Flash Flood, Val Verde
- When
- September 9, 10:15 AM CST to 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Val Verde County, Del Rio
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.893, -101.152 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, September 9, 2001
Scattered thunderstorms producing rainfall of 1 to 2 inches in 2 hours over the south part of Val Verde County caused water to wash over bridges and low water crossings in the Del Rio area. The flash flooding was brief.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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 EWX wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms producing rainfall of 1 to 2 inches in 2 hours over the south part of Val Verde County caused water to wash over bridges and low water crossings in the Del Rio area. The flash flooding was brief.
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 9, 3:00 AM CST, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 3:00 AM CST, 7 hours 15 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 400 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001 RETHINKING FORECAST POPS AS PUSHED US TO THE LIMIT THAT ENOUGH PRECIP WILL FALL TO WARRANT A FFW FOR THE COUNTIES OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE HILL COUNTRY. EXPECT FRONT ALONG WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THE HILL COUNTRY SOON...THROUGH THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE HILL COUNTRY BY MORNING AND CONTINUING SOUTHWARD OVER THE REST OF THE COUNTIES DURING THE DAY AND NIGHT. LOOK FOR FRONT TO STALL OVER THE AREA AND THUS PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO MONDAY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... AUS 85/65/85/63/88 55420 DRT 84/65/85/65/85 54320 SAT 85/68/85/65/88 54320 .EWX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF CWA.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
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- High Surf in Hawaii, September 9 to 11, 2001
- Heavy Rain in Florida, September 9 to 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 9, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 9, 2001
More
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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: 5266202.