Texas, 2001

Flash Flood in Texas, September 1 to 2, 2001

September 1 to 2, 2001 · NWS CRP · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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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 Sep 1, 6:15 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 6:15 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
715 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001

PLAYING FIND THAT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THIS EVENING.  STRONG OUTFLOW
FROM PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY IS FIRING STORMS IN
VICTORIA...GOLIAD...BEE...AND LA SALLE COUNTIES.  OUTFLOW CUT OFF
STORMS IN BEE COUNTY.  WEAK SEABREEZE ALSO INDICATED ON 88D. WILL
WATCH BOUNDARY INTERSECTIONS. INCREASED POPS IN LA SALLE/WEBB
ZONES.  ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE AFTER DARK.

WILL MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE FFW IN BEE AND GOLIAD COUNTIES.

.CRP...NONE.

70 GRAHAM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 1, 4:17 PM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
517 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001

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

0517 PM    TELFERNER                 TX   FLOOD
09/01/01   VICTORIA                       FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 59.
                                          REPORTED BY NWS
                                          EMPLOYEE.

JMC
Local storm report, Sep 1, 4:46 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
546 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001

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

0538 PM    VICTORIA                  TX   FLOOD
09/01/01   VICTORIA                       REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
                                          ENTRANCE TO VICTORIA REGIONAL 	                                          AIRPORT INUNDATED.

COYNE
Local storm report, Sep 1, 7:49 PM CST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
849 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001

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

0820 PM    WEESATCHE                 TX   FLOOD
09/01/01   GOLIAD                         RURAL ROADWAYS INUNDATED
                                          AROUND WEESATCHE. 1.7
                                          INCHES OF RAINFALL IN
                                          20 MINUTES REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC SPOTTER.

COYNE

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:21 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Goliad

When
September 1, 8:20 PM CST to September 2, 2:20 AM CST
Where
Goliad County, Countywide
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
28.657, -97.426 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several streets and roads throughout the county closed.Spotter report of 1.7 inches of rain falling in a 20 minute period.

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

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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: 5276227.