Flood, Karnes
- When
- September 5, 10:15 PM CST to September 6, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Karnes forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 28.906, -97.859 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Texas, September 5 to 6, 2001
Cibolo Creek near Falls City went above flood stage from the beginning of September through the morning of September 6th. 0 is flood stage.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 EWX wrote it up.
Cibolo Creek near Falls City went above flood stage from the beginning of September through the morning of September 6th. It reached a crest of 27.6 feet on September 6 where 20.0 is flood stage.
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 5, 8:08 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 8:08 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 908 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2001 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FOCUSED ALONG A MATURE LINE AND ARE TAKING AIM ON THE MORE SATURATED AREAS OF THE COASTAL PRARIES. WITH STREAMS AND RIVERS ALREADY SWOLLEN...EXPECT ONE INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO PRODUCE FLOODING. ALTHOUGH SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST STABILIZATION...WILL LOWER POPS ONLY SLIGHTLY SINCE MOISTURE AND LOCATION OF UPPER LOW ALOFT COULD SUPPORT REDEVELOPMENT TOWARD MORNING. 2ND PERIOD NUMBERS LOOK FINE. WILL CONTINUE THE FFA THROUGH TONIGHT ALTHOUGH FLOODING APPEARS LESS LIKELY OVER THE AUSTIN AREA IN THE SHORT TERM. MODIFIED NUMBERS... AUS 72/88/72/90 4521 DRT 72/90/72/92 3311 SAT 72/89/72/91 4521 .EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR TONIGHT. 18/1/23
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 5, 2001
- Tornadoes and Heavy Rain in Texas, September 5, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Texas, September 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 5, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, September 5, 2001
- Dust Storm in Nevada, September 5, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, September 5 to 6, 2001
- Waterspout in Florida, September 5, 2001
- Rip Current in American Samoa, September 5 to 8, 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: 5266200.