Flash Flood, Houston
- When
- February 4, 1:00 AM CST to 3:15 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County, 1 mi SE of Erin
- Coordinates
- 36.286, -87.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Tennessee, February 4, 1997
High water on low lying roads at intersection of HWY 13 and HWY 49, which is 1 mile southeast of Erin.
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 OHX wrote it up.
High water on low lying roads at intersection of HWY 13 and HWY 49, which is 1 mile southeast of Erin.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 4 to 5, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, February 4 to 5, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 4 to 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 4 to 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, February 4 to 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, February 4 to 5, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 4 to 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, February 4, 1997
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 4, 1997
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, February 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 4, 1997
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, February 4, 1997
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, February 1997
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: 5596531.