Flash Flood, Bandera
- When
- April 26, 12:01 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Bandera County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 29.747, -99.246 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Texas, April 26, 1997
Nearly 2 inches of rain in well under 1 hour produced very rapid flash flooding over most of Bandera County. The flash flooding continued as an additional 2 inches of rain was received in the following 2 hour period.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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 EWX wrote it up.
Nearly 2 inches of rain in well under 1 hour produced very rapid flash flooding over most of Bandera County. The flash flooding continued as an additional 2 inches of rain was received in the following 2 hour period.
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
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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: 5600100.