SATURDAY
TXZ231>234...TXZ241>247
SCA GMZ250-255-270-275.

KEG SYNOP
JM  MESO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 31, 10:36 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
1037 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001

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

0200 PM    5 W REALITOS              TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   DUVAL                          HWY 16 CLOSED NEAR
                                          REALITOS

0330 PM    REALITOS                  TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   DUVAL                          CR 359 AND CLOSED NEAR
                                          REALITOS

0335 PM    REALITOS                  TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   DUVAL                          TRUCK SWEPT OFF HWY 16
                                          NEAR REALITOS. DRIVER
                                          RESCUED.

0300 PM    SINTON                    TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   SAN PATRICIO                   HWY 188 CLOSED NEAR
                                          JACKSON RANCH

1100 AM    8 NW REFUGIO              TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   REFUGIO                        CR202 CLOSED AT BLANCO
                                          CREEK.

0500 PM    6 N ROCKPORT              TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   ARANSAS                        COVE DRIVE FLOODED NEAR
                                          COPANO BAY

0530 PM    14 W PORT LAVACA          TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   CALHOUN                        SWEETWATER ROAD CLOSED
                                          NEAR HWY 185.

0530 PM    8 NW PORT LAVACA          TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   CALHOUN                        HWY 87 CLOSED NEAR THE
                                          VICTORIA COUNTY LINE.

0600 PM    SKIDMORE                  TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   BEE                            HWY 181 FLOODED SOUTH OF
                                          BEEVILLE TO THE
                                          COUNTY LINE.

0600 PM    TYNAN                     TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   BEE                            CR 359 CLOSED BETWEEN
                                          SKIDMORE AND TYNAN.

0610 PM    ALICE                     TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   JIM WELLS                      HWY 281 CLOSED SOUTH OF
                                          ALICE.

0530 PM    5 N BAYSIDE               TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   REFUGIO                        FM 1360 CLOSED

0200 PM    SINTON                    TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   SAN PATRICIO                   STREETS FLOODING IN THE
                                          CITY.

0530 PM    ODEM                      TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   SAN PATRICIO                   CR 42 NEAR ODEM CLOSED

700 PM    10 S DINERO               TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   LIVE OAK                       WIDESPREAD FLOODING
                                          CONTINUING NEAR LAGARTO

0230 PM    1 NEPLACEDO               TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   VICTORIA                       HENDERSON RD CLOSED

0255 PM    5 SEVICTORIA              TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   VICTORIA                       BOEHM RD AT MENKE FLOODED

0322 PM    15 W VICTORIA             TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   VICTORIA                       CAMINO DRIVE FLOODED

0420 PM    PLACEDO                   TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   VICTORIA                       HOUSTON STREET UNDER WATER

0423 PM    VICTORIA                  TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   VICTORIA                       LASALLE RD CLOSED DUE TO
                                          HIGH WATER

0100 PM    4 SW MISSION VALLEY       TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   VICTORIA                       ARNOLD ROAD CLOSED AT
                                          COLETO CREEK. WATER OVER
                                          BRIDGE.

0100 PM    VICTORIA                  TX   FLOOD
08/31/01   VICTORIA                       SPRING CREEK FLOODED OVER
                                          PARSONS ROAD

310 AM    KINGSVILLE                TX   WIND DAMAGE
08/31/01   KLEBERG                        LARGE TREES DOWN IN CITY

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:35 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Refugio

When: September 1, 2:35 AM CST to 6:35 AM CST
Where: Refugio County, Northeast Portion
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 28.322, -97.159 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several streets and roads closed.

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

Every storm in Texas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5276161.