Flash Flood in Texas, September 27, 1996

Name: Flash Flood in Texas, September 27, 1996
Start: 1996-09-27T03:00
End: 1996-09-27T07:00
Location: Texas

September 27, 1996 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Ten earthen dams broke across Tyler County after ten inches of rain in three hours. The hardest hit area was the Ivanhoe subdivision, 6 miles south of Woodville on Highway 69.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $250,000
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 LCH wrote it up.

Ten earthen dams broke across Tyler County after ten inches of rain in three hours. The hardest hit area was the Ivanhoe subdivision, 6 miles south of Woodville on Highway 69. Twenty homes received minor or moderate flood damage, ranging from six inches to four feet of water in homes. Another area hard hit was Railroad Street and Carlow Hill Road in Woodville, where a dozen homes received similar damage. A bridge on FM 1943 was completely washed away, and another bridge on FM 1013 was damaged.

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Tyler

When: September 27, 3:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
Where: Tyler County, 6 mi S of Woodville
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 30.771, -94.377 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, September 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: 5562952.