Dec 16, 2001
A slow moving storm system dropped heavy rain across North Central Texas Saturday night, December15th and during the day Sunday December 16th. Unofficial reports of four to ten inches of rain fell in 48 hours along and east of Interstate 35. Numerous county and farm to market roads were closed a prolonged period of time, due to sections of roadways and bridges being washed out. Many rural schools were closed Monday December 17th, as school buses were not able to pick up school children due to
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5274860). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Ellis County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.