Flash Flood, Edwards
- When
- May 29, 11:30 PM CST to May 30, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Edwards County, 8 mi NE of Rocksprings
- Coordinates
- 29.983, -100.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, May 29 to 30, 1996
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER 3 INCHES FLOODED HIGHWAY 41 NORTHEAST OF ROCKSPRINGS.
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.
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER 3 INCHES FLOODED HIGHWAY 41 NORTHEAST OF ROCKSPRINGS.
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:30 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 1996
- Tornado in Utah, May 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 1996
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, May 29, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, May 29, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, May 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 29, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 29, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, May 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Utah, May 29, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, May 1996
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: 5556230.