Flash Flood, Williamson
- When
- April 4, 12:30 AM CST to 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 30.648, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 4, 1997
Roads were closed across much of Williamson County as a result of heavy rainfall. A road repair crew in Taylor was stranded in the high water and were rescued by members of the fire department.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Roads were closed across much of Williamson County as a result of heavy rainfall. A road repair crew in Taylor was stranded in the high water and were rescued by members of the fire department. Among the creeks out of banks for many hours was Brushy Creek.. Numerous trees were blown down across mainly the eastern part of the county by damaging winds.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- April 4, 12:45 AM CST to 12:55 AM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 30.650, -97.580
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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard in North Dakota, April 4 to 7, 1997
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, April 4 to 5, 1997
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, April 4 to 6, 1997
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, April 4, 1997
- Blizzard in Wyoming, April 4 to 6, 1997
- Blizzard in Nebraska, April 4 to 6, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 4, 1997
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 4, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 4, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 4 to 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 4, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 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: 5599839, 5599840.