Flash Flood, Denton
- When
- November 24, 12:30 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Denton County, Denton
- Deaths
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 33.205, -97.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, November 24, 1996
Up to five inches of rain in a few hours caused Cooper Creek to overflow its banks resulting in several feet of water to flow across the Mayhill Road Bridge. Heavy rain also caused Pecan Creek to overflow its banks and flood nearby Bell Avenue.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 3
- 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.
Up to five inches of rain in a few hours caused Cooper Creek to overflow its banks resulting in several feet of water to flow across the Mayhill Road Bridge. A car that was driven into the flood waters stalled and the driver was washed downstream and drowned as he attempted to leave the vehicle.Heavy rain also caused Pecan Creek to overflow its banks and flood nearby Bell Avenue. A car driven into the flood waters was swept downstream. Two of the three passengers drowned in the flood waters and the third managed to crawl to safety.
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:31 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Denton | 1996-11-24 | 24 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Flash Flood, Denton | 1996-11-24 | 21 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Flash Flood, Denton | 1996-11-24 | 21 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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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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: 5570735.