Flash Flood, Wise
- When
- August 31, 2:20 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wise County, Decatur
- Coordinates
- 33.216, -97.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, August 31, 1996
Heavy rain resulted in flooding that closed Highway 287. Water was up to the hoods of vehicles.
Where it happened
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.
- 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 FWD wrote it up.
Heavy rain resulted in flooding that closed Highway 287. Water was up to the hoods of vehicles.
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:18 UTC.
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.
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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: 5565782.