1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 CITYThe Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:35 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several streets and roads throughout the county closed.
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, September 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: 5276226.